Comparison

Pixels vs CalcSpace

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

Head to head
About

Pixels

Enhance your tabletop gaming experience with digital dice that offer customizable LED colors and animations. Set up unique profiles for specific rolls, add custom audio cues, and even integrate with smart home devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable LED colors and animations
  • Profile creation for specific rolls
  • Audible roll results
  • Custom audio clip integration
  • Web requests for smart home integration
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Light Up Your Game with Pixels Dice! Enjoy the analog feel of dice in your hand with all new digital features available when connected to this Pixels app. Use the Pixels app to customize LED colors and animations on your dice, using profiles and rules to make things happen exactly how you want to enhance your TTRPG session. Create a “Nat 20” profile that plays a unique animation of rainbow colors whenever you roll a natural 20, or a “Fireball” profile that plays a flickering orange color when your d6 rolls max damage. Use the app’s built-in Speak Numbers profile to make your roll results audible for the whole table! Or add your own audio clips to be played on rolls. Use web requests to communicate with external sites like IFTTT. Create rules that change the colors of your smart light bulbs based on your roll results. — COMING SOON: - ACCESSIBILITY: Improved navigation, screen reader compatibility, and new user settings. Switch between light and dark mode, increase contrast, adjust animation speeds, and more!

About

CalcSpace

Perform multiple calculations simultaneously on a single screen with various calculator types. Organize up to eight workspaces with tabs and save your progress between sessions. Ideal for complex calculations or everyday tasks.

Highlights
  • Multiple calculators on one screen
  • Up to 8 tabs for separate workspaces
  • Variety of calculator types (Math, Money, Converters, Dates, Fun)
  • Save tabs, layouts, and values
  • Works on iPhone and iPad
  • No account required
Features
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Give every calculation a place - and keep the useful ones connected. CalcSpace turns your iPhone or iPad into a personal workspace for numbers. Compare everyday choices, explore a graph, keep project calculations together, or take a quick math-puzzle break without losing your work. BUILD YOUR OWN WORKSPACE Put 1-4 different calculators on one screen and organize up to 8 saved tabs. Mix a scientific calculator with a graph, compare two shopping options, or keep a converter beside your running total. Search the tool picker, choose Math, Everyday, or Fun, and name tabs for your projects. NEED MORE ROOM? PINCH TO EXPAND Spread two fingers on a calculator to fill the workspace with that panel. Pinch closed to return to the same grid with your calculation intact. Responsive text, larger mathematical symbols, and a tactile keypad make work easier to follow at different panel sizes. LET RESULTS WORK TOGETHER Basic and Scientific show live results as you type. Revisit calculation history, edit expressions with the keyboard, and save useful results as named variables. Reuse those values in Basic, Scientific, Graph, and Calculus; the Variables tool lets you manage them in one place. EXPLORE MORE THAN AN ANSWER Graph explicit, polar, parametric, and implicit relationships, including inequalities. Explore parameters with sliders and animation, inspect points of interest and function tables, and share graph images or table CSVs. Matrix, Statistics, numerical Calculus, and Probability tools make room for deeper questions. 26 TOOLS, ONE PLACE Math: Basic, Scientific, Graph, Matrix, Statistics, Calculus, Variables, and Probability. Everyday: Tip, Running Total, Unit Converter, Currency, Discount, Age & Date, Unit Price, Recipe Scaler, Hourly/Salary, and Cost Per Use. Fun: Dog / Cat Age, Life in Numbers, Life in Weeks, Pizza Value, Birthday Countdown, Decision Picker, How Long Will It Take?, and Lottery Reality Check. MAKE EVERYDAY MATH PERSONAL Compare pizza sizes by value. See how repeated use changes the cost of something you bought. Turn progress toward a goal into an estimated completion date. Explore birthday countdowns and life milestones. Lottery Reality Check explains probabilities; it does not sell tickets, offer prizes, or predict winning numbers. Optional, clearly marked Chaos Mode adds playful variation only to Fun calculators and is off by default. A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOUR BRAIN Visit Play for a daily math challenge with hints and an explained solution. In Make the Number, use all four number tiles exactly once to reach a target. Discover 25 local achievements as you explore, and return to your saved workspace when you are ready. MAKE IT YOURS Choose color skins, system/light/dark appearance, high contrast, and reduced motion. VoiceOver labels and accessible alternatives support navigation. The built-in four-step tutorial introduces the essentials and can be replayed in Settings > App walkthrough. No account is required. Workspaces and progress save on your device. Currency rates use an internet connection with cached/bundled fallback rates. The free app includes banner advertising. An optional annual auto-renewing subscription removes ads; current local pricing, Restore Purchases, and Manage Subscription are in Settings. All calculators and Play features are available without a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pixels3 screens
CalcSpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixels at none against CalcSpace's shown. Pixels also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). CalcSpace's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CalcSpace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixels has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixels ships an update every 3 months, CalcSpace every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pixels versus CalcSpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelsCalcSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (20 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSystemic Games, LLCAustin Ciminillo

Customer experience

Pixels

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

CalcSpace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixels

No in-app purchases

None

CalcSpace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixels free?
Pixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CalcSpace free?
CalcSpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixels or CalcSpace?
CalcSpace is rated higher. Pixels averages 4.6 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while CalcSpace averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pixels or CalcSpace have ads?
CalcSpace shows ads; Pixels does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixels or CalcSpace?
Pixels ships an update every 3 months, and CalcSpace every 5 weeks. Most recently, Pixels was updated on October 10, 2026 and CalcSpace on October 14, 2026.

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