PCalc Lite vs Calculator +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PCalc Lite
This free scientific calculator offers essential features like RPN mode, unit conversions, and multiple undo/redo. It provides a taste of a more powerful version, with optional in-app purchases for expanded functionality.
- Optional RPN mode
- Multiple undo and redo
- Unit conversions and constants
- Two stylish themes
- Apple Watch app
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PCalc is the powerful choice for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature rich calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions and constants, a paper tape, multiple undo and redo, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations.PCalc Lite is a fully functional and free taste of our very popular scientific calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode, multiple undo and redo, unit conversions and constants, as well as two stylish themes and our highly praised design. A great choice for your new iPad! If you like what you see, the full version has many more settings and themes, a paper tape, engineering and scientific notation, and full support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations. You can also now purchase extra features directly from inside PCalc Lite. Buy them individually, or buy everything. Includes an Apple Watch app, so you can calculate on your wrist!
Calculator +
This app offers a free basic and scientific calculator with an intuitive interface. It supports fractions, percentages, and advanced editing. Optional upgrades provide specialized calculators for fractions with units, polynomial and linear equation solving, graphing, and geometric shapes.
- Free basic and scientific calculator
- Intuitive interface with equation and result display
- Fraction and percent support
- Advanced editing capabilities
- Polynomial and linear equation solver
- Graphing calculator
- Unit conversion and geometric calculators
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Award winning calculator app for iPad and iPhone. Designed with simplicity, usability and beauty in mind! FEATURES: - Free basic calculator - Free scientific calculator - Elegant & Intuitive interface - Advanced editing by easily going back and forth - Displays both the equation & the result at the same time - Supports Fraction & Percent - Supports many scientific functions If you are looking for more advanced features you can upgrade to one or more of the following: - Fraction Calculator with feet, inches & cm support! - Solving for x with a polynomial Calculator for solving quadratic & cubic equations 2x³ - 4x² - 22x + 24 = 0 - Linear Equations Solver for solving system of linear equations 2x – y = 9 3x + 4y = –14 - Graphing Calculator to find the local min, max & intersection points y = 2x³ – 4x (x² + y²)³ = -27y²x² - Triangle Calculator - Cone Calculator - Arc Calculator - Circle Calculator - Base Converter ( HEX OCT BIN DEC ) - Multiple themes Enjoy the FREE Scientific calculator on your iPhone & iPad. If you like it, support us by upgrading or giving us a positive review. Thanks :) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PCalc Lite at none against Calculator +'s shown. PCalc Lite also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Calculator +'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 214). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. PCalc Lite sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Calculator + sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calculator + holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator + has 10K ratings behind it against 214, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of PCalc Lite's written reviews are positive against 85% of Calculator +'s.
PCalc Lite ships an update every 2 months, Calculator + every 4 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PCalc Lite | Calculator + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (214 ratings) | 4.6 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 214 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TLA Systems Ltd. | xNeat.com |
Customer experience
PCalc Lite
Calculator +
User reviews
PCalc Lite
From 214 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
- 💡 Customizable themes and settings
- 🚀 Efficient performance
- 👍 Useful conversion tools
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional lags and crashes
- 🔒 Lack of dark mode support
- 🔒 Inconsistent icon appearance after upgrades
- 🔒 Limitations in RPN mode on Apple Watch
- 🔒 Lack of financial calculator functions
Calculator +
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great features and easy to use
- 👍 Efficient and quick
- 👍 Versatile, functional calculator
- 👍 Fantastic, easy to use app
- 👍 Awesome calculator app
Room to improve
- 🐛 New updated layout is awful
- 🐛 App is now terrible
- 🔒 Paying customer screwed over by update
- 🔒 Now timed trial, no free w/ads version
- 🔒 Not honest
Bugs and requests
PCalc Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calculations sometimes produce unexpected results
- Upside-down text censorship feature is problematic
- Purchased features not always accessible on Apple Watch
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to display thousands separators
- Implement a history function to review past calculations
- Provide more customization options for the widget
- Add support for sexagesimal angle input and conversion
Calculator +
Reported bugs
5 issues- Fraction calculator has TWO subtraction buttons and NO division button
- Decimals seem to be changed to fraction with no apparent way of changing it back
- Functionality is dropped by forcing you to the main menu every time you open it
- Currency converter broken
- Login screen freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Add mod function
- Add commas
- Add 1/x function
- Support for Retina Display
- Add number 4 with two lines
In-app purchases
PCalc Lite
- Theme Pack$0.99
- Power User Pack$0.99
- Multiple Line Pack$0.99
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- Conversion Pack$0.99
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Programmer Pack$2.99
- Engineer Pack$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
- Complete Pack$9.99
- Enormous Tip$9.99
Calculator +
- Scientific Calculator3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Calculator7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Linear Calculator$2.99
- Factoring Calculator$2.99
- Handwriting Calculator$2.99
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- Currency Converter$2.99
- Themes Pack$2.99
- Graphing Calculator$3.99
- Fraction Calculator$3.99
- Scientific Calculator$4.99
- Calculator Plus$4.99
- Calculator$16.99
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