Comparison

CalcKit vs CastleWise

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

Head to head
About

CalcKit

Design and build your own custom calculators with personalized formulas and input labels. Organize them into groups for easy access. Ideal for students, scientists, and engineers needing more than standard calculator functions.

Highlights
  • Design calculators with custom formulas
  • Up to seven user-defined variables
  • Built-in trig and math functions
  • Organize calculators into groups
  • Unlimited personal calculator creation
Features
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CalcKit lets you create your own personalized calculators. With CalcKit you can: - Design calculators using your own formulas and input labels - Enter formulas with up to seven user-defined variables - Make use of built-in trig and other math functions - Organize your calculators into convenient groups CalcKit has a simple, intuitive interface, and it comes with a set of example calculators to get you started. You can create an unlimited number of personal calculators. Each formula can be as simple or as complex as you need. CalcKit is ideal for students, scientists, engineers and others who do everyday calculations and need more than a limited set of canned formulas.

About

CastleWise

Manage your home's maintenance, records, and repairs with this comprehensive utility app. Track appliance details, schedule reminders for tasks like filter changes, and access step-by-step guides for common home projects. It also helps diagnose issues and identify necessary parts.

Highlights
  • Home record keeping
  • Document vault for manuals and warranties
  • Customizable maintenance reminders
  • Step-by-step project guides
  • Troubleshooting and repair diagnostics
  • Electrical panel mapping
  • Paint color capture
Features
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CastleWise is the owner's manual your house never came with. Every home runs on information nobody writes down: the furnace filter size, the paint code in the hallway, when the water heater went in, which weekend the gutters are due. CastleWise keeps all of it. KEEP THE RECORDS Twelve categories covering appliances, HVAC, plumbing, paint, flooring, safety, exterior, service history, and tests like radon and water quality. Quick-pick chips so you never face a blank form. Snap the data plate and it saves. Every record links to a room, and the app builds a map of your home as you go. FILE THE PAPERWORK A document vault for manuals, warranties, receipts, insurance policies, inspection reports, permits, and contractor quotes. Attach a manual to the appliance it belongs to. Everything searchable, everything on your phone. GET THE REMINDERS Seasonal checklists for spring, summer, fall, and winter, fully editable with real notifications. Plus home dates for filter changes, HVAC service, smoke detector batteries, gutter cleaning, septic pumping, insurance renewals, and holiday lights. FOLLOW THE GUIDES 86 full step-by-step project guides, each calling out the classic mistake first-timers make. Eleven calculators that turn a project into an exact shopping list. A know-how library and a 100-term trade dictionary in plain words. AND WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS Describe the problem in your own words, add a photo if it helps. You get the likely causes ranked most-common-first, numbered fix steps, the parts that usually solve it, and an honest call on whether it is safe to do yourself or time to call a licensed pro. 267 verified error codes across 53 appliance brands, and 120 problem playbooks, all working offline. MAP YOUR ELECTRICAL PANEL Label every breaker in a grid that looks like your panel door. CastleWise knows your panel brand and tells you the exact breaker to buy, because Square D QO and Homeline are not interchangeable no matter what the box says. CAPTURE A PAINT COLOR Photograph the wall, tap the spot, keep the exact color forever. PRIVACY No account. No login. Your records, photos, and documents stay on your phone. Optional deeper analysis sends only that one question and photo, stores nothing, and can be switched off.

Screenshots

CalcKit4 screens
CastleWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalcKit at none against CastleWise's 1. CalcKit also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). CastleWise's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. CastleWise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CalcKit asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CalcKit versus CastleWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalcKitCastleWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 30 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkkyra SystemsTimothy Palladino

Customer experience

CalcKit

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

CastleWise

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CalcKit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CastleWise

One-time1
  • CastleWise Pro$9.99

Questions

Is CalcKit free?
CalcKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CastleWise free?
CastleWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CalcKit or CastleWise have ads?
Neither CalcKit nor CastleWise shows ads.

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