Comparison

ASE CONNECT vs DB50X

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

Head to head
About

ASE CONNECT

Features
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An app to know about corporate culture and technology of ASE. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE Inc.) was founded in 1984 and is a member of the ASE Group. We are one of the world's leading providers of semiconductor manufacturing services and pride ourselves as a leader in offering a comprehensive range of advanced IC packaging.

About

DB50X

This scientific calculator offers high-precision computations with arbitrary precision for numbers. It supports advanced functions like complex numbers, matrices, symbolic calculations, and graphing, with a user-friendly interface and extensive built-in help.

Highlights
  • Arbitrary precision calculations
  • RPN and algebraic operations
  • Complex numbers, vectors, matrices
  • Symbolic and numerical solving
  • Graphing and plotting
  • Engineering units and constants
  • Unicode text support
Features
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DB50X is a new high-precision scientific calculator inspired by the legendary HP50G series from Hewlett-Packard. It is not an emulator, but a redesign from scratch, which is faster, and delivers never seen before capabilities like computations in arbitrary precision. Like the original HP50G, DB48X supports an unlimited stack, RPN and algebraic operations, complex numbers, based numbers, vectors, matrices, text, symbolic computations, numerical solving and integration, graphing and plotting, statistics, engineering units, and well over 1000 built-in functions. It integrates a library of equations and constants covering mathematics, physics or chemistry. Using modern technologies, DB50X goes well beyond the original HP50G in many ways: - It is significantly faster, uses less memory, and features a higher-resolution 240x400 pixels graphical color display. - Integer and decimal values can have an arbitrarily large number of digits, so you can compute log(pi) with 200 digits in a few keystrokes. - The six function keys feature up to three function per key, giving quick access to up to 18 related functions at a time. - Complex numbers can mix and match polar and rectangular form. - Symbolic operations extend to complex numbers, vectors and matrices. - Based numbers can be in any base from 2 to 36, and support any number of bits, making it easy to emulate a 23-bit or 512-bit processor. - Text is represented using Unicode instead of the proprietary HP encoding, facilitating data exchange with the rest of the world. - Multiple graphs can be distinguished using colour patterns - Engineering units include all the modern evolutions of the SI system, and can be configured by the user, e.g. to integrate currency units with the exchange rate du jour. Converting between USD/hour and EUR/day has never been so easy! - A built-in hyperlinked help system documents functions simply by holding the corresponding key, and combine a quick start guide, a user manual and a reference manual. - Over 700K of memory is available for RPL programs. - Access to iCloud to save your program and edit them from your Mac. DB508X will run many user RPL programs designed for the HP48, HP49 or HP50 directly as is. However, since it is not an emulator, it will not run any HP binary object, and notably will not run HP50G games or anything involving system RPL. This is an early-access release. Please consult https://github.com/c3d/db48x/blob/stable/doc/5-Unimplemented.md for a list of commands that are not yet implemented. DB50X is part of a family of related calculators that include the black-and-white DB48X and the entry-level DB40X.

Screenshots

ASE CONNECT4 screens
DB50X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ASE CONNECT at Free against DB50X's $9.99. DB50X's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

ASE CONNECT is free to download; DB50X costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASE CONNECT ships an update every 7 months, DB50X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ASE CONNECT versus DB50X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASE CONNECTDB50X
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#126 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASE GROUPChristophe de Dinechin

In-app purchases

None

ASE CONNECT

No in-app purchases

None

DB50X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASE CONNECT free?
ASE CONNECT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DB50X free?
DB50X costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASE CONNECT or DB50X have ads?
Neither ASE CONNECT nor DB50X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASE CONNECT or DB50X?
ASE CONNECT ships an update every 7 months, and DB50X every 3 weeks. Most recently, ASE CONNECT was updated on September 12, 2026 and DB50X on September 24, 2026.

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