Calculator Widget vs WidgetCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator Widget
This free calculator app offers a widget for quick access and extensive history management. Save, reuse, and organize calculations with unlimited history and folders, all with customizable options and dark mode support.
- Home screen widget support
- Unlimited calculation history
- Unlimited folders
- Calculation history memo
- Reuse of formula and results
- Dark mode support
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It's a simple and easy-to-use calculator app. Widgets are available. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Calculation in parentheses - Decimal calculation - Save calculation history - Reuse of formula - Reuse of calculation results - Calculation history total display - Select the calculation history and calculate the total - Unlimited number of calculation histories - Calculation history color - Calculation history date and time - Calculation history memo - Move / duplicate calculation history between folders - Batch copy / share of calculation history - Sort calculation history - Calculation history display order setting - Batch deletion of calculation history - Unlimited number of folders - Folder color - Pin the folder - Display the number of histories in the folder list - Total display in folder list - Folder sorting - Folder batch deletion - Home screen widget support (folder selectable) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: calculatorwidget://
WidgetCal
Perform calculations directly from your home screen with advanced functions. Customize your experience with multiple themes. Unlock premium features through a subscription.
- Home screen widget calculator
- Trigonometric and calculus functions
- Over 10 beautiful themes
- No ads
- Monthly/annual subscription for Pro features
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WidgetCal - Widget calculator allows you to calculate on your home screen - Supports trigonometric functions, logarithms, square root, square, reciprocal, π, and calculus tools for derivative at x and definite integral over [a, b] - Home Screen Widget Calculator (iOS 17 Interactive Widgets) - Over 10+ beautiful themes - No Ads ----- WidgetCal Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.zhihuke.com/widgetcal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.zhihuke.com/widgetcal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WidgetCal at 5.0 against Calculator Widget's 4.3. WidgetCal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Calculator Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 32 months). 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
Both are free to download. WidgetCal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Calculator Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
WidgetCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator Widget has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Calculator Widget ships an update every 2 months, WidgetCal every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calculator Widget | WidgetCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | 杏娣 吴 |
Customer experience
Calculator Widget
WidgetCal
In-app purchases
Calculator Widget
No in-app purchases
WidgetCal
- WidgetCal Pro$0.991 Month
- WidgetCal Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Year
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