Comparison

StudentCalc vs Maple Calculator

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

Head to head
About

StudentCalc

A scientific calculator designed for ease of use on mobile devices. It offers large, uncluttered buttons and intuitive gesture-based access to functions, eliminating the need for complex key combinations. Customize your experience with background options and enjoy extended accuracy for precise calculations.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based function access
  • Large, uncluttered buttons
  • Backspace correction key
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Customizable background and display
  • Extended accuracy calculations
Features
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Scientific Calculator for iPad, iPhone and iTouch all in the same App. Easy to access the scientific functions by swiping between exponents, logs and sinus functions so all buttons are large and uncluttereds, this allows you to work faster and more reliable (no rotation or "2nd" function keys needed). All the functions are visible on the iPad, but more are revealed by rotating to landscape. Balloon help for easy functionality. Features: - Correct with a backspace key if you enter a wrong digit without having to redo. - Parantheses and correct calculation priority. - Copy and Paste numbers to other Apps, by tapping on the display. - Change number display to Fixed, Scientific, etc., by tapping on the display. - Customize you background and fixed digits. - An audible sound confirms if you have pressed a button, which can be easily disabled by touching the speaker. - Previous calculation is repeated when the equal sign is pressed. - Memory is saved between uses. - Degrees and Radians can be switched by pressing the symbol on the screen or a button. - A visible and audible error when trying to divide by zero or take the square root of a negative number. - Numbers are shown in local format, depending on your Region Formats, i.e. comma used in Europe. - Calculations are done in extended accuracy so that the square root of 2 repeated a few times, followed by a square will result in 2, not 1.999999999999983 (try this on other calculators!).

About

Maple Calculator

This app provides comprehensive math homework assistance, offering step-by-step solutions for a wide range of high school and university level problems. It functions as a graphing, scientific, algebra, calculus, and integration calculator, with the ability to visualize equations in 2-D and 3-D.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step math solutions
  • Camera and handwriting input
  • 2D and 3D graphing
  • Scientific and algebra calculator
  • Calculus and integration solver
  • Built-in math game
Features
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Powered by Maple, the most powerful math engine in the world, this all-in-one calculator solves math problems, generates 2-D and 3-D visualizations, and provides step-by-step solutions for a wide variety of math homework problems encountered at high school and university. [STEP BY STEP MATH SOLUTIONS FOR HOMEWORK] This app is a graphing calculator, scientific calculator, algebra calculator, calculus calculator, and integration calculator combined all into one! Take a picture of your problem using your phone's camera or enter it via the app's built-in math editor to see the final answer or get step-by-step solutions. [QUICK AND POWERFUL MATH SOLVER] No matter how you enter your problem, you can find derivatives and integrals, factor polynomials, invert matrices, solve systems of equations, solve ODEs, and much more. Our calculator has the power of the world-leading Maple math engine behind it, so it can do a LOT of math! [GRAPH PROBLEMS AND RESULTS] See 2-D and 3-D graphs of your expressions instantly, and watch how the graph changes as you change the expression. On this calculator you can zoom in, pan, and even rotate 3-D plots to get a closer look at areas of interest. [PLAY A BUILT-IN FUN MATH GAME] Play our calculator’s built in game, Sumzle, which is like Wordle but for math and equations. FEATURES: • Enter Math Problems Using Your Camera Or By Drawing them with the Handwriting Palette Or By Entering Directly with the Built-in Math Keyboard • Do All Sorts Of Math Operations And Get Step By Step Solutions • Get Answers Even When You Are Offline • Take Quality Math Notes Through Maple Learn. Use The Calculator Camera To Automatically Send Your Handwritten Steps To Maple Learn Where You Can Uncover Mistakes And Share Your Work With Others. • You Can Upload Mathematical Expressions From Our Calculator To Maple Desktop • International Language Support (English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, Hindi, And Simplified Chinese) MATH CAPABILITIES ON OUR CALCULATOR: • Basic Math: Arithmetic, Fractions, Decimals, Integers, Factors, Square Roots, Powers • Algebra: Solving And Graphing Linear Equations, Solving And Graphing Systems Of Equations, Working With Polynomials, Quadratic Equations, And Functions, Logarithmic And Exponential Functions, Trigonometric Functions, Trigonometric Identities • Precalculus: Graphing, Piecewise Functions, Absolute Value, Inequalities, Implicit Functions • Linear Algebra: Finding The Determinant, Inverse, Transpose, Eigenvalues, And Eigenvectors, Solving Matrices (Reduced Echelon Form & Gaussian Elimination) • Differential Equations: Solving Ordinary Differential Equations • And more

Screenshots

StudentCalc3 screens
Maple Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maple Calculator at Free against StudentCalc's $1.99. Maple Calculator also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). StudentCalc's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Maple Calculator is free to download; StudentCalc costs $1.99 up front. Maple Calculator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. StudentCalc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StudentCalc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maple Calculator has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of StudentCalc's written reviews are positive against 62% of Maple Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StudentCalc ships an update every 4 months, Maple Calculator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
StudentCalc versus Maple Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudentCalcMaple Calculator
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.1% of reviews
Number of ratings21.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHannes SverrissonMaplesoft

Customer experience

StudentCalc

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Maple Calculator

All ratings1,526 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative28.8%

Bugs and requests

StudentCalc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Maple Calculator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • When trying to take a photo in the app the camera quality appears to blurry, and a picture cannot be taken
  • This app is honestly bad. It gets questions wrong and doesn't answer them correctly at all
  • Entering an equation by typing has been a frustrating experience, if not impossible
  • Ne se met pas en mode paysage
  • Does not work for iPad, why does this not work for iPad ?

Requested features

4 requests
  • More options
  • Zoom for graphs in double direction separately
  • Support for landscape mode
  • Fundamental physical constants, or the ability to assign letters to constants

In-app purchases

None

StudentCalc

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Maple Calculator

Subscriptions3
  • 1 month$6.991 Month
  • 6 months$25.996 Months
  • 12 months$29.991 Year

Questions

Is StudentCalc free?
StudentCalc costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maple Calculator free?
Maple Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StudentCalc or Maple Calculator?
StudentCalc is rated higher. StudentCalc averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Maple Calculator averages 4.7 from 1.5K ratings.
Do StudentCalc or Maple Calculator have ads?
Neither StudentCalc nor Maple Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StudentCalc or Maple Calculator?
StudentCalc ships an update every 4 months, and Maple Calculator every 2 months. Most recently, StudentCalc was updated on August 22, 2026 and Maple Calculator on September 25, 2026.

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