HotPaw Basic vs Seed Truck
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.
Seed Truck
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Seed Truck is a native remote manager for Transmission and qBittorrent. Configure multiple torrent servers on your local network or remote hosts, switch between them with ease, and manage transfers from iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. MONITOR YOUR TRANSFERS - View torrent status, progress, download and upload rates, ETA, peers, ratio, queue position, labels, and transfer totals. - Search and filter torrents by status. - Sort by name, activity, progress, or speed. TAKE CONTROL - Start and pause transfers. - Remove a torrent while keeping its files, or remove it and delete its files. - View and change global download and upload speed limits. ADD TORRENTS FROM ANYWHERE - Add magnet links and .torrent files from iPhone, iPad, or Mac. - Send a torrent to one or multiple configured servers. - Apply existing Transmission labels or qBittorrent tags. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES - Manage the same configured servers from iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. - Preview .torrent file contents with Quick Look. - Store server connection details securely in the synchronizable Keychain. - Connect through reverse proxies using optional custom HTTP headers. Seed Truck is an independent remote-control client. It does not provide a torrent service, search or index content, or download torrent payloads directly to your Apple device. A compatible Transmission or qBittorrent server is required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Seed Truck at Free against HotPaw Basic's $4.99. Seed Truck also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). HotPaw Basic's advantage is iOS requirement (12.3 vs 17.0). On 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
Seed Truck is free to download; HotPaw Basic costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HotPaw Basic ships an update every 5 months, Seed Truck every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | HotPaw Basic | Seed Truck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HotPaw Productions | Eduardo Almeida |
In-app purchases
HotPaw Basic
No in-app purchases
Seed Truck
No in-app purchases









