Comparison

Halcyon Calc vs my15c

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

Head to head
About

Halcyon Calc

A powerful calculator app for students, engineers, and scientists. It handles complex numbers, symbolic expressions, unit conversions, and matrix operations, with advanced plotting and programming capabilities.

Highlights
  • Complex number calculations
  • Symbolic expression manipulation
  • Unit conversion with custom units
  • Matrix and vector operations
  • Symbolic plotting
  • Programming of custom operations
  • Statistical data analysis
Features
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For students, engineers, scientists or people who fondly remember classic calculators, Halcyon Calc is a great application for manipulating numbers and even symbolic expressions. Features: - Use this calculator on an iPhone, iPod Touch or an iPad - Use your finger to quickly scroll through the stack to review intermediate results - Copy and paste support - Over 225 built-in operations, including trig, logarithms, real functions, complex operations and more - Allows you to work with real, complex and integer numbers. - Real and complex numbers can be displayed in standard, fixed, scientific and engineering format - Use over 120 built-in units to perform unit conversion or create your own units if the one you want is not already there - Integer numbers can be displayed in decimal, hexadecimal, octal and binary bases - Work with real and complex matrices and vectors. - Enter symbolic expressions and solve them for different values. Even better, solve quadratic formulas, collect and expand factors and terms, find minima, maxima and roots of any expression. - Plot symbolic expressions in X/Y coordinates. Pan the coordinate space by dragging the plot in any direction. Zoom in and out using a pinch gesture. - Determine symbolic derivative, taylor series or numeric integral of an expression. - Store numbers, lists, strings and expressions in symbols. Create hierarchies of symbols to allow you to organize your calculations. - Create sequences of calculator commands into programs, creating your own operations which you can then include in expressions. - Store statistical data and calculate totals, averages, standard deviations, linear regressions, etc over that data. - Calculate the probabilities associated with standard distributions like the normal, F and T distributions.

About

my15c

Features
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my15C is a faithful emulation of the classic 15C — the legendary RPN scientific programmable calculator, running the original Voyager-series microcode ROM, cycle-accurate. Built for engineers, scientists, and RPN enthusiasts who want the real thing in their pocket — not just a look-alike. FEATURES • Authentic 15C ROM emulation — same logic, same quirks as the original 1982 hardware • Full RPN entry with a 4-level stack • Complex number arithmetic • Matrix operations • Numerical integration (∫f(x)) • Root solving (SOLVE) • Full programmability — write, edit, and run your own programs • Continuous memory with iCloud sync across your devices • Authentic 7-segment LCD display and keyboard layout • Landscape-optimized for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Screenshots

Halcyon Calc4 screens
my15c4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: my15c at Free against Halcyon Calc's $4.99. my15c also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). Halcyon Calc's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On 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

my15c is free to download; Halcyon Calc costs $4.99 up front. my15c sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Halcyon Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Halcyon Calc ships an update every 4 months, my15c every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Halcyon Calc versus my15c: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHalcyon Calcmy15c
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHalcyon Touch SoftwareMiroslav Perovic

In-app purchases

None

Halcyon Calc

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

my15c

One-time1
  • Unlock Full App$9.99

Questions

Is Halcyon Calc free?
Halcyon Calc costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is my15c free?
my15c is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Halcyon Calc or my15c have ads?
Neither Halcyon Calc nor my15c shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Halcyon Calc or my15c?
Halcyon Calc ships an update every 4 months, and my15c every 2 days. Most recently, Halcyon Calc was updated on September 22, 2026 and my15c on September 14, 2026.

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