Kalkyl vs MR. CALC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kalkyl
A powerful and intuitive calculator designed for speed and ease of use. Features include collaboration, haptic feedback, and advanced input methods like keyboard trackpad mode. Offers basic graphing and localized number formatting for a seamless user experience.
- Optimized for quick calculations
- Collaborate on documents
- Intuitive design with haptic feedback
- Keyboard trackpad and pointer interactions
- Basic graphing capabilities
- Localized number formatting
- Undo and Redo support
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Kalkyl is just a really good calculator. • Optimized for quick calculations. • Collaborate on documents. • Simple and intuitive design. • Haptic feedback (on supported devices). • Undo and Redo support (shake to Undo). • Keyboard trackpad mode using 3D Touch, or Haptic Touch (on supported devices), or two fingers on iPad. • Pointer interactions on iPad. • Basic graphing. • Properly localized number formatting. • App-wide dynamic type support. • Accessible. Terms of Use: https://kalkyl.io/terms.html
MR. CALC
A straightforward calculator app for iPhone and iPad that displays formulas as you calculate. It offers seven different calculator types, easily switchable by swiping, making it convenient for managing multiple calculations simultaneously.
- Formula display during calculation
- Seven different calculator types
- Swipe to switch calculators
- Simple and easy to use
- Available for iPhone and iPad
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It is a simple and easy to use calculator available for iPhone and iPad. Unlike the standard calculator app, the formula is displayed during the calculation. In addition, there are seven calculators available, and you can switch between them by swiping. This is useful when you are doing multiple calculations at the same time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MR. CALC at none against Kalkyl's 1. MR. CALC also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Kalkyl's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (717 vs 41). On price 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. Kalkyl sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. MR. CALC asks for nothing beyond the download.
MR. CALC holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kalkyl has 717 ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Kalkyl's written reviews are positive against 100% of MR. CALC's.
Kalkyl ships an update every 5 weeks, MR. CALC every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kalkyl | MR. CALC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (717 ratings) | 4.8 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 717 — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nordic io | Yuma Kitasei |
Customer experience
Kalkyl
MR. CALC
Bugs and requests
Kalkyl
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch for some users
- Graphing issues with certain equations
- Incorrect results for some calculations
Requested features
5 requests- Add a clear/reset button
- Implement calculation history and memory functions
- Improve graphing controls and zooming
- Add support for more mathematical functions (e.g. factorials, fractions)
- Provide an option for independent dark mode
MR. CALC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kalkyl
- Kalkyl Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Year
MR. CALC
No in-app purchases
