Comparison

Text Calculator vs ABC Contacts

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

Head to head
About

Text Calculator

Enter mathematical formulas as text and get instant results. Review past calculations with a history feature for error checking and reuse. Supports advanced functions and constants, and can email your calculation history.

Highlights
  • Text-based formula input
  • Calculation history
  • Reuse past calculations
  • Email history
  • Advanced functions and constants
  • iPad split screen support
Features
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This is a full text calculator. Just enter your formula in the text box and tap the '=' button (or 'Return' on the keyboard). It keeps a history of your calculations. This way you can check for typos and errors in your calculations. Features: - Just tap the result or formula in the history to reuse it. - Email the history for backup or further processing - You can use the Google calculator as well (e.g. for unit conversions). - Available functions: sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, sqrt, exp, log, pow, abs, round, ceil, floor, random - Available constants: PI, E, LN2, LN10, LOG2E, LOG10E, SQRT2, SQRT1_2 - iPad split screen support - Support iPhone 6 and 6+

About

ABC Contacts

Manage your contacts with ease. Create, edit, and delete contacts and groups, send mass texts and emails, and organize your address book. Features include backups, birthday notifications, and sharing options.

Highlights
  • Create, edit, and delete contacts & groups
  • Send mass texts and group emails
  • Backup and restore contacts
  • Birthday and anniversary notifications
  • Share and export contacts
  • Organize contacts by company and favorites
Features
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ABC is the complete contact manager! With ABC, you can easily create, edit, and delete contacts & groups. Send mass texts and group emails. View recently created contacts. Share or print your contacts. Create backups. Get birthday notifications. And so much more: CONTACTS: • View all of your contacts organized by account or group • Easily find a contact with ABC's powerful search tool • Select multiple contacts and perform a number of actions including text, email, share, and delete • Quickly perform a number of functions with one touch directly from the contact card GROUPS: • Create groups of contacts from any account including iCloud, Google, Exchange or Outlook • Filter contacts by one or more groups at the same time • Add & remove contacts from a particular group • Add & remove groups from a particular contact FAVORITES: • Create a list of favorites allowing you to quickly call/message/email those contacts GROUP EMAILS & MESSAGES: • Send messages to groups via iMessage, SMS, & WhatsApp • Send emails to groups via Mail App or Gmail App • Attach photos & documents, including from Dropbox • Assign the to/cc/bcc email field to each contact individually • Give your message a personal touch - Automatically refer to each contact by name COMPANIES, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MOST VIEWED, RECENTLY CREATED/MODIFIED/DELETED: • Sort your contacts by company name • View upcoming birthdays & anniversaries • View your most frequently viewed contacts • View recently created & modified contacts • View & restore your recently deleted contacts SHARE CONTACTS: • Share one or more contacts via text message, email, or various other services • Export contacts in the CSV or vCard format DELETE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Quickly delete contacts & groups BACKUP: • Create a backup of any contact account • Restore your backup to any contact account CLONE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Clone a contact from the contact card screen including all contact fields & groups • Clone a group so you don't have to add all of the group members manually START SCREEN: • Specify whether the app should load the contacts, groups, or favorites screen at startup SHORTCUTS: • Press & hold a contact or group to conveniently perform a number of common functions SYNC CONTACTS WITH GOOGLE: • Fully compatible with the "Contacts Sync For Google Gmail" app so that you can sync your iPhone/iPad contact changes to Gmail WORKS WELL WITH OTHER CONTACT APPS: • Any contact changes you make with this app will be reflected in any other contact app that queries the iPhone address book (including the standard Contacts & Phone app) COMPATIBILITY: • Compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod, iOS 15, iOS 16, iOS 17, iOS 18, iOS 26 LANGUAGES: • Translated into English, Spanish, French, German, & Italian SUBSCRIPTIONS: • ABC offers a "Premium" subscription which removes advertisements. • The "Premium" subscription is priced at $0.99 USD and the subscription length is 1 year • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at a cost of $0.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of use: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003030954 • Privacy Policy: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/229824667

Screenshots

Text Calculator4 screens
ABC Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ABC Contacts at Free against Text Calculator's $0.99. ABC Contacts also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (87% vs 50%). Text Calculator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

ABC Contacts is free to download; Text Calculator costs $0.99 up front. ABC Contacts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Text Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABC Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABC Contacts has 1.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Text Calculator's written reviews are positive against 87% of ABC Contacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Calculator ships an update every 18 months, ABC Contacts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Text Calculator versus ABC Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText CalculatorABC Contacts
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews86.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasPlaya Apps

Customer experience

Text Calculator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

ABC Contacts

All ratings1,244 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews445 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.9%

In-app purchases

None

Text Calculator

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

ABC Contacts

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Year)$0.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
  • Make Contribution$4.99
  • Larger Contribution$9.99

Questions

Is Text Calculator free?
Text Calculator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABC Contacts free?
ABC Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Calculator or ABC Contacts?
ABC Contacts is rated higher. Text Calculator averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while ABC Contacts averages 4.6 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Text Calculator or ABC Contacts have ads?
ABC Contacts shows ads; Text Calculator does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Calculator or ABC Contacts?
Text Calculator ships an update every 18 months, and ABC Contacts every 2 months. Most recently, Text Calculator was updated on October 31, 2026 and ABC Contacts on November 6, 2026.

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