Comparison

X Progress vs Desktop Calculator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

X Progress

Track progress for any event, from daily to custom intervals. Set reminders, add notes, and utilize auto-repeat. View progress on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Apple Watch with customizable themes and widgets. Share progress with friends using Zen Mode and SharePlay.

Highlights
  • Customizable event tracking (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Zen Mode with SharePlay integration
  • Multiple designer themes
  • iCloud syncing across devices
  • iPad optimized with Split View
Features
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Time passes quietly. X Progress makes it visible. Count down to a trip. Count up from a memory. Watch a semester, a project, a year, or any chapter of life - fill in. X Progress turns the moments that matter into beautiful, living progress you can understand at a glance. SEE TIME YOUR WAY • Track one-day moments, longer periods, repeating events, and the built-in progress of the year, month, week, and day. • Show days passed, days left, or a percentage. Count up, count down, or let Auto change direction as time moves. • Add all-day or timed dates, alerts, notes, and photos. • Organize with tags, search, pinned events, Archive, and a Hidden tab protected by Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. MAKE EVERY EVENT YOURS • Choose from 40+ designer themes, from quiet gradients and pixel art to animated worlds. • Use Photo Theme Studio to turn a photo or Live Photo into your own theme. • Customize backgrounds, subject cutouts, colors, gradients, fonts, text layouts, and motion. • Keep important events visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets or Apple Watch complications. COUNT DOWN TOGETHER • Invite friends and family to view or edit an event. Changes stay synchronized through iCloud, with shared activity collected in one place. • Share any event as a photo, Live Photo, video, Instagram Story, or sticker. • Use ZEN with SharePlay to focus on a moment together over FaceTime. CREATE IN LESS TIME • With Smart Create, describe an event in a sentence, or share a photo to X Progress, and review the completed event before saving. • Ask Siri to create an event or check its progress. ON EVERY SCREEN X Progress works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. iCloud keeps your events, photo themes, and notes in sync across devices. You’ll also find Date Gap for measuring the exact time between two dates, a calendar, public holiday events, reminders, search, and accessibility support for VoiceOver. Start free. X Progress Unlimited unlocks the complete designer theme gallery. Smart Create requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence. Availability may vary by language and region. Terms of Use: https://www.roczhang.com/x-progress/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://www.roczhang.com/x-progress/privacy_policy.html

About

Desktop Calculator

Perform calculations directly from your home screen with interactive widgets. Customize themes, fonts, and even add unique sound effects for a personalized experience. Access quick calculations via Control Center and Lock Screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Home Screen Interactive Widgets
  • Real Voice Pronunciation (Male/Female)
  • Display Calculation Formulas
  • Over 40 UI Themes
  • Custom Sound Effects
  • Customizable Fonts and Layouts
  • Lock Screen Widget
Features
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A powerful calculator that allows you to calculate on home screen without opening the app, tailor-made for iOS 18/26 interactive widgets! Highly customizable to suit your DIY personality, with endless possibilities for creativity! 【Key Features】 • Home Screen Widget Calculator (Interactive Widgets) • Control Center Widget • Real Voice Pronunciation: Male and Female Voices • Display calculation process formulas + - × ÷ • Over 40+ UI Theme • Settings: Thousands Separator, Decimal Places • Calculation History: Supports Summation • Advanced Features: Random Sound Effects, Random Skins • Custom Sound Effects: Wooden Fish, Piano, Guzheng, Bubbles, Keyboard, Water Drops • Custom Fonts: Font Size, Font Type • Custom Layout: Spacing, Margins, Corners, Background Color, Text Color • Lock Screen Widget for Quick Access • Traditional CalculationPressing + − × ÷ will immediately evaluate the expression, no need to press =. If you enjoy this app, please consider supporting the independent developer. More features are on the way... Suggestions and feedback: Email us The6XStudio@gmail.com

Screenshots

X Progress4 screens
Desktop Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Desktop Calculator at fortnightly against X Progress's every 2 months. Desktop Calculator also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 59%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. X Progress sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Desktop Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for X Progress against 4.8 for Desktop Calculator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 202 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of X Progress's written reviews are positive against 75% of Desktop Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Progress ships an update every 2 months, Desktop Calculator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
X Progress versus Desktop Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX ProgressDesktop Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (87 ratings)4.8 (202 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.0% of reviews74.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings87202 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鹏 张6X Studio LLC

Customer experience

X Progress

All ratings87 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral8.0%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive59.0%
Neutral25.6%
Negative15.4%

Desktop Calculator

All ratings199 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

X Progress

Subscriptions1
  • X Progress Unlimited Monthly3 Days trial$0.491 Month
One-time9
  • Turtle Theme$0.99
  • WuFan Theme$0.99
  • Snail Theme$0.99
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  • The Color of Time Theme$0.99
  • NUONUO Theme$0.99
  • Full Moon Theme$0.99
  • Expedition Theme$0.99
  • Toby Likes Bone Theme$0.99
  • X Progress Unlimited Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Desktop Calculator

One-time1
  • Pro Plan$1.99

Questions

Is X Progress free?
X Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Desktop Calculator free?
Desktop Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, X Progress or Desktop Calculator?
Desktop Calculator is rated higher. X Progress averages 4.7 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Desktop Calculator averages 4.8 from 202 ratings.
Do X Progress or Desktop Calculator have ads?
Neither X Progress nor Desktop Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X Progress or Desktop Calculator?
X Progress ships an update every 2 months, and Desktop Calculator fortnightly. Most recently, X Progress was updated on October 24, 2026 and Desktop Calculator on October 27, 2026.

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