Comparison

Calculation Pad vs LumioCalc

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

Head to head
About

Calculation Pad

This calculator app keeps a history of your calculations, allowing you to easily reuse past results. It offers enhanced security features like fingerprint or password protection for sensitive data. Despite its advanced functionality, it remains free to use.

Highlights
  • Calculation history
  • Reuse past calculations
  • Add taxes
  • Fingerprint/password/face protection
  • Free to use
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Calculation Pad is a calculator. Of course it can keep your history, and add taxes to your calculation easily, and use your history for a new calculation. Even if you are a spy running a top secret project, you can easily protect your calculation result with your fingerprint or password or your face. However functional this calculator this is, it can't beat the price of your daily necessities. After all, it's just a calculator.

About

LumioCalc

A fast and customizable scientific calculator for iPhone and iPad. It offers advanced functions, a scrollable history, and premium themes for a personalized user experience. Ideal for students, engineers, and everyday calculations.

Highlights
  • Scientific calculator functions
  • Degree/radian modes
  • Full expression support
  • Scrollable calculation history
  • Premium themes and custom styling
  • Standard and scientific layouts
Features
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Meet LumioCalc — the calculator that looks as good as it performs. From quick everyday arithmetic to advanced scientific operations, LumioCalc delivers speed, precision, and complete visual control. Choose from a growing collection of handcrafted themes or design your own from scratch with a deeply customizable theme editor. BEAUTIFUL THEMES, BUILT IN Pick from glossy, frosted, seasonal, and curated themes — each with its own color palette, typography, and personality. Explore favorites including Paper & Ink, Cobalt Studio and Lumio, plus the new Halloween-inspired Moonlit Gothic Observatory. MAKE IT YOURS LumioCalc Pro unlocks the full theme editor. Customize every detail: background colors, gradients, and images; button shapes, shadows, and corner radius; per-category colors for digits, operations, functions, memory, and scientific buttons; display, button, and scientific typography; haptic feedback; button sounds (Click, Tick, Pop); and animation styles (Push, Bounce, Glow, Liquid, Spin) with adjustable speed and intensity. POWERFUL CALCULATOR - Standard and scientific modes with one tap to switch - Trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, and root functions - Radian and degree mode toggle - Memory operations (MC, MR, M+, M-) - Full parentheses and expression support - Scrollable calculation history — tap any result to reuse it - Keyboard input support DESIGNED FOR EVERY SCREEN Portrait and landscape layouts on iPhone. An adaptive iPad layout with a side-by-side scientific panel and history sidebar when you have the space. FREE TO USE, PRO TO PERSONALIZE Every calculator feature and a selection of built-in themes are completely free. Try every LumioCalc Pro feature free for 7 days, including premium themes and the full theme editor. Create custom themes, explore every personalization option, and decide if Pro is for you. When the trial ends, simply continue using LumioCalc for free or unlock Pro with a one-time purchase — no subscription. Buy once and unlock Pro across iPhone, iPad and Mac with the same Apple ID. Whether you are a student, engineer, designer, or just someone who wants a calculator with personality — LumioCalc gives you power and style in one app.

Screenshots

Calculation Pad4 screens
LumioCalc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Calculation Pad at fortnightly against LumioCalc's every 2 months. Calculation Pad also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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. Calculation Pad sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and LumioCalc 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 — 5.0 for Calculation Pad against 5.0 for LumioCalc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calculation Pad ships an update fortnightly, LumioCalc every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Calculation Pad versus LumioCalc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalculation PadLumioCalc
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYukio TajimaNathan Booth

Customer experience

Calculation Pad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LumioCalc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Calculation Pad

One-time5
  • Developer Support$0.99
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$3.99
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  • Developer Support$6.99
  • Large tip$6.99
1 purchases

LumioCalc

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Calculation Pad free?
Calculation Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LumioCalc free?
LumioCalc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Calculation Pad or LumioCalc?
Calculation Pad and LumioCalc are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Calculation Pad or LumioCalc have ads?
Neither Calculation Pad nor LumioCalc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calculation Pad or LumioCalc?
Calculation Pad ships an update fortnightly, and LumioCalc every 2 months. Most recently, Calculation Pad was updated on October 21, 2026 and LumioCalc on October 12, 2026.

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