next.calc vs Calculator Widget Pro
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!
Calculator Widget Pro
Access a fully functional calculator directly from your Home Screen with interactive widgets. Perform basic arithmetic, scientific calculations, and even calculate tips without opening the app.
- Home screen calculator widget
- Basic arithmetic operations
- Advanced scientific functions
- Tip calculation
- Interactive widget design
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Add the calculator widget to your Home Screen and easily do calculations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, advanced scientific functions and even tips with Calculator Widget Pro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calculator Widget Pro at none against next.calc's 3. Calculator Widget Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). next.calc's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. next.calc sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Calculator Widget Pro 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 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of next.calc's written reviews are positive against 67% of Calculator Widget Pro's.
next.calc ships an update every 5 weeks, Calculator Widget Pro every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | next.calc | Calculator Widget Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (40 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh Angelsberg | Todd Bowden |
Customer experience
next.calc
Calculator Widget Pro
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
Calculator Widget Pro
No in-app purchases
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