Basic Calculator+ vs SimpleTip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Calculator+
Perform essential arithmetic operations with a straightforward calculator app. Its large buttons and clear display ensure ease of use, supporting both portrait and landscape orientations.
- Basic four functions
- Clear display
- Large buttons
- Portrait and landscape modes
- iPad compatible
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This simple calculator with a clear display and large buttons makes calculations easy. Portrait and landscape modes both available on iPad. This app uses the basic functions of the calculator to make the simplest, best, free calculator in the app store.
SimpleTip
Easily calculate tips and split bills with this intuitive app. Features one-handed use, customizable tip percentages, and various rounding options. Personalize your experience with different themes and dark mode.
- One-handed operation
- Tip splitting
- Customizable tip percentages
- Multiple rounding modes
- Dark mode and color themes
- Landscape and portrait support
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SimpleTip makes calculating tip's fast, easy, and accurate. With its clean intuitive design, everything is easily entered from a single screen. - The position of controls are especially designed to make it easy to use one-handed. - Tip splitting functionality makes finding per-person tips a breeze. - Different rounding modes let you choose how your tip is calculated. - Customize the preset star rating percentages to match what you think is fair. - Different color themes and a dark mode, allow you to personalize the look and feel. - Works in both landscape and portrait orientations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Basic Calculator+ at Free against SimpleTip's $0.99. Basic Calculator+ also leads on ratings volume (243K vs 144) and review sentiment (87% vs 75%). SimpleTip's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Basic Calculator+ is free to download; SimpleTip costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Basic Calculator+ against 4.8 for SimpleTip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Calculator+ has 243K ratings behind it against 144, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Basic Calculator+'s written reviews are positive against 75% of SimpleTip's.
Basic Calculator+ ships an update every 4 months, SimpleTip every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Calculator+ | SimpleTip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (243K ratings) — better | 4.8 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.4% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 243K — better | 144 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Best Free Apps | Patrick Cate |
Customer experience
Basic Calculator+
SimpleTip
Bugs and requests
Basic Calculator+
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect calculation results
- Ads covering the screen
Requested features
3 requests- Add fraction button
- Implement order of operations
- Include memory function
SimpleTip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Basic Calculator+
No in-app purchases
SimpleTip
No in-app purchases
Questions
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