Sales Tax Calculator vs Simple Shopping List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sales Tax Calculator
Easily calculate sales tax on purchases with this intuitive and accurate tool. Save multiple tax rates, perform arithmetic calculations, and support all currencies. An optional Pro version offers additional features like item logging and reverse tax calculation.
- Save multiple tax rates
- Built-in arithmetic calculator
- Supports all currencies
- Clean and attractive interface
- Optional Pro version for advanced features
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Tax Me is designed with quality and functionality in mind. It is a unique sales tax calculator that is easy to use, accurate and attractive. Tax Me comes with a built in fully functional arithmetic calculator, the ability to save multiple tax rates and best of all, it's free! Main Features: 1. Create and save as many tax rates as you would like, and then load them at any time. 2. Clean, attractive and easy to use interface. 3. Built in calculator to perform arithmetic operations. 4. All currencies are supported. To save multiple items with Log Mode and for Reverse Tax Calculation, get Tax Me Pro. Just search for "Tax Me Pro" on the app store, or follow the in app link. For support please email me at: support@tardentapps.com
Simple Shopping List
Create and manage multiple shopping lists with item prices. Automatically calculate expenses based on item cost or quantity and price. Track total paid, unpaid, and overall expenses for each list.
- Multiple shopping lists
- Item pricing
- Automatic expense calculation
- Quantity-based pricing
- Paid/unpaid tracking
- Total expense summary
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This simple app helps to: + Prepare many lists of shopping items with price. + Can input expense of item directly or input number of items & price for each item, then expense is calculated. + Each list is calculated with 3 conditions: total paid, total unpaid and total expenses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sales Tax Calculator at 76% against Simple Shopping List's 0%. Sales Tax Calculator also leads on ratings volume (5.4K vs 9) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Simple Shopping List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and 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
Both are free to download. Sales Tax Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Shopping List asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sales Tax Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sales Tax Calculator has 5.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Sales Tax Calculator's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Shopping List's.
Sales Tax Calculator ships an update every 2 months, Simple Shopping List every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sales Tax Calculator | Simple Shopping List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.4K ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.4K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tardent Apps Inc. | giang pham |
Customer experience
Sales Tax Calculator
Simple Shopping List
Bugs and requests
Sales Tax Calculator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect tax calculations for certain states
- App freezes or fails to load
- Incompatibility with newer device OS
Requested features
3 requests- Landscape mode option
- Tax history/calculation log
- Customizable tax rate settings
Simple Shopping List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sales Tax Calculator
- Remove Ads2 variants$0.99
Simple Shopping List
No in-app purchases
Questions
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