Comparison

VideoCalc vs PoEWit

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

Head to head
About

VideoCalc

Design home theaters with ease using this comprehensive tool. It simplifies complex calculations for screen dimensions, projector placement, and viewing angles, ensuring optimal system performance and adherence to industry standards.

Highlights
  • Screen dimension calculation
  • Projector placement and throw ratio
  • Anamorphic lens simulation
  • Luminance and screen size calculation
  • Field of view angle validation
  • Imperial and metric unit support
Features
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VideoCalc is The tool that will help you design Home Theaters in a consistent, quick and easy way. It makes all the tedious calculations a breeze and ensures you can get the desired information in an intuitive way. This is a must have for Home Theater enthusiasts, custom installers, video professionals and more. VideoCalc is made up of several tools, that each in its own right provide you with essential calculations but do work together, ensuring the effect of every component on the system is taken into account. Furthermore the tools are organized in a natural progression, guiding you through the process of designing a Home Theater that follows the industry best practices and standards. Start by defining your screen. The tool allows easy calculation of any screen dimension based on the others. Support for usual aspect ratios is provided, allowing you to pick amongst a selection of the most commonly used aspects. For a projection system, the next step tackles the projector part, defining the aspect ratio of the matrix and the optional usage of an anamorphic lens. The tool shows you how the image will fit within the defined screen and the deformation that the anamorphic lens would apply to the projected image. This is also a fantastic tutorial tool to understand anamorphic systems. The next step takes care of projector placement and/or selection in regards to the throw ratio requirements. Enter the throw ratio range of your projector and check it can be placed to work with your screen. Alternatively, enter the distance from the screen where you wish to place your projector and the tool computes the required throw ratio. This is perfect for selecting your lens on higher-end projectors. The Luminance tab allows to find out how big the screen can be with a given projector or how bright your projector must be to light up the defined screen, while respecting the industry best practices. With the Angle tab, validate that your field of view is in accordance with industry accepted standards such as THX or SMPTE. VideoCalc works in both imperial and metric units. Simply swipe down to reveal the unit selection view, giving you the choice between centimeters, meters, inches and feet. If you like this tool, be sure to also check AudioCalc, the companion tool addressing your audio needs.

About

PoEWit

This app enables advanced electrical and network infrastructure using Power over Ethernet (PoE). It aims to make sophisticated digital devices more reliable, easily installed, and intelligently networked and powered.

Highlights
  • Advanced electrical and network infrastructure
  • Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology
  • Reliable and easy device installation
  • Efficient, safe, and intelligent networking
  • Sophisticated Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE)
  • Power Devices (PD)
Features
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Our goal is to advance a building’s electrical and network infrastructure using Power over Ethernet, or PoE as it has never been done before. Doing so, sophisticated digital devices can be more reliable and easily installed anywhere. We want every device to be networked and powered in an efficient, safe and intelligent manner using PoE. Our products are sophisticated Power sourcing equipment (PSE) and Power devices (PD) that will revolutionize everyday electronic devices.

Screenshots

VideoCalc4 screens
PoEWit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PoEWit at Free against VideoCalc's $3.99. PoEWit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). VideoCalc's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PoEWit is free to download; VideoCalc costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VideoCalc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of VideoCalc's written reviews are positive against 100% of PoEWit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VideoCalc ships an update every 7 months, PoEWit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
VideoCalc versus PoEWit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideoCalcPoEWit
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.1 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNelceaPoewit

Customer experience

VideoCalc

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

PoEWit

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

VideoCalc

No in-app purchases

None

PoEWit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VideoCalc free?
VideoCalc costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PoEWit free?
PoEWit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VideoCalc or PoEWit?
VideoCalc is rated higher. VideoCalc averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while PoEWit averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do VideoCalc or PoEWit have ads?
Neither VideoCalc nor PoEWit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VideoCalc or PoEWit?
VideoCalc ships an update every 7 months, and PoEWit every 2 weeks. Most recently, VideoCalc was updated on September 20, 2026 and PoEWit on September 9, 2026.

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