Kalkyl vs PixForge
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
PixForge
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PixForge — Simple File Tools That Just Work PixForge is a fast, offline utility app designed to help you convert, compress, and resize images and PDFs with ease. Built for everyday use, PixForge keeps things simple, private, and efficient — all processing happens directly on your device. Whether you’re preparing files for sharing, saving storage space, or adjusting image sizes, PixForge gives you clean, reliable tools without unnecessary complexity. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/kashaz/privacypolicy
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Verdict
Kalkyl and PixForge are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 and PixForge sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Kalkyl | PixForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (717 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 717 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nordic io | Sajid Bashir |
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
PixForge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kalkyl
- Kalkyl Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Year
PixForge
- Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
- Montly Plan$9.991 Month
- Six Month Plan$39.996 Months
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- Yearly Premium$59.991 Year
