Comparison

Mercado vs Shopping Calculator.

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

Head to head
About

Mercado

Discover and plan delicious meals at home with a vast collection of recipes. This app helps you organize your week's meals, create shopping lists, and caters to various dietary needs, from vegan to budget-friendly.

Highlights
  • Recipe discovery
  • Meal planning
  • Shopping list creation
  • Dietary customization
  • Online cookbook
Features
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From choosing what to eat to actually making a meal, Mercado walks you through it all. Plan everyday delicious meals at home, for yourself or friends. And it doesn’t matter what your diet looks like. If you’re a carnivore, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, cooking on a budget or looking for kid-friendly food, come check it out at Mercado , With Mercado, you’ll not only find more than a million recipes from all over the web, you’ll get help cooking them, too. You can collect your favourite recipes in your own online cookbook, plan meals for the week and add what you need to your shopping list — all in one place

About

Shopping Calculator.

This app helps you track your spending while shopping by calculating your total purchase amount. It's useful for managing budgets, applying coupons, and verifying your bill. You can add item details, apply discounts, and handle sales tax.

Highlights
  • Real-time spending sum display
  • Add item photos or names
  • One-handed price entry optimization
  • Quickly add items with same price
  • View and edit past purchases
  • Sales tax and discount options
  • Multi-currency support
Features
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The Shopping Calculator app helps you keep an eye on your spendings while shopping (for example grocery shopping). Common use cases: • coupon that requires a certain minimum purchase value • stay under a certain budget • check if your bill is correct Features: • Always see you current shopping sum on top • Optional: add a photo or a name to an item • The entry of prices is optimized for one-handed use • Easily add goods with the same price • View and edit your past purchases • Sales tax option for countries that show prices without taxes • Discount option on the whole purchase or on particular items • Support for all currencies

Screenshots

Mercado4 screens
Shopping Calculator.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shopping Calculator. at 50% against Mercado's 0%. Shopping Calculator. also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0). Mercado's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shopping Calculator. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mercado asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shopping Calculator. holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mercado has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mercado's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shopping Calculator.'s.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mercado versus Shopping Calculator.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMercadoShopping Calculator.
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (11 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOptimal SolutionsMilos Lukas Ziolkowski

Customer experience

Mercado

All ratings11 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Shopping Calculator.

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mercado

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shopping Calculator.

One-time1
  • Pro Version$11.99

Questions

Is Mercado free?
Mercado is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shopping Calculator. free?
Shopping Calculator. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mercado or Shopping Calculator.?
Shopping Calculator. is rated higher. Mercado averages 1.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Shopping Calculator. averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mercado or Shopping Calculator. have ads?
Shopping Calculator. shows ads; Mercado does not.

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