Comparison

Vintage vs WP 34s

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

Head to head
About

Vintage

This app meticulously recreates the functionality and appearance of a 1973 scientific calculator. It offers a photo-realistic interface with animated keys and includes all original functions, plus a "secret" stopwatch. Users can choose between full-speed or simulated original processing speeds.

Highlights
  • Photo-realistic HP-45 design
  • Animated keys with sound feedback
  • Full HP-45 function implementation
  • Includes "secret" stopwatch
  • Simulated or full-speed operation
  • Cut/copy/paste display value
  • Display stack and memory register view
Features
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Vintage-45 is a complete simulation of Hewlett-Packard's scientific hand-held calculator HP-45 from 1973. Processing times and behavior have been carefully modelled after the original. Even the "secret" stopwatch may be activated. Features: • Photo-realistic look based on an existing device • Animated keys with adjustable click sound and visual feedback • All functions and operations of the HP-45 fully implemented • Includes "secret" stopwatch • Full-speed or simulated speed of real calculator • Correct wrong number entries by swiping left across the display • Cut/copy/paste display value • Tap display to show stack and all memory registers • Additional conversions (optional): Celsius vs. Fahrenheit, liters per 100km vs. mpg (US and UK), m/ft, g/oz, g/ozt Double-tap the display for some basic hints. For more information and a short manual visit the homepage: cuveesoft.ch

About

WP 34s

This app is a powerful RPN scientific calculator with extensive functions for mathematics, statistics, programming, and engineering. It includes programmer functions, fraction mode, probability distributions, and a stopwatch, offering a comprehensive tool for complex calculations.

Highlights
  • RPN scientific calculator implementation
  • Programmer functions (binary, octal, hexadecimal)
  • Fraction mode and probability distributions
  • Stopwatch with real-time clock
  • Mathematical, statistical, and financial functions
  • Unit conversions and physical constants
  • Extended character sets for multiple languages
Features
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WP 34s is the most powerful and complete implementation of a classic RPN scientific calculator. Now available on iOS too (see the support site for other emulators and for the real stuff). The function set of the WP 34S is based on the most powerful programmable RPN calculators built so far and we expanded the set, incorporating programmer functions (base 2, 8 & 16), a fraction mode, probability distributions, a stopwatch... We also included numerous additional useful functions for mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, programming, I/O, etc., such as: + Euler’s Beta and Riemann’s Zeta functions, Bernoulli and Fibonacci numbers, Lambert’s W, the error function, and the Chebyshev, Hermite, Laguerre, and Legendre orthogonal polynomials (no more need to carry heavy printed tables), + many statistical distributions and their inverses: Poisson, Binomial, Geometric, Cauchy-Lorentz, Exponential, Logistic, Weibull, Lognormal, and Gaussian, + programmable sums and products, first and second derivatives, solving quadratic equations for real and complex roots, + testing for primality, + integer computing in fifteen bases from binary to hexadecimal, + extended date and time operations and a stopwatch3 based on a real-time clock, + financial operations such as mean rate of return and margin calculations, + 88 conversions, mainly from old Imperial to universal SI units and vice versa, + 50 fundamental physical constants as accurate as used today by national standards institutes such as NIST or PTB, plus a selection of important constants from mathematics, astronomy, and surveying, + Greek and extended Latin letters covering the languages of almost half of the world’s population (upper and lower case in two font sizes), plus mathematical symbols. A beginner manual can be downloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wp34s/files/doc/WP_34S_Beg_Guide.pdf and a full, very complete version at http://sourceforge.net/projects/wp34s/files/doc/Manual_wp_34s_3_1.pdf

Screenshots

Vintage4 screens
WP 34s1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WP 34s at Free against Vintage's $0.99. On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

WP 34s is free to download; Vintage costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vintage holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Vintage's written reviews are positive against 93% of WP 34s's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vintage ships an update every 5 months, WP 34s every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vintage versus WP 34s: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVintageWP 34s
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (19 ratings) — better4.7 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1929 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCuVee SoftwarePascal Meheut

Customer experience

Vintage

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WP 34s

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%

In-app purchases

None

Vintage

No in-app purchases

None

WP 34s

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vintage free?
Vintage costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is WP 34s free?
WP 34s is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vintage or WP 34s?
Vintage is rated higher. Vintage averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while WP 34s averages 4.7 from 29 ratings.
Do Vintage or WP 34s have ads?
Neither Vintage nor WP 34s shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vintage or WP 34s?
Vintage ships an update every 5 months, and WP 34s every 4 months. Most recently, Vintage was updated on November 4, 2026 and WP 34s on November 1, 2026.

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