GriDot vs Dad's Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GriDot
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App features: • paper style > choose from grid, horizontal line, vertical line, dotted or none. • customisable paper size. • customisable paper colour. • customisable paper padding. • customisable cell size. • customisable border colour. • customisable border colour. • light theme / dark theme. • left mode / right mode. • re-create the file using history. • ready made template Supported languages (language is based on the your IPad's language setting): • Chinese • English • Japanese • Korean For terms of use, please refer to Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dad's Calculator
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Dad's Calculator is for the moment you reach for a calculator in your everyday life: the checkout line, the measuring tape, the stove. It keeps a notebook of everything you work out, adds up the lines you pick, and remembers them for next time. Right next to it: a unit converter, a recipe scaler and size charts. THE CALCULATOR • Every calculation stays in a notebook-style history. Your math, with receipts • Percent works the way you say it: 80 - 25% = 60 • Pick the lines you care about and get their sum, average, largest and smallest • Copy the result, or drop the sum straight into your next calculation • Name a set of lines (groceries, measurements, quotes) and save it for when your memory lets you down • Swipe a line away, or wipe the whole slate WITHIN ARM'S REACH • Converter: type one number, see every unit at once. Star the ones you use • Cooking: recipe for 4, dinner for 6? Change the servings, or match one ingredient, and the rest follows • Sizes: shoes and clothes in US / UK / EU / cm, because sizes never agree • Notebook by day, chalkboard by night. Switch anytime in Settings SECRET DIARY • Log measurements for each body part and your weight, in cm / inches and kg / lb • Compare with 1, 3 or 6 months ago, in a graph or a table
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dad's Calculator at Free against GriDot's $2.99. Dad's Calculator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). GriDot's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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
Dad's Calculator is free to download; GriDot costs $2.99 up front. GriDot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Dad's Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
GriDot ships an update monthly, Dad's Calculator every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | GriDot | Dad's Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ming Rong Ng | Jaehun Kwon |
In-app purchases
GriDot
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Yearly$4.491 Year
Dad's Calculator
No in-app purchases
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