Comparison

Codex Calc vs PrefixCalc

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

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About

Codex Calc

This app offers a powerful yet intuitive calculator experience with a variety of modes including scientific, unit conversion, and tip calculation. It features a customizable interface and a detailed history tape for all your calculations.

Highlights
  • Full scientific calculator functions
  • Unit converter
  • Tip calculator
  • RPN mode
  • History tape
  • Customizable interface
  • Multiple visual themes
Features
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Codex Calc is the calculator for the rest of us: easy and intuitive, without sacrificing power and capabilities. Calculator • Unit Converter • Tip Calculator • RPN Mode • Full Scientific • History Tape All the power you need, wrapped in a beautifully designed interface that's simple without being simplistic. ADAPTS TO YOU Do you like big buttons, or small? Like minimalist interfaces, or are you a fan of bright and flashy? Prefer small fonts to see more detail, or big text and easy to read buttons? Codex Calc adapts itself to the way *you* like to work. FEATURES Everything you'd expect, plus: • History tape records all entries and calculations • Full suite of standard and scientific calculator functions • Unit conversion mode for forward and reverse conversions • Full tip calculator mode - taxes, tip, per-person amounts • RPN mode fully integrated • Rotation lock and sound on/off toggles • Seven different professionally designed visual themes • Multi-number memory and full set of memory-store operators • Full control over history tape font size • Single and multiple-line history tape formats • Large and small button sizes • Settings for customization (number formatting, behavior of clear key, display of calculation details, much more) Calculations: • Trig functions in degrees and radians • Log and power/exponentials • Scientific notation / exponent mode • Rounding and truncating • Random number generation • Parenthesis and sub-expressions ...and more! INTUITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE Take full advantage of your device's capabilities: • Overlays - rather than making buttons smaller to fit more, Codex Calc uses intuitive overlays on the existing buttons. • Popup Menus - hidden until you need them, pop-up context menus give you more power when the default action isn't quite what you need. • Zoomable History Tape - Tap the history tape to expand for more detail, change the font size, copy contents to clipboard, or forward as an email. View as single-lines to save space, or use multi-line view for more detail. • Multiple Flexible Layouts - Portrait and landscape, large and small buttons, and seven different graphical themes. • Easy-Touch Everything - Codex Calc's entire design approach revolves around "touch to activate." Tap the tape to see it bigger, swipe to scroll, long-press a button for more options, tap the display to copy or paste, etc.

About

PrefixCalc

Features
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This calculator supports Metric‑prefix such as kilo and giga. The calculator supports quetta (10^30) and quecto (10^-30), which were added in 2022. Main Functions ・Support for arithmetic operations (+ - ×÷) ・Results converted to Japanese numerals for display ・Delete one character at a time with the "DEL" button  Press and hold to delete all ・Press and hold to copy calculation formulas and results  English (Short scale, Long scale) and  Chinese numerals can also be selected. ・Calculations that include prefixes such as 2M+1k, 2M×1μ, etc. Note: ・Very large numbers that exceed 200 digits may be rounded off for display and calculation purposes.  Please note this when precision is required. ・Short scale and Long scale are currently supported up to 10^198. ・Kanji notation is supported up to 10^72.  If it is greater than the number, it will be displayed in Arabic numerals.

Screenshots

Codex Calc4 screens
PrefixCalc2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PrefixCalc at Free against Codex Calc's $0.99. On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PrefixCalc is free to download; Codex Calc costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Codex Calc versus PrefixCalc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodex CalcPrefixCalc
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDriftwood Studio Software LLCYONAGARE LAB

In-app purchases

None

Codex Calc

No in-app purchases

None

PrefixCalc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codex Calc free?
Codex Calc costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrefixCalc free?
PrefixCalc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Codex Calc or PrefixCalc have ads?
Neither Codex Calc nor PrefixCalc shows ads.

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