Halcyon Calc Lite vs Formcalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Halcyon Calc Lite
This app is a powerful calculator for students and professionals, offering advanced features like symbolic expression manipulation, graphing, and statistical analysis. It supports real, complex, and integer numbers, matrices, and vectors, making it versatile for various mathematical tasks.
- Symbolic expression manipulation
- Graphing of expressions
- Matrix and vector calculations
- Statistical analysis
- Multiple number formats (decimal, hex, octal, binary)
- Over 225 built-in operations
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For students, engineers, scientists or people who fondly remember classic calculators, Halcyon Calc Lite is a great application for manipulating numbers and even symbolic expressions. Features: - Use this calculator on an iPhone, iPod Touch or an iPad - Use your finger to quickly scroll through the stack to review intermediate results - Copy and paste support - Over 225 built-in operations, including trig, logarithms, real functions, complex operations and more - Allows you to work with real, complex and integer numbers. - Real and complex numbers can be displayed in standard, fixed, scientific and engineering format - Integer numbers can be displayed in decimal, hexadecimal, octal and binary bases - Work with real and complex matrices and vectors - Enter symbolic expressions and solve them for different values. Even better, solve quadratic formulas, collect and expand factors and terms, find minima, maxima and roots of any expression. - Plot symbolic expressions in X/Y coordinates. Pan the coordinate space by dragging the plot in any direction. Zoom in and out using a pinch gesture. - Determine symbolic derivative, taylor series or numeric integral of an expression. - Store numbers, lists, strings and expressions in symbols. - Store statistical data and calculate totals, averages, standard deviations, linear regressions, etc over that data. - Calculate the probabilities associated with standard distributions like the normal, F and T distributions.
Formcalc
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Formcalc is a powerful formula calculator designed to simplify recurring calculations. Instead of entering the same formula again and again, you define it once and reuse it anytime. Create your own custom formulas using two flexible inputs (X and Y), rename fields, and adapt the calculator to your exact workflow — whether for daily calculations, productivity, planning, or personal projects. Key Features • Create and reuse custom formula with X and Y • Save results automatically in a clear history • Rename input fields and customize labels • Fully offline usage – no account required • Fast and minimal interface focused on efficiency Formcalc also includes two integrated timers that help you track time-based values and processes directly inside your calculation workflow. Designed for Repeated Calculations Formcalc is built for anyone who regularly performs the same calculations and wants a faster, more flexible alternative to standard calculator apps. Use it for: • Personal calculations • Productivity workflows • Study and learning • Work-related formulas • Everyday problem solving Widgets & Notifications (Premium) With an active subscription, you unlock: • Home Screen Widgets (iOS) • Notifications for timers • Advanced customization options Privacy & Simplicity • Works offline • No account required • Local history storage on your device Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Formcalc at none against Halcyon Calc Lite's shown. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Halcyon Calc Lite sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Formcalc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Halcyon Calc Lite | Formcalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Halcyon Touch Software | Admir Pekic |
In-app purchases
Halcyon Calc Lite
- Directory And Unit Conversion Support$0.99
- Programming Support$1.99
- Larger Display Upgrade$1.99
Formcalc
- Basic$0.991 Month
- Basic Year$12.991 Year









