Pattern Generator vs Calcutron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pattern Generator
Create custom test patterns for various resolutions and display types, including grids, color bars, and specialized formats. Easily share your generated patterns via messaging, email, or AirDrop.
- Create test patterns
- Multiple pattern types (grids, color bars, etc.)
- Supports various resolutions
- Share patterns via message, mail, AirDrop
- Wide screen patterns
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Pattern Generator, allows you to create test patterns that in any resolution. Patterns available: Blendind (for wide screen). LED wall. Grid with or without circles. Spyder. 75% Color Bar 100% color bars. Horizontal 75% Color Bar. Horizontal Color Bar 100%. SMPTE color bar. Horizontal grayscale. You can send your pattern by message, mail or share with AirDrop.
Calcutron
This tool helps designers, developers, and artists proportionally resize digital assets. Easily calculate new dimensions for images, videos, or layouts by entering one measurement.
- Calculate missing dimension automatically
- Use common or custom aspect ratios
- Save frequently used sizes
- Swap width and height with one tap
- Round dimensions to specified decimal places
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Calcutron is a tool for designers, developers, graphic artists, photographers, or anyone who needs to proportionally resize digital assets or layouts based on their current size or aspect ratio. Calcutron makes it easy to quickly determine the new dimensions of any asset, such as video, photographs, or graphics. Simply enter one dimension and the other dimension is automatically calculated for you based on the original size or aspect ratio. In addition to graphic-professionals, Calcutron is a great tool for programmers who need to resize images or video in code. It can be a real time-saver over doing all the calculations manually. FEATURES • Enter the width or height to automatically calculate the other dimension. • Choose from a list of common aspect ratios or enter your own. • Save your most-used sizes as favorites. • Quickly swap width and height values with a single tap. • Round calculated dimensions up, down, or nearest - from 0-4 decimal places.
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Verdict
Pattern Generator and Calcutron both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Calcutron's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pattern Generator's. Calcutron also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, 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
Pattern Generator costs $4.99 and Calcutron $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pattern Generator against 5.0 for Calcutron. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Pattern Generator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Calcutron's.
Pattern Generator ships an update every 19 months, Calcutron every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pattern Generator | Calcutron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | piXap | Solo Design, LLC |
Customer experience
Pattern Generator
Calcutron
In-app purchases
Pattern Generator
No in-app purchases
Calcutron
No in-app purchases
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