ProjectorCalc vs PCS Live
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.
PCS Live
Access and manage your video surveillance systems remotely. View live feeds, control pylon devices, playback recorded videos, and receive alarm notifications directly on your mobile phone.
- Live video viewing
- Pylon device control
- Video playback
- Alarm push notifications
- Cloud device management
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PCS Live APP can directly access video surveillance products through the network to meet your needs of viewing live events on your mobile phone, controlling the pylon, playing back videos, pushing alarms, managing cloud devices, etc.
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Verdict
ProjectorCalc and PCS Live both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PCS Live's written reviews are positive against 38% of ProjectorCalc's. PCS Live also leads on price (Free vs $2.99). ProjectorCalc's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 12.0). 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
PCS Live is free to download; ProjectorCalc costs $2.99 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 PCS Live. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of ProjectorCalc's written reviews are positive against 100% of PCS Live's.
| Parameter | ProjectorCalc | PCS Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 423 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | D!HV Lighting | PC Security, Inc. |
Customer experience
ProjectorCalc
PCS Live
In-app purchases
ProjectorCalc
No in-app purchases
PCS Live
No in-app purchases
