Solves vs Super Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solves
A powerful and versatile calculator for all your Apple devices. Edit complex expressions, sync history across devices, and enjoy a clean, ad-free experience. Unlock advanced features like unit conversion and fraction support with an optional upgrade.
- Edit expressions without limitations
- Instant results
- Sync calculation history across devices
- Unit conversion (currencies, physical units)
- Fraction support
- Customizable themes
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Solves is a well-made calculator app for your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. It allows you to edit expressions without limitations and get instant results. It keeps your calculation history in sync on all devices and lets you to easily interact with it. All this for free and without ads! By purchasing Solves+ you also get: • Unit Conversions: currencies (with crypto, metals & energy), physical units, and your own! • History Tools: comment, bookmark, export, auto clear, and more • Fractions • More Themes • Advanced Settings Hand-typed code. No generative AI was used during the development or by the app itself. Solves+ requires one payment only. You will own it forever on all devices.
Super Calculator
This app offers a comprehensive suite of calculators for various financial, health, and mathematical needs. It includes tools for compound interest, loans, BMI, and date calculations, among others.
- Compound Interest Calculator
- Loan Calculator
- BMI & BMR Calculator
- Date Calculator
- Permutations & Factorial Calculator
- Discount Calculator
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1.Compound Interest Calculator 2.Loan Calculator 3.BMI Calculator 4.BMR Calculator 5.TDEE Calculator 6.Permutations and Factorial Calculator 7.Math Calculator 8.Date Calculator 9.Waist Hip Ratio Calculator 10.Protein Calculator 11.Discount Calculator 12.Water Intake Calculator 13.Taiwan Annual Leave Calculator 14.Fasting Calculator
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Calculator at none against Solves's 6. Super Calculator also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). Solves's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (383 vs 6). On price, rating and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Solves sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Super Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Solves against 5.0 for Super Calculator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solves has 383 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Solves ships an update every 3 weeks, Super Calculator monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solves | Super Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (383 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 383 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleg Barinov | HUNG-PIN YU |
Customer experience
Solves
Super Calculator
Bugs and requests
Solves
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when pressing certain buttons
- Issues with parsing complex expressions
- Incorrect results for some calculations
- Problems with history clearing or syncing
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for fractions and mixed numbers
- Implement a widget for quick access
- Allow resizing the app window on Mac
- Provide more customization options
- Add support for Apple Watch
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- Improve unit conversion experience
Super Calculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solves
- Tip Option #1$0.99
- Tip Option #2$1.99
- Tip Option #3$4.99
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- Tip Option #4$9.99
- Solves+$9.99
- Tip Option #5$19.99
Super Calculator
No in-app purchases
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