RPN Calculus vs PrefixCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RPN Calculus
This scientific calculator app for iPad offers a clean RPN interface with basic and advanced functions. It supports high precision calculations and provides an extensive, user-extendable database of scientific constants.
- RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) interface
- Basic and advanced mathematical functions
- High precision calculations (up to 15 digits)
- Extensive scientific constant database
- User-extendable constant database
- Memory space for values
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RPN Calculus is a scientific RPN Calculator for the Apple iPad. RPN Calculus provides basic arithmetic operations as well as advanced mathematic operations like trigonometric, hyperbolic or logarithmic functions. The calculator app provides an unlimited, well, limited by system resources, amount of memory space for values. RPN Calculus performs calculations with a precision of up to 15 digits and supports a number range from -1E127 to 1E127. It's smallest presentable number is 1E-128. RPN Calculus offers a clean and simple layout, very common if you have used scientific RPN calculators before. RPN Calculus has a build in constant values database. The database contains over 120 scientific constants of different categories like e.g. Mathematics, Physics or Astronomy. Since the constants database is user extendable, you can add constant values that you are may be missing in the default set of constants. RPN Calculus can print out your values on the stack and the memory.
PrefixCalc
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This calculator supports Metric‑prefix such as kilo and giga. The calculator supports quetta (10^30) and quecto (10^-30), which were added in 2022. Main Functions ・Support for arithmetic operations (+ - ×÷) ・Results converted to Japanese numerals for display ・Delete one character at a time with the "DEL" button Press and hold to delete all ・Press and hold to copy calculation formulas and results English (Short scale, Long scale) and Chinese numerals can also be selected. ・Calculations that include prefixes such as 2M+1k, 2M×1μ, etc. Note: ・Very large numbers that exceed 200 digits may be rounded off for display and calculation purposes. Please note this when precision is required. ・Short scale and Long scale are currently supported up to 10^198. ・Kanji notation is supported up to 10^72. If it is greater than the number, it will be displayed in Arabic numerals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PrefixCalc at Free against RPN Calculus's $1.99. PrefixCalc also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
PrefixCalc is free to download; RPN Calculus costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | RPN Calculus | PrefixCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Braun | YONAGARE LAB |
In-app purchases
RPN Calculus
No in-app purchases
PrefixCalc
No in-app purchases
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