next.calc vs Camera Copy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
next.calc
A beautifully designed calculator app that offers a modern and intuitive user experience. It features personalization options, live activities, and widgets for quick access, along with advanced editing capabilities for complex expressions.
- Free with no ads or tracking
- Customizable themes
- Live Activities and Lock Screen Widgets
- One-handed keyboard
- Infix calculations with syntax highlighting
- Infinite history and favorite expressions
- Cursor gestures and trackpad support
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next.calc is a beautiful and intuitive calculator, reimagined for the modern era, with many useful features: Completely Free - No cost, no ads, no tracking! Themes - Personalize to match your style Live Activities - Quickly jump back into an unfinished expression Lock Screen Widgets - Quickly access from the lock screen One-Handed Keyboard - Effortlessly use on larger phones and tablets A Cursor - Allows for easy typing and editing, just like typing in Messages or Notes Infix Calculations - See the full expression, in context, as you type Multi-Lined Expressions - Making long expressions a pleasure to edit Syntax Highlighting - Makes expressions easier to digest Real-Time Answers - See the answer as you type Infinite History - Easily jump back to a previous expression or answer Favorite Expressions with Notes - Great for storing budgets, calculating tips, formulas, etc. Intuitive Cursor Gestures - Swipe left and right on the keyboard to quickly move the cursor Intuitive Keyboard Gestures - Swipe down (or long press) on keys with secondary values Keyboard and Trackpad Support - Works great with the Magic Keyboard iPad Support & Multitasking - Supports Split View and Slide Over Copy, Cut, and Paste - Double tap on numbers to quickly select and edit them Beautiful Handmade Animations and Icons - Makes the app a delight and a pleasure to use And more!
Camera Copy
Instantly scan and copy text from images without saving files or needing translations. Supports a wide range of languages for quick text extraction.
- Scan text from images
- Instant text copy to clipboard
- No file saving required
- No translation feature
- Supports numerous languages
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With this application, you can scan texts and copy them to your clipboard. No file saving. No translation. Just instant text copy. Supported languages: Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Dansk (Danish) Deutsch (German) English Español (Spanish) Français (French) Italiano (Italian) Nederlands (Dutch) Norsk (Norwegian) Norsk bokmål (Norwegian Bokmål) Norsk nynorsk (Norwegian Nynorsk) Polski (Polish) Português (Brasil) (Portuguese – Brazil) Română (Romanian) Svenska (Swedish) Türkçe (Turkish) Čeština (Czech) Русский (Russian) Українська (Ukrainian) العربية (Arabic) العربية (السعودية) (Arabic – Saudi Arabia) اللهجة النجدية (Najdi Arabic) 简体中文 (Chinese, Simplified) 简体粤语 (Cantonese, Simplified) 繁體中文 (Chinese, Traditional) 繁體粵語 (Cantonese, Traditional) 日本語 (Japanese) ไทย (Thai) 한국어 (Korean)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: next.calc at Free against Camera Copy's $0.99. next.calc also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 43 months). Camera Copy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, ads 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
next.calc is free to download; Camera Copy costs $0.99 up front. next.calc sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Camera Copy asks for nothing beyond the download.
next.calc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 43 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of next.calc's written reviews are positive against 75% of Camera Copy's.
next.calc ships an update every 5 weeks, Camera Copy every 43 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | next.calc | Camera Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (40 ratings) — better | 4.5 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh Angelsberg | Mert Can Kus |
Customer experience
next.calc
Camera Copy
In-app purchases
next.calc
- Buy me a slice of pizza$2.99
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
- Buy me a burrito$9.99
Camera Copy
No in-app purchases
