Kalkyl vs Calculator 3D
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
Calculator 3D
This utility app offers a unique calculator experience with animated characters presenting results. Enjoy interactive features like swiping to change backgrounds and reset numbers, all enhanced by atmospheric sounds. It's a fun and colorful way to perform calculations.
- Animated character results
- Swipe gestures for background/reset
- Atmospheric sound effects
- Interactive animations based on result size
- Customizable background colors
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A cool calculator with fun features. The results in the calculator are presented by an animated character. Various animations to specific results. By swiping left or right you reset the numbers. By swiping up or down you to change the background colors. The calculator has sounds that provide atmosphere and responds to your input. The sounds can be turned on/off on the information page. A fun and colorful calculator with surprising features. Animations: 0-4999 Walking animation - The character presents the result 5000-9999999 Jumping animation - The character presents the result jumping from above. >9999999 Sliding animation - The character acts angry because he can't handle the big number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kalkyl at none against Calculator 3D's shown. Kalkyl also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (717 vs 4). Calculator 3D's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 and Calculator 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kalkyl holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kalkyl has 717 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kalkyl | Calculator 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (717 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 717 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nordic io | Bo Kalvslund |
Customer experience
Kalkyl
Calculator 3D
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
Calculator 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kalkyl
- Kalkyl Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Year
Calculator 3D
- Remove Ad$0.99
