Comparison

Basic Calculator+ vs LockDownRadioControl RXV2

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Basic four functions
  • Clear display
  • Large buttons
  • Portrait and landscape modes
  • iPad compatible
Features
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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.

About

LockDownRadioControl RXV2

Features
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Set up Rotorflight from your phone. RXV2 configures the Rotorflight flight controller in a model helicopter over Bluetooth. No laptop, no computer program, no cables to a PC, at the flying field or on the kitchen table. ROTORFLIGHT ON YOUR PHONE Most of what you would do in the Rotorflight Configurator on a computer, RXV2 does on your phone: • Rates and PIDs for every bank, with sliders that say what they change rather than what they are called • Governor and head speed, per flight bank • Servos, swashplate, blade pitch and travel limits, with a bench hold that drives the swash to exact angles for you • Rescue, switches, telemetry, filters and in-flight adjustments • Reads Rotorflight's black box and shows you the vibrations, then offers the filter change, with limits, a read-back and an undo • Flight traces: head speed, governor, throttle, battery and attitude over time, with a plain-English summary • Backs up the whole Rotorflight setup to your phone, and puts it back • Compare models: your rates side by side with another model's backup • A new-helicopter wizard, from an empty flight controller to ready to fly Works with Rotorflight 2.2 and later; a few pages need 2.3. YOU NEED THE HARDWARE This app talks to the flight controller through LockDownRadioControl hardware: either an LDRC RX V2 receiver or an LDRC dongle. Without one, tap DEMOS on the front screen. Every page then works against a simulated helicopter, so you can look around the whole app before you build anything. The hardware is not for sale. This is an open project: the circuit designs, the firmware and both phone apps are free, and you build your own. Everything you need is at messiter.com. ONE BOARD, THREE JOBS The same little receiver is also a bench dongle (plug it into a flight controller and set the model up with no battery and no blades) and a USB simulator interface, so your real transmitter flies RealFlight or neXt on a PC. It works out for itself which one it is, and the app follows. There are three demos, one for each. IT WORKS WITH THE V1 TRANSMITTER The RX V2 receiver flies with the original LockDownRadioControl transmitter, built on a Teensy 4.1. That transmitter's source is on GitHub, free, for anyone to build: github.com/Mmessiter/LockDownRadioControl PLAIN ENGLISH Every label says what the knob actually does, with Rotorflight's own term in brackets for anyone who wants it. "Roll wind-up relief (I-term relax cutoff)". A search finds any setting by either name. SAFE ON THE BENCH Setting up happens with the blades off or the motor unplugged. The app refuses to change anything while the model is armed, and it never spins a motor or moves a servo of its own accord. FREE, AND FREE SOFTWARE The app is free. No adverts, no accounts, no subscriptions, no tracking, and nothing at all collected about you. Everything stays on your phone and your own receiver. The source of the whole system is published under the GNU General Public License, so you can read it, change it and share it: github.com/Mmessiter/LDRC_V2 messiter.com/rxv2/source.html NOT AFFILIATED LockDownRadioControl is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Rotorflight project or any flight-controller manufacturer. Rotorflight is free, open-source flight-controller software for helicopters.

Screenshots

Basic Calculator+2 screens
LockDownRadioControl RXV24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LockDownRadioControl RXV2 at none against Basic Calculator+'s shown. LockDownRadioControl RXV2 also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). Basic Calculator+'s advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Calculator+ ships an update every 4 months, LockDownRadioControl RXV2 daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Basic Calculator+ versus LockDownRadioControl RXV2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic Calculator+LockDownRadioControl RXV2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (261K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings261K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBest Free AppsMalcolm Messiter

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

LockDownRadioControl RXV2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Basic Calculator+

No in-app purchases

None

LockDownRadioControl RXV2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Calculator+ free?
Basic Calculator+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LockDownRadioControl RXV2 free?
LockDownRadioControl RXV2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Basic Calculator+ or LockDownRadioControl RXV2 have ads?
Basic Calculator+ shows ads; LockDownRadioControl RXV2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Basic Calculator+ or LockDownRadioControl RXV2?
Basic Calculator+ ships an update every 4 months, and LockDownRadioControl RXV2 daily. Most recently, Basic Calculator+ was updated on October 30, 2026 and LockDownRadioControl RXV2 on October 25, 2026.

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