Comparison

Skylob vs x

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

Head to head
About

Skylob

Explore the vastness of the observable universe, from its immense size to the accelerating expansion driven by dark energy. Discover how our cosmological horizon is shrinking, making parts of the cosmos permanently unknowable. This app invites contemplation on our place within this cosmic immensity.

Highlights
  • Observable universe scale
  • Dark energy and expansion
  • Cosmological horizon explained
  • Our place in the cosmos
  • Scientific concepts simplified
Features
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The observable universe stretches roughly 93 billion light-years across and holds an estimated one billion trillion stars. Yet the universe's expansion tells a stranger story: dark energy is accelerating galaxies away from one another at rates that exceed the speed of light, shrinking our cosmological horizon: The boundary beyond which no signal can ever reach us, to about 16 billion light-years. Beyond that threshold, the cosmos becomes permanently unknowable. And within all of that immensity, as Carl Sagan so movingly reminded us, we live on a pale blue dot. A single, fragile mote among countless heavenly bodies, most of which have never been named, let alone explored. That vastness isn't cause for despair, it's an invitation.

About

x

Features
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x-Cal is an ergonomic scientific calculator, in both portrait and landscape orientations, using RPN (c) Great for professional and educational use, it allows to quickly develop an understanding of register operations and basic programming Features fixed, scientific or engineer number formats, trigonometric and hyperbolic calculations in radians, degrees or grades, basic statistical computations, linear correlations, combinations, etc. Swipe on the top result display area to view the arithmetic register stack, tap on the top to display other registers such as storage register, statistical registers and program steps Record programs such as a quadratic equation solver, or display graphs to visualize functions y = f(x) At any time look, copy and paste text style computations into e-Mails, notes, etc.

Screenshots

Skylob4 screens
x4 screens

Verdict

The call

Skylob and x are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skylob ships an update every 3 weeks, x fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Skylob versus x: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkylobx
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle ChengFMILLET

In-app purchases

None

Skylob

No in-app purchases

None

x

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skylob free?
Skylob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is x free?
x is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Skylob or x have ads?
Neither Skylob nor x shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skylob or x?
Skylob ships an update every 3 weeks, and x fortnightly. Most recently, Skylob was updated on August 25, 2026 and x on September 10, 2026.

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