Logcaliper vs FinderQuery Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Logcaliper
This utility app assists IT professionals in calculating and comparing data storage needs for big data and SIEM solutions. It converts various data sizes and rates, estimates storage capacity, and helps size log management systems.
- Data unit conversion
- Decimal/binary conversion modes
- Estimate storage capacity
- Size SIEM solutions
- Convert message rates
- Log source list creation
- Email export of results
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Your go-to app for data unit conversion, comparison and sizing ############################################### Logcaliper is a tool that helps IT professionals understand the volume of data they are dealing with when designing a big data or security information and event management (SIEM) solution. It allows users to convert various data sizes and rate units, estimate storage capacity for long-term retention, and size and scope their log management/SIEM solutions. Logcaliper can quickly and easily convert message rates per second, hour, day, month, or year, as well as bits and bytes. It is available for free on iPhones and iPads, making it a convenient tool for IT professionals to use on the go. HIGHLIGHTS: - Conversion of various data units - Ability to choose between decimal or binary conversion modes - Database of average log sizes for common products, based on real-world data from millions of log samples - Customizable average log size - Support for creating a list of log sources - Estimation of storage capacity requirements - Estimation of distributed storage cluster size (e.g., number of Hadoop nodes) - Email export of results - Customizable log retention period - Calculation of weighted mean log size for a list of log sources - Rounded and simplified results for easier reading - Internationalization of numbers format - Requires iOS 15 or higher
FinderQuery Client
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FinderQuery Client lets you browse and access files on your Mac from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro—directly over your local network. Used together with FinderQuery Server (available on the Mac App Store), you can: • Browse Finder folders with icons, including hidden files • Preview files and folders on your Mac • Stream videos and PDFs instantly without downloading • Share a streaming link (URL) to open files in third-party apps • Download and view supported files directly in the app Privacy & Security Your privacy matters: • Local-network only: the app never sends your data to the internet and connects only to your Mac running FinderQuery Server • Mac-controlled access: the server never initiates connections; connections are started only from your device • Encrypted control connection: mutual TLS (mTLS) encrypts communication between the client and your Mac • Verified pairing: you can connect only after approving the connection on your Mac and confirming the client certificate fingerprint • On-device certificates: the certificate is stored in your Keychain and never leaves your device About streaming links To support opening streams in third-party apps, streamed file delivery isn’t encrypted. Access is still protected using randomized file paths and an authentication token—only someone with the URL can view the file.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Logcaliper at 15.0 against FinderQuery Client's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Logcaliper ships an update every 9 months, FinderQuery Client every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Logcaliper | FinderQuery Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christophe Briguet | Weida Fan |
In-app purchases
Logcaliper
No in-app purchases
FinderQuery Client
No in-app purchases
Questions
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