Nixie Calculator vs 1000digit Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nixie Calculator
This calculator app features a digital paper tape to display entries, which can be copied or shared. It offers various customization options like color schemes, rounding, and display modes, blending retro aesthetics with modern device technology.
- Paper tape for entry display
- Copy and paste functionality
- Customizable color schemes
- Adjustable rounding and exponential modes
- Classic Nixie font option
- Thousand separator styles
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Features of Nixie Calculator: • Paper tape to display what you have entered. Can be copied or shared • Copy and paste entries Settings available: • Color schemes • Color layouts (in-app purchase) • Rounding options • Exponential modes • Use classic Nixie font for the display • Separators embedded with the digits • Classic pyramid and illuminated thousand separators • Classic red filter The calculator is a rounding or truncating type to fit numbers into the fixed display. Please enjoy this calculator that combines one of the first display technologies with state of the art in phone and tablet technology.
1000digit Calc
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This is a calculator that can perform four arithmetic operations on integers up to about 1,000 digits. You can use parentheses in formulas, so you can calculate in the same order as in the formula. Calculation results are saved to the clipboard each time, so they can be reused in other applications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 1000digit Calc at none against Nixie Calculator's 1. 1000digit Calc also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Nixie Calculator's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Nixie Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 1000digit Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Nixie Calculator against 5.0 for 1000digit Calc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nixie Calculator has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nixie Calculator ships an update monthly, 1000digit Calc weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Nixie Calculator | 1000digit Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UNB SYSTEMS PTY LTD | Yukihiro Shioya |
In-app purchases
Nixie Calculator
- Color Layouts$2.99
1000digit Calc
No in-app purchases
