Comparison

Calculator vs SwiftRPN

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Algebraic entry
  • Scientific calculations
  • Unit conversions (length, area, volume, etc.)
  • Logic calculator (binary, octal, decimal, hex)
  • 10 memory registers
  • Wide number range support
Features
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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

About

SwiftRPN

This utility app provides a powerful Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator with advanced features. It supports scalar types, vectors, and matrices, along with extensive built-in operators and unit conversions. Easily switch between number bases and visualize results.

Highlights
  • RPN stack for efficient calculations
  • Support for scalar, vector, and matrix types
  • 84 built-in operators with documentation
  • 74 built-in units for conversion
  • Multiple number base input and output (binary, octal, decimal, hex)
  • BigInt support for integer calculations
Read full description

SwiftRPN is an RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculator that aims to be quick to open and easy to use. = RPN Stack Work quickly and efficiently using the RPN Stack by pushing and popping values. The stack will always show what series of inputs led to each output, so you won't lose context during complicated expressions. = Extended Types SwiftRPN can understand scalar types like integers and real numbers, as well as vectors and square matrices of sizes 2, 3, and 4. When operating purely in the scalar integer domain, SwiftRPN can promote up to BigInts to avoid floating point imprecision. = Operators SwiftRPN has 84 built-in operators with included documentation and examples. All the expected operators (basic arithmetic, exponents, logarithms) are present, as are: - Rounding functions (floor/ceil/trunc/round) - Unit conversions - Bitwise operations (and/or/not/xor/shift left/shift right) - Statistics (avg/min/max/sum/std dev/NPV) - Trigonometry (sin/cos/tan + arc/hyperbolic variants) - Vector operations (dot/cross/normalize/length/swizzle) - Matrix operations (identity/inverse/transpose + translation/scale/rotation matrix generators) = Unit Conversions SwiftRPN has 74 built-in units, and can convert between units within families, including: - Angle - Area - Colors (3 and 4 components) - Coordinate systems (2D and 3D) - Length - Mass - Storage (Base 10 [SI, 1000 bytes in a kb] and Base 2 [1024 bytes in a kb]) - Temperature - Time - Volume = Value Representation SwiftRPN recognizes values represented in binary, octal, decimal, and hexidecimal. You can: - Enter values in one representation, and convert them to another - See the result of bitwise operations in binary automatically - View vec3 and vec4 components (truncated) in hexidecimal when working with colors.

Screenshots

Calculator4 screens
SwiftRPN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SwiftRPN at Free against Calculator's $1.99. SwiftRPN also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SwiftRPN is free to download; Calculator costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SwiftRPN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calculator ships an update every 11 months, SwiftRPN every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Calculator versus SwiftRPN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalculatorSwiftRPN
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByte Works, Inc.Patrick Gelvin

Customer experience

Calculator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

SwiftRPN

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

SwiftRPN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calculator free?
Calculator costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SwiftRPN free?
SwiftRPN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Calculator or SwiftRPN?
SwiftRPN is rated higher. Calculator averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SwiftRPN averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Calculator or SwiftRPN have ads?
Neither Calculator nor SwiftRPN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calculator or SwiftRPN?
Calculator ships an update every 11 months, and SwiftRPN every 14 months. Most recently, Calculator was updated on October 31, 2026 and SwiftRPN on November 3, 2026.

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