Comparison

NilnocCalc vs Calca

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

Head to head
About

NilnocCalc

A powerful 64-bit calculator with multiple number system displays, trigonometric functions, and customizable button colors. It offers unit conversions, binary float display, and permutation/combination calculations.

Highlights
  • 64-bit calculation engine
  • Hex, Octal, Binary displays
  • Full trigonometric functions
  • Customizable button colors and effects
  • Unit conversion constants
  • Binary Float display
  • Combinations and Permutations
Features
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This fully functioning 64 bit Calculator features 10 registers to save values. Hex, Oct, Bin displays. Full set of Trig functions. Users can customize: The colors of buttons and effects ( border and gradient ) The number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal. When Scientific Notation is used for display. Also contains many standard unit conversion constants. Also includes a Binary Float display . Combinations and Permutation calculations built in.

About

Calca

This app is an advanced symbolic calculator and text editor. It solves equations, simplifies expressions, and allows you to explain your work alongside calculations. Calculations update instantly as you type, and all data is stored as plain text for easy sharing and device syncing.

Highlights
  • Symbolic calculation
  • Equation solving
  • Expression simplification
  • Markdown text editor
  • Real-time updates
  • Unit and currency conversion
  • Matrix operations
Features
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Calca is a powerful symbolic calculator that gives you instant answers as you type. It solves equations and simplifies complex expressions - it's a computer algebra system in your pocket! It's also a rich Markdown text editor so that you can explain your ideas alongside your calculations. Calca is perfect for professionals and students - anyone who works with numbers and equations. Variables and functions can be created with only a few keystrokes and can be manipulated with a rich library of operators and functions. Calca updates as you type - just like a spreadsheet. You can declare variables, edit their values and watch everything update before your eyes. Since everything is calculated on the device - no network needed - you get answers instantaneously. All calculations are stored as plain text so you can easily share them with other editors and move them from device to device. Calca has been designed to work with iCloud documents so all your devices can access your calculations - you'll always have the latest files ready for viewing and editing. Calca comes with a suite of examples to help you get started covering topics from home mortgages to kinetics. All these examples are fully explained within Calca itself. Are you still using a desktop calculator? Are you using the calculator with the giant buttons that came with your OS? Computers are much more capable than doing simple one-line arithmetic - put your machine to work with Calca! Calculation Features: • Variables `x = 42` • Functions `f(c) = 9/5*c + 32` and even recursive functions • Units `42 mph in kmph` and currency `¥599 in $` • Solves equations (`x + 2x + 4x = 42`, what is x?) • Matrices with inverses so you can solve linear equations • Sum, prod, map, and reduce operations on lists, matrices, and ranges • Trigonometry and complex numbers • Derivatives of functions • Logic operations and if statements • Binary math (& and |) and support for binary and hex number (`0xA9` and `0b1010`) • Keeps track of units (m, s, m/s, m/s^2, etc.) so you can verify your equations as you compute Please visit http://calca.io to see lots of examples. Thank you for looking!

Screenshots

NilnocCalc4 screens
Calca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NilnocCalc at Free against Calca's $9.99. NilnocCalc also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Calca's advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

NilnocCalc is free to download; Calca costs $9.99 up front. Calca sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. NilnocCalc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NilnocCalc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calca has 153 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NilnocCalc's written reviews are positive against 76% of Calca's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NilnocCalc ships an update every 3 months, Calca every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
NilnocCalc versus Calca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNilnocCalcCalca
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (153 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better76.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1153 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn ConlinKrueger Systems, Inc.

Customer experience

NilnocCalc

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calca

All ratings153 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.5%

Bugs and requests

NilnocCalc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Calca

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Magic Keyboard causes number input to overwrite instead of append
  • Text selection before numbers triggers increment/decrement instead of selecting
  • Cursor jumps forward and backward with external keyboards
  • iPad Pro keyboard truncation in portrait mode
  • Arrow key (=>) doesn't work in landscape mode
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  • App crashes on startup on some devices
  • File saving is temperamental and causes data loss
  • Folders don't persist unless calculations created within them
  • Large number calculations lose precision (10^100 + 1 - 10^100 returns 0 instead of 1)
  • Keyboard focus issues on iPad with Magic Keyboard
  • iOS 13+ button adaptation issues
  • Spinning beach ball on very large calculations

Requested features

15 requests
  • Files app and document browser integration
  • Dropbox and Google Drive support
  • Date calculation functionality
  • Looping and iteration support
  • User-defined function storage in separate files
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  • Temperature unit support (Celsius, Fahrenheit)
  • Logarithmic and non-proportional unit definitions
  • Multiple parametric plots simultaneously
  • Landscape mode optimization
  • Tabular data and multi-row markdown table support
  • Dark mode (now implemented)
  • Subscription model option for ongoing development
  • Decimal place formatting control
  • Charting and financial functions
  • Better document management interface

In-app purchases

None

NilnocCalc

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Calca

One-time2
  • 6-Month Optional Patronage$4.99
  • 12-Month Optional Patronage$7.99

Questions

Is NilnocCalc free?
NilnocCalc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calca free?
Calca costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NilnocCalc or Calca?
NilnocCalc is rated higher. NilnocCalc averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Calca averages 4.5 from 153 ratings.
Do NilnocCalc or Calca have ads?
Neither NilnocCalc nor Calca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NilnocCalc or Calca?
NilnocCalc ships an update every 3 months, and Calca every 5 months. Most recently, NilnocCalc was updated on June 1, 2026 and Calca on September 25, 2026.

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