SchoolStat vs Tikal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SchoolStat
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Simple easy to use statistics program for students of high schools, colleges and universities. Adapted from SchoolStat for Macintosh released originally in 1989. Aims to facilitate teaching of introductory statistics and to be a useful tool for statistical computations anywhere an iPhone can go. - Enter data into a fully functional spreadsheet with thousands of rows and columns, name the columns and perform statistical computations with results stored in the log panel. - Spreadsheet includes functions for trigonometry, table & cell access, maths, statistics, strings, logical, date, time, financial and matrix manipulations (>180 in total). Resize cells, zoom and swipe to scroll, file saving/opening and emailing. Series and sorting functions. Quick sum, average, min, max. Intuitive cell editing and selection. - Spreadsheet also supports cut/copy/paste and shake to undo. - One, two or multiple sample statistics available for named columns including descriptive, confidence intervals, correlation, linear regression, sign test, Wilcoxon paired test, Paired t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Student's independent t-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, One-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test. - Odds ratio and sensitivity/specificity testing. - Create graphical displays using box plots, pie chart, stem & leaf displays, histograms, linear or scatter plots. - Visualise "active" probability tables for multiple distributions to aid understanding of parameter changes for beta, binomial, Cauchy, chi square, exponential, F-, gamma, geometric, hypergeometric, logistic, lognormal, normal, Poisson, t-, Weibull distributions. - Static tables available for chi-square, F-, Inverse normal and normal, Kruskal Wallis, Mann-Whitney, T- and Wilcoxon distributions. - Log window supports annotation, text cut/copy/paste, file saving/opening/emailing, addition of time/date stamp and is automatically saved. - Graph window creates pdf resolution independent files, which can be copied, and file saving/opening/emailing. - Full help descriptions for all functions and sample spreadsheet files accompanying quick tutorial.
Tikal
This scientific calculator app emulates a 1978 Japanese pocket calculator with enhanced precision. It offers advanced functions, a shareable log, and a graph display for statistical mode. Enjoy a clean, ad-free experience with customizable display colors.
- Emulates 1978 Japanese pocket calculator
- Arithmetic, trigonometric, logarithmic, statistical functions
- High internal precision
- Graph display for statistical mode
- Shareable calculation log
- Customizable display colors (red, green, blue)
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This calculator app is loosely based on a pocket calculator designed in Japan in 1978. It provides arithmetic, trigonometric, logarithmic and statistical functions and fairly high internal precision with a display mode of 8 digits in portrait and 12 digits in landscape mode, which can be interchanged freely while entering numbers, and a scientific notation mode with 5/9 digits mantissa and 2 digits exponent. Internally it uses Decimals for primitive operations and Double floating point numbers for everything else, so in general it should be somehow more accurate than the original calculator model it was based on. I added a graph display for the statistical mode, a shareable calculation log, a manual (all accessible by tapping on the title line above the buttons) and a random number function that produces random numbers in the range [0..1]. The operational correctness is checked with unit tests. All examples from the original manual work with the same or with higher accuracy. There are about 45 unit tests until now covering different combinations, which should be sufficient for everyday educational or household calculations. The unit test set will be further expanded with future versions. The app does not store or transmit any data apart from the user-initiated log file sharing, it just needs permission to install and use the included 7 segment font for emulating the LCD display. There are no advertisements. The "OFF" Button exits the application immediately. Localizations for other languages are in preparation, this mainly concerns the manual and translations in the additional views. The main display uses a universal standard 7-segment display without localization options for clarity. The dark mode aims at a LED effect instead of LCD. Made the default blue instead of red, though there were no blue LEDs in 1978. In the settings you can choose from red, green or blue for now. The localizations may still contain errors and missing translations. Segment7Standard font license: SIL Open Font License (OFL) Link: https://www.fontspace.com/segment7-font-f19825 Music in App Previews: Excerpts from Gustav Holst, "The Planets": "Mercury the Messenger" and "Neptune the Mystic", performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gustav Holst, published by Columbia 1923, Recording in the Public Domain Link: https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Planets,_Op.32_(Holst,_Gustav) Known issues: - Klingon mode shows an obfuscated log that still does not make much sense.This is because Klingon ist not integrated into Unicode, and logging is probably not compatible with the Klingon honor code anyway. Written in Swift 5. This application is completely free of AI, so you can be fairly sure only human errors are to be reckoned with...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tikal at every 4 weeks against SchoolStat's every 16 months. Tikal also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
SchoolStat costs $4.99 and Tikal $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SchoolStat ships an update every 16 months, Tikal every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SchoolStat | Tikal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CereScape Pty Ltd | PETER KOLLNER |
In-app purchases
SchoolStat
No in-app purchases
Tikal
No in-app purchases





