PassMaker vs CalcFast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PassMaker
This app generates strong, customizable passwords for enhanced online security. It offers a straightforward interface for creating complex combinations of characters up to 64 characters long. The application is completely free to use and contains no advertisements.
- Generates password combinations
- Includes numbers, letters, and symbols
- Customizable password length up to 64 characters
- Completely free
- No ads
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Clean and simple password generator. FEATURES - Generates a combination of numbers, lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and/or symbols - Allows passwords of up to 64 characters in length - Completely free, and no ads!
CalcFast
A fast and elegant calculator for Apple devices that displays your calculation history. It offers a Today Extension for quick access and supports Apple Watch, external keyboards, and VoiceOver.
- Calculation history display
- Today Extension for quick calculations
- Apple Watch app
- Dark/light mode selection
- External keyboard support
- VoiceOver support
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Fast and simple calculator for iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch that shows the calculation history, includes a Today Extension that allows for fast calculation by swiping down and 3D Touch for quick interactions. Numbers are formatted for your country, i.e. period in the US and comma in Europe. Ever lost your train of thought half way through a calculation and thought how handy it would be to review your calculations. The aim of this Calculator is to be fast, elegant and simple. Features: - The calculator can open side by side or over other apps in iPadOS. - Select dark or light mode. - External keyboard support. - Smart Apple Watch Calculator included. - Light weight Today Extension included. - Calculations shown when input and on tape. - Key click confirms pressing of buttons, which may be turned off. - Previous calculation is repeated when the equal sign is pressed. - Numbers are shown in local format, depending on your Region Formats, i.e. comma used in Europe. The number of decimal digits may be set in the Settings. - VoiceOver is supported. - Calculations Tape may be deleted by Tapping on it.
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Verdict
PassMaker and CalcFast both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of CalcFast's written reviews are positive against 40% of PassMaker's. CalcFast also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). PassMaker's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for PassMaker against 4.2 for CalcFast. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CalcFast has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of PassMaker's written reviews are positive against 78% of CalcFast's.
PassMaker ships an update every 13 months, CalcFast every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PassMaker | CalcFast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 4.2 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harmonic Projects LLC | Hannes Sverrisson |
Customer experience
PassMaker
CalcFast
In-app purchases
PassMaker
No in-app purchases
CalcFast
No in-app purchases
