NullG TacOps vs Calcu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NullG TacOps
Manage your game miniatures with this inventory and utility app. Store unit information on NFC tags, build custom formations with drag-and-drop, and adjust pilot skills. Search and explore a vast database of units, save custom creations, and print record sheets.
- NFC tag integration for miniatures
- Drag-and-drop formation builder
- Custom pilot and operational group creation
- Unit search and exploration
- Printable record sheets
- Boxset scanning and unit listing
- iCloud data syncing
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An inventory and utility app. Using NFC tags (iOS 11.0+), store basic unit information on the physical miniatures that can be easily recalled during games or by other interested parties. Build formations with Drag and Drop feature, adjust pilot skills that will reflect on the unit costs. Search and explore the multitude of units available for the game. At this time Mech, vehicles and battle armor are supported. More planned in the future. New support for iPads Unit Construction - Build BattleMech, OmniMech and IndustrialMech in this initial release of the construction feature. Save the new unit to the online database where it can be shared and used by everyone. Copy and edit existing units to tweak to your personal tastes. Along with the Total War Records sheets, view and print Alpha Strike stats cards. Supports Universal Links - Can share units and searches. Specific urls will open directly into the App iCloud Support - Sync data across multiple devices Print, share and save record sheets for Mech, Vehicles, Battle Armor, Infantry, Conventional Fighters and Aerospace Fighters straight from your device. Inventory - Inventory your miniatures with a personalized image, custom pilot and organization. Sort by Mass, Name, assigned Organization, Type and Role Boxsets - A list of all released boxes and their contents. The app has the ability to scan the UPC on the boxset and pull up the corresponding units. Bookmark - Bookmark your favorite variants and units. Has all the same functionality of Inventoried units Pilots - create custom pilots with different skill levels, bio's and other personalized information Operational Groups - create custom Operational Groups to assign to units, pilots and other items in the app Formations - create formations with drag and drop ease from Bookmarked or inventoried units. Adjust their skill level that will update their cost. Army Lists - create and print army list out of formation Generate random Mercenary Contracts and negotiate options, track their status. Searches - perform criteria based searches across the multitude of units in the game. Review search results that include unit summary information which can be expand it more detailed view. NFC Tags - Using NTAG215 or NTAG216 stickers, save unit identification data to the physical miniatures that can be scanned by other with this app or at a later date by you. When a tagged unit is scanned, pull up the unit details. Custom images for Units, Pilots and Operational Groups
Calcu
This unofficial player aid assists with hit calculations for robot battle games. Easily input values, sum categories, and calculate hit probability based on dice rolls. Customize your experience with multiple color options.
- Input values for categories and robots
- Sum all category values
- Calculate hit probability
- 2d6 dice roll simulation
- Multiple color themes
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This is an unofficial player aid to help facilitate hit calculations for players interested in robot battles. It's a fun way to engage and plan out attacks on the tabletop Key Features - Ability to input values easily for each category or GATOR - Provide a total number of all categories - Calculate the hit probability based on the 2d6 dice roll - Multiple colors to choose from! -Cluster and Hit Location reference tables
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Calcu at 5.0 against NullG TacOps's 4.3. Calcu also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). NullG TacOps's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calcu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NullG TacOps has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of NullG TacOps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Calcu's.
NullG TacOps ships an update every 4 weeks, Calcu every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NullG TacOps | Calcu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Hegarty | Joe Watson |
Customer experience
NullG TacOps
Calcu
In-app purchases
NullG TacOps
No in-app purchases
Calcu
No in-app purchases









