HotPaw Basic vs BinDecHex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotPaw Basic
Experience retro computing by typing and running Basic programs on your iPhone or iPad. This app functions as a programmable calculator and can display simple line graphics, Morse code audio, and perform FFT analysis.
- Retro text-mode Basic interpreter
- Programmable calculator functionality
- Simple line graphics display
- Morse Code audio output
- FFT analysis
- GPS location support
- MQTT and BTLE communications
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Calling all early-personal-computing fans, remember typing Basic programs into your home computer? HotPaw Basic recreates the retro-experience of a text-mode Basic interpreter, and it runs right on your iPhone or iPad. You can also use HotPaw Basic as a programmable calculator, or for displaying simple line graphics. The HotPaw Basic interpreter supports the minimal Basic language, including: Commands: let if then else endif dim data read restore for to step next while wend goto gosub return ? print input open close end stop mat run new list del save load dir cls rem Functions: int() abs() sgn() rnd() sqr() exp() log() log10() sin() cos() tan() atn() len() val() asc() str$() chr$() hex$() mid$() timer() date$ time$ pi Operators: + - * / mod ^ = and or xor not Also includes new command and functions to support line graphics, Morse Code audio, FFT analysis, GPS location, MQTT and BTLE communications. Line numbers are required. Type in the text of your program and type "run" to run them. See: http://www.hotpaw.com/rhn/basic/iphone/ for a more complete description of the Basic language syntax, commands and functions which this Basic interpreter supports.
BinDecHex
Easily convert numbers between binary, decimal, and hexadecimal formats. Select your input type and instantly see the converted values in the other two systems. A straightforward tool for quick number base conversions.
- Binary conversion
- Decimal conversion
- Hexadecimal conversion
- User-selectable input format
- Instant conversion results
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This is a binary, decimal, hexadecimal calculator. The user chooses one of the three formats for their input value, and converts that value into one of the other two formats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BinDecHex at Free against HotPaw Basic's $4.99. BinDecHex also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9). HotPaw Basic's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.3 vs 15.2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
BinDecHex is free to download; HotPaw Basic costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BinDecHex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HotPaw Basic has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HotPaw Basic | BinDecHex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HotPaw Productions | Elias Hall |
Customer experience
HotPaw Basic
BinDecHex
In-app purchases
HotPaw Basic
No in-app purchases
BinDecHex
No in-app purchases
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