Calculator Quest vs Bounden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator Quest
This app merges a functional calculator with role-playing game elements. It offers a "Calc mode" for standard calculations, a fast-typing number game, and a mental arithmetic challenge.
- Standard calculator functionality
- Fast-typing number game
- Mental arithmetic time attack
- RPG elements
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A calculator and an RPG combine to form a miraculous hybrid! Includes bonus quick-typing game and math game! ※Rest assured, this app also works as a calculator. - Use for regular calculator operations! Calc mode! - Type the numbers and symbols as fast as you can! Quickdraw Colosseum! - Try your hand at the “mental arithmetic” time attack mode in Mental Math Kingdom!
Bounden
This game invites two players to dance together using a single device. By tilting the device and moving their bodies, players follow choreographed paths, creating an interactive dance experience. It features tutorials by professional dancers and a variety of unlockable routines.
- Two-player interactive dancing
- Device tilting for choreography
- Professional ballet tutorials
- Unlockable dance routines
- Original classical music
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Game Oven's whimsical dancing game for two players, with choreography by the Dutch National Ballet. Twist and twirl elegantly, or get entangled with a friend. Holding either end of a device, you tilt the device around a virtual sphere following a path of rings. You swing your arms and twist your body, and before you know it, you are already dancing. • Watch the Dutch National Ballet dancers in Bounden's tutorial videos. • Unlock 8 dances. • Classical music composed by Bart Delissen. Bounden was featured on the New York Times, the Guardian, BBC, The Verge, Mashable, Kotaku, GiantBomb, Joystiq, Destructoid, and many others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Calculator Quest at Free against Bounden's $2.99. Bounden's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (90% vs 72%). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Calculator Quest is free to download; Bounden costs $2.99 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 — 4.1 for Calculator Quest against 4.0 for Bounden. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Calculator Quest's written reviews are positive against 90% of Bounden's.
Calculator Quest ships an update every 4 months, Bounden every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Calculator Quest | Bounden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) — better | 4.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #56 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | Adriaan de Jongh |
Customer experience
Calculator Quest
Bounden
User reviews
Calculator Quest
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Unique RPG calculator concept
- 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🎨 Cute and retro graphics
- 🎮 Good for learning math
- ✨ Original and interesting idea
Room to improve
- 😠 Intrusive ads
- 📉 Lack of RPG depth
- 🚫 No offline play option
- 👎 Ads block numbers
- 🤷♂️ Unclear RPG elements
Bounden
From 13 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative and unique gameplay
- 😂 Hilarious and fun experience
- 💖 Great for couples and parties
- 🎶 Beautiful music and visuals
- 🤝 Encourages interaction and connection
Room to improve
- 🤷♀️ Difficult to master
- 😠 Frustrating difficulty curve
- 🤔 Gameplay can be confusing
- 🚫 Not a traditional dancing game
- 💸 Expensive for some users
Bugs and requests
Calculator Quest
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes immediately after killing monsters
- Ads showing up on the top blocking off numbers
- App needs to be updated for iOS 11
- Can't use on new iPhone
Requested features
13 requests- Pay to remove ads option
- Offline play option
- More games to play
- Increase calculation level
- Add different calculation types (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
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- Add maps and companions for RPG elements
- Make game the main focus, not calculator
- Add hidden command games
- More gameplay features
- Enhance calculation function
- Make questions harder with progression
- Add items like skipping problems
- Update for newer iOS versions
Bounden
Reported bugs
2 issues- Difficulty adapting to controls
- Kinetic correlation with music/dance issues
Requested features
4 requests- Clearer dance instructions
- Easier progression for new players
- Free trial version
- More dance options or levels
In-app purchases
Calculator Quest
No in-app purchases
Bounden
No in-app purchases
Questions
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