ProjectorCalc vs WideScreen Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProjectorCalc
This utility app helps lighting technicians and projectionists calculate projected image dimensions. It determines image width, height, diagonal length, brightness, area, and pixel density based on projector and location details. It also estimates keystone distortion.
- Calculate image width, height, and diagonal length
- Determine brightness in Nits
- Calculate total projected area
- Compute pixels per inch
- Estimate keystone distortion
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Winner of the 2010 Live Design Projection Product of the Year - Software/App Category ProjectorCalc is a program for professional lighting technicians and projectionists. Its primary purpose is to determine the size of a projected image given various information about the projector and it's location. ProjectorCalc allows users to enter details for a projector and its location in relation to a projection surface. ProjectorCalc will calculate image width, image height, diagonal length, brightness in Nits, total projected area, and how many pixels per inch the projected image will be. Additionally, ProjectorCalc can give you an estimate of how much keystone distortion will occur by calculating the length of each side of the distorted image.
WideScreen Pro
Calculate panoramic image sizes for video projectors based on screen and projector dimensions. Offers automatic and manual modes for projector quantity and overlap, along with optical report and power calculations.
- Panoramic image size calculation
- Automatic and manual projector modes
- Overlap quantity adjustment
- Optical report calculation
- Power calculation (m2/sq ft)
- Save and email configurations
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WScreenPro is an application which allows to calculate the size of a panoramic image according to the size of the screen and the resolution of the video projectors. WScreenPro works in automatic mode what allows to work in full matrix and also in manual mode what allows to put the number of projectors wished as well as the quantity of overlap. WScreenPro also allows to calculate the optical report as well as the power in m2 or sq ft. -Add Square Calculation. -Add Print. -Add Send Configuration by eMail. -Add Save Configuration into your photo Album. -Add automatically saved when you quit. -Add Pattern Adjustment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WideScreen Pro at every 6 months against ProjectorCalc's every 49 months. WideScreen Pro also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 38%). ProjectorCalc's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $5.99). On rating, ratings volume, 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
ProjectorCalc costs $2.99 and WideScreen Pro $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ProjectorCalc against 5.0 for WideScreen Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of ProjectorCalc's written reviews are positive against 50% of WideScreen Pro's.
ProjectorCalc ships an update every 49 months, WideScreen Pro every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProjectorCalc | WideScreen Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D!HV Lighting | piXap |
Customer experience
ProjectorCalc
WideScreen Pro
In-app purchases
ProjectorCalc
No in-app purchases
WideScreen Pro
No in-app purchases
