Bugs and Beyond vs Basic Calculator X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bugs and Beyond
Explore a world of learning with over 18 interactive 3D games and activities designed to entertain and educate young children. Develop essential skills like logic, memory, and programming through engaging gameplay and fun challenges.
- Over 18 3D activities and games
- Develops logic, memory, and programming skills
- Designed for ages 4-6
- Parental gate for settings
- Apple Pencil support
- Profiles for multiple children
- High-quality graphics and music
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Bugs and Beyond is the newest and first fully 3D app in the award winning Bugs and Buttons series. With over 18 activities and games, this app is packed with hours of curious activities to explore and entertain. Play a board game with whimsically animated characters. Program a robot to navigate its way to a battery. Explore and seek your way through a beetle safari, but don’t forget to feed the cat today! Skills: Colors Hand-eye coordination Letters Logic Memory Numbers Physics Pincer using Apple Pencil Programming/coding Sequencing And more... Highlights: Designed for ages (4-6) but every child is different NO In-Apps / NO third-party advertising Parental gate for settings and non-playable content Visual instructions that demonstrate game play Advanced haptics (iPhone only) for fun vibration effects Apple Pencil support Intelligent leveling in most games Profiles to support multi-child scores and achievements Lots of achievements to earn High quality graphics for next generation visuals Lots of beautiful and fun music Humorous interactions, surprises, and sound effects Data Policy: This app does NOT collect any data. All saved scores, achievements, profiles, and other data elements are private to your device and associated platform account. We want and appreciate your feedback! Email: support@littlebitstudio.com Facebook: littlebitstudio Instagram: @littlebitstudio Twitter: @lilbitstudio
Basic Calculator X
This app provides essential arithmetic functions, including square roots and percentages. It allows users to perform multiple calculations sequentially, storing previous results for easy reuse. Users can manage their calculation history by deleting individual entries or clearing all saved data.
- Four arithmetic methods
- Square and square-root functions
- Pi and percentage calculations
- Sequential calculation support
- Calculation history table
- Delete individual/all calculations
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A basic calculator with some useful features. - The four arithmetic methods with positive and negative numbers. square, square-root, pi, percent - You can do several calculations in a row. When you press the equal-sign, the current calculation is stored in the table on the left. These can then be used again in new calculations. - You can delete all saved calculations in the table. Either click on "Delete Individual", and choose which ones you want to delete, or you simply click "Delete All". More information on www.matteappar.se
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic Calculator X at Free against Bugs and Beyond's $0.99. Basic Calculator X also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Bugs and Beyond's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Basic Calculator X is free to download; Bugs and Beyond costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bugs and Beyond holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bugs and Beyond's written reviews are positive against 67% of Basic Calculator X's.
Bugs and Beyond ships an update every 3 months, Basic Calculator X every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bugs and Beyond | Basic Calculator X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Little Bit Studio, LLC | Magnus Vernersson |
Customer experience
Bugs and Beyond
Basic Calculator X
In-app purchases
Bugs and Beyond
No in-app purchases
Basic Calculator X
No in-app purchases
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