Calculator vs Basic Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator
This app offers a comprehensive scientific calculator with multiple modes, including algebraic, scientific, conversions, and logic calculations. It features a user-friendly design with large buttons and remembers your progress if interrupted.
- Algebraic entry
- Scientific calculations
- Unit conversions (length, area, volume, etc.)
- Logic calculator (binary, octal, decimal, hex)
- 10 memory registers
- Wide number range support
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Here's a full-featured scientific calculator for your iPhone or iPod touch. It's really six calculators in one, with new button sets exposed by a tap on the tab bar. Features are important, but it's the little things that count, right? Little things like a design that looks like it belongs on your iPhone; big, easy to press buttons; a delete key in case you hit the wrong one; and picking up right where you left off if you are interrupted by a phone call--even in the middle of entering a number. Features: 1. Algebraic entry 2. Scientific calculations 3. Conversions for - Length - Area - Volume - Temperature - Mass - Speed 4. Logic calculator supporting base 2, 8, 10 and 16 5. 10 memory registers 6. Numbers range from about 1e-313 to 1e308 7. Displays 14 significant digits
Basic Calculator
A free, classic calculator app with large, easy-to-press buttons and customizable skins. It supports basic arithmetic, memory functions, and can handle very large numbers without using scientific notation. Multitasking is also supported on compatible devices.
- Large, easy-to-press buttons
- Multiple beautiful skins
- Basic arithmetic operations
- Standard memory functions
- Supports large numbers (up to 60 digits)
- Multitasking support (Split View, Slide Over)
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Calculator Free is a great free calculator with beautiful HD graphics and multiple skins! Features: - Supports multitasking on iPad devices - Split View and Slide Over features - Multiple beautiful skins - General calculations: adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, square-rooting - Standard memory functions: Memory Addition, Memory Subtraction, Memory Recall, Memory Clear - Thousands separators option - Can handle very large numbers - up to 60 digits! (never displays in scientific notation) - Large, easy to press buttons - Copy / Paste buttons - Key click sound effect The user interface is translated in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Korean, Turkish, Indonesian, Finnish, Swedish, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Bulgarian.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic Calculator at Free against Calculator's $1.99. Basic Calculator also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 1). Calculator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Basic Calculator is free to download; Calculator costs $1.99 up front. Basic Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Calculator has 3.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Calculator's written reviews are positive against 74% of Basic Calculator's.
Calculator ships an update every 11 months, Basic Calculator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calculator | Basic Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Byte Works, Inc. | MobArts |
Customer experience
Calculator
Basic Calculator
Bugs and requests
Calculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Basic Calculator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes or freezes after iOS updates
- Percent key not functioning correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Reinstate iPhone version
- Add scientific calculator functions
- Improve memory retention
In-app purchases
Calculator
No in-app purchases
Basic Calculator
- Banner Ad Removal$0.99
Questions
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