Calculator‰ vs Basic Shopping List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator‰
This utility app offers a clean and intuitive interface for performing calculations. It prioritizes a user-friendly design with large buttons and a clear display for quick and efficient use.
- Large buttons
- Clear display
- Fast calculations
- Intuitive layout
- Retina Display support
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This calculator has a perfect design that maximizes the size of the buttons and display, with a great layout for fast and easy calculations. Retina Display. Download now and see how truly great this basic calculator is.
Basic Shopping List
Easily create and manage your shopping lists. Quickly add common items with auto-complete and share your lists via SMS or email. Keep track of items already in your cart with a separate list.
- Create and manage shopping lists
- Share lists via SMS or email
- Auto-complete for common items
- Track items in shopping cart
- Reorder items
- Delete individual items
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A simple and easy to use shopping list to help on your everyday shopping. Features: - You can send the shopping list to someone else by SMS or e-mail. - Auto complete allows you to quickly add items common items. - Keeps a separate list with the items that you already have in your shopping cart. - You can delete individual items from both the shopping list and the shopping cart list. - Allows items to be reordered from both the shopping list and the shopping cart list.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Basic Shopping List at none against Calculator‰'s shown. Basic Shopping List also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Calculator‰'s advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (410K vs 7). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calculator‰ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator‰ has 410K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Calculator‰'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Basic Shopping List's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Calculator‰ ships an update every 5 months, Basic Shopping List every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calculator‰ | Basic Shopping List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (410K ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 410K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim O's Studios, LLC | Bruno Ferreira |
Customer experience
Calculator‰
Basic Shopping List
Bugs and requests
Calculator‰
Reported bugs
2 issues- Calculations sometimes incorrect
- App crashing or freezing
Requested features
4 requests- Percentage key in portrait mode
- Option to remove ads (paid version)
- More customization options
- Memory function
Basic Shopping List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calculator‰
No in-app purchases
Basic Shopping List
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Calculator‰ free?
Is Basic Shopping List free?
Which has better reviews, Calculator‰ or Basic Shopping List?
Do Calculator‰ or Basic Shopping List have ads?
Which is updated more often, Calculator‰ or Basic Shopping List?
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