Tax Simulator vs Reconciliator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tax Simulator
Easily calculate prices with changing tax rates. Supports US Dollars and Japanese Yen for quick calculations.
- Dynamic tax rate calculation
- Supports USD and JPY
- Easy to use interface
- Price estimation
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Compare tax-inclusive prices across three tax rates at once. WHAT IT DOES - Calculate the tax-inclusive price from a price excluding tax - Work backwards from a tax-inclusive price to the price before tax - Set three tax rates and compare the results side by side - See the difference from your base rate, colour-coded (higher in red, lower in green) WHEN IT HELPS - Checking how much a reduced rate changes the final price - Working out what a "plus tax" price actually comes to - Calculating with a rate from another country Tax rates are free-form, so it works for VAT and sales tax as well as Japanese consumption tax. DETAILS - The same screen on iPhone, iPad and Mac - Japanese, English and Chinese - No network needed. What you type never leaves your device
Reconciliator
This app helps you meticulously track your financial assets and pending transactions. It's designed for individuals who prefer detailed record-keeping, offering a convenient home screen widget for quick balance checks and app access.
- Asset tracking
- Pending transaction monitoring
- Detailed record-keeping
- Home screen widget
- Balance display
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Reconciliator is an application for tracking your assets including all pending transactions. If you're the kind of person who keeps your receipts to put them into a spreadsheet, then you might well find it useful. There is also a convenient widget available to add to your homescreen which shows the current balance and can also be used to launch the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reconciliator at 100% against Tax Simulator's 50%. Reconciliator also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reconciliator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reconciliator has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Tax Simulator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Reconciliator's.
Tax Simulator ships an update every 13 months, Reconciliator every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tax Simulator | Reconciliator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zelda, Inc. | Kyle Pointer |
Customer experience
Tax Simulator
Reconciliator
In-app purchases
Tax Simulator
No in-app purchases
Reconciliator
No in-app purchases
