Pocket Rulers vs Epic Ruler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Rulers
This utility app offers digital ruler and protractor tools for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It supports various units like cm, inches, and sun for the ruler, and degrees and radians for the protractor. Users can customize backgrounds and colors.
- Digital ruler and protractor
- Supports cm, inch, and sun units
- Supports degree and radian measurements
- Moveable ruler via tap and drag
- Switch between picture and camera backgrounds
- Customizable background pictures from album
- Adjustable ruler and protractor colors
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This application provide ruler and protractor function on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad2 iOS 10 is supported. In Ruler, supporting next units: + cm + inch + sun in Protractor: + degree + radian Ruler and Protractor ・You can move ruler by tap and drag. ・You can switch picture and camera by tapping camera button at top right of screen. ・Default background is picture. ・You can select background picture from album on your device. ・You can change color of Ruler and Protractor.
Epic Ruler
Transform your smartphone into a portable measuring tool. Accurately measure lengths in both inches and centimeters directly from your device.
- Converts phone to ruler
- Measures in inches
- Measures in centimeters
- Pocket-sized utility
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This app turns your phone into a portable pocket ruler, with support for both inches and centimeters.
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Verdict
Pocket Rulers and Epic Ruler both sit at 1.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 41% of Pocket Rulers's written reviews are positive against 0% of Epic Ruler's. Pocket Rulers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 17 months). Epic Ruler's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Pocket Rulers against 1.0 for Epic Ruler. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Pocket Rulers's written reviews are positive against 0% of Epic Ruler's.
Pocket Rulers ships an update every 5 months, Epic Ruler every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Rulers | Epic Ruler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keiichi Okamoto | Chih-Hao Chen |
Customer experience
Pocket Rulers
Epic Ruler
In-app purchases
Pocket Rulers
No in-app purchases
Epic Ruler
No in-app purchases
