Comparison

Unit Converter vs PhosphorTEX

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

Head to head
About

Unit Converter

This app offers a comprehensive unit conversion tool with over 300 units across 27 categories. It supports compound units, date calculations, and conversions between various number systems, including historical units. The interface is designed for ease of use with smart keyboards and customizable display options.

Highlights
  • 27 conversion categories
  • 300+ units
  • Compound unit support
  • Date calculator
  • Fractions and number conversions
  • Historical units
  • Customizable interface
Features
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Convert everything - 31 categories, 300+ units! Mila's Tools Unit Converter puts 31 converters in your pocket at no cost. Whether you need to convert temperatures for a recipe, check tire pressure in PSI, find your ring size across international standards, or calculate the days until a deadline, this app handles it all with precision and ease. What customers are saying: ***** "Get it! Nothing better than this!" ***** "This is the best quick ref tool I have come across to date" ***** "Undoubtedly the best conversion app in the App Store." ***** "Best app for me so far." ***** "Intuitive interface. The app design is so easy you'll actually use it." 31 CONVERSION CATEGORIES Angle · Area · Bits & Bytes · Blood Sugar · Capacitance · Cooking · Current · Data Transfer Rates · Dates · Density · Energy · Flow Rate · Force · Fractions · Frequency · Fuel Economy · Gauges · Illuminance · Length · Numbers · Power · Pressure · Ring Sizes · Shoes · Slope · Speed · Temperature · Time · Torque · Volume · Weight COMPOUND UNITS Work with real-world measurements like feet + inches, pounds + ounces, or gallons + quarts. Values auto-normalize — type 13 inches and see 1 foot 1 inch instantly. DATE CALCULATOR Find the exact number of days, weeks, months, and years between any two dates. Add or subtract time from a date with quick-action shortcuts like "90 Days from Today" or "End of Year." DATE CONVERTER See any date across 10 calendar systems — Gregorian, Islamic, Hebrew, Chinese, Persian, Indian National, Coptic, Ethiopic, Buddhist, and Japanese — plus Unix timestamps, Julian Day numbers, and ISO 8601 week dates. Tap the info icon for details on each calendar system. FRACTIONS & NUMBERS Convert between fractions, decimals, and percentages. Translate numbers into Roman numerals, binary, octal, and hexadecimal. Explore magnitudes from thousands to decillions. RING SIZES Convert between US, EU, Swiss, Japanese, Chinese (Mainland), and Hong Kong ring sizing standards. View inner diameter and circumference in millimeters for precise measurements. HISTORICAL UNITS Go beyond modern measurements with ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Biblical units of length. BUILT FOR PRECISION Choose automatic smart formatting or set manual decimal precision from 0 to 10 places. Locale-aware number formatting respects your region's separators and conventions. SMART CUSTOM KEYBOARDS Purpose-built keyboards for every input type — numeric, whole number, Roman numeral, binary, octal, and hexadecimal — so you never have to fight autocorrect. DESIGNED FOR YOU • Dark mode with rich, category-specific color themes • Comfortable or compact view styles • Show or hide any unit in any category • Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Download now and experience the most comprehensive unit conversion app available! - - - - - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PhosphorTEX

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PhosphorTEX decodes NAVTEX maritime safety broadcasts in real time on your iPhone or iPad. Tune a receiver to 518 kHz, 490 kHz or 4209.5 kHz, hold your device near the speaker, and watch navigational warnings, gale warnings, ice reports and search-and-rescue notices arrive on an authentic phosphor CRT display. No internet connection required. No account. Nothing leaves the device. WHAT NAVTEX IS NAVTEX (Navigational Telex) is the worldwide maritime safety broadcast of the IMO's Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Coast stations send storm warnings, navigational hazards, search-and-rescue notices and weather forecasts to ships at sea, each station in its own ten-minute slot. PhosphorTEX puts that live feed on your screen. SIGNAL PROCESSING PhosphorTEX decodes CCIR 476 SITOR-B entirely on the device, with signal processing written for the app: Synchronous 7-bit decoding with phase-locked clock recovery Automatic character alignment that finds the character boundary on its own Automatic polarity detection, so maritime receivers and SDR tuning both work with no toggles Automatic frequency control that finds and tracks the 170 Hz tone pair anywhere from 800 to 2500 Hz Every character checked against the NAVTEX error code, with errors shown rather than guessed Error statistics for every message, measured against the second copy NAVTEX sends of each character Live 512-point FFT spectrum and scrolling waterfall FIVE TABS DECODE: every message as a colour-coded card, with the station letter, subject, serial number, UTC time, a signal quality badge and the full text. Switch to TAPE for the raw teleprinter stream. SIGNAL: FFT spectrum with mark and space cursors, a scrolling waterfall, mark and space tone bars, and an FEC HEALTH panel showing how cleanly each character arrived. SCHEDULE: a built-in database of 43 NAVTEX coast stations across thirteen NAVAREAs, from Cullercoats, Niton and Malin Head to Reykjavik, Las Palmas, Singapore and Valparaíso. A live grid shows which stations transmit in the current ten-minute slot against a running UTC clock. LOG: every decoded message kept on the device, with its header, time, full text and error statistics. Copy, share or delete a message, or export them all as text. CONFIG: amber or green phosphor, three text sizes, automatic or manual tuning, mark and space inversion, alert colours for search-and-rescue and vital messages, and a mute list for subjects you do not want on the cards. Search-and-rescue messages can never be muted. IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad PhosphorTEX runs natively in every orientation, with larger type and the cards, spectrum, waterfall and station schedule opened out across the full width of the screen. PRIVACY PhosphorTEX makes no network requests. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party code. Audio is processed in memory as it arrives and is never recorded, stored or sent anywhere. The microphone is used only while decoding. WHERE TO FIND NAVTEX 518 kHz carries the international service in English, 490 kHz carries national services in local languages, and 4209.5 kHz carries the tropical HF service. Any receiver that covers these frequencies with SSB will do, and so will WebSDR audio played through a speaker. REQUIREMENTS iPhone or iPad with a microphone iOS or iPadOS 26.4 or later A receiver tuned to a NAVTEX frequency, or WebSDR audio played through a speaker No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. No tracking. No network access. PhosphorTEX is part of the Phosphor range of retro-CRT radio tools, alongside PhosphorRTTY, PhosphorCW, PhosphorFeld and PhosphorSSTV.

Screenshots

Unit Converter4 screens
PhosphorTEX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Unit Converter at Free against PhosphorTEX's $0.99. Unit Converter also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.4). PhosphorTEX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Unit Converter is free to download; PhosphorTEX costs $0.99 up front. Unit Converter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PhosphorTEX asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unit Converter ships an update weekly, PhosphorTEX every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Unit Converter versus PhosphorTEX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnit ConverterPhosphorTEX
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott DeSapioStuart Woolley

Bugs and requests

Unit Converter

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes or freezes on some devices
  • Conversion results not displaying properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to customize order of conversion units
  • Addition of more specialized units (e.g. astronomical distances)
  • Improved scrolling functionality on all devices

PhosphorTEX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Unit Converter

Subscriptions2
  • Mila's Tools PRO Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Mila's Tools PRO Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mila's Tools PRO Lifetime$9.99
None

PhosphorTEX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Unit Converter free?
Unit Converter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PhosphorTEX free?
PhosphorTEX costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Unit Converter or PhosphorTEX have ads?
Unit Converter shows ads; PhosphorTEX does not.
Which is updated more often, Unit Converter or PhosphorTEX?
Unit Converter ships an update weekly, and PhosphorTEX every 3 months. Most recently, Unit Converter was updated on November 14, 2026 and PhosphorTEX on November 10, 2026.

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