Comparison

CALC Smart Calculator ± vs Text Workflow

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

Head to head
About

CALC Smart Calculator ±

This app offers a versatile calculator experience with basic, scientific, and advanced modes. It features real-time results, unit conversions, custom functions, and a shareable history. Optimized for various Apple devices, it's designed for ease of use by students, professionals, and scientists.

Highlights
  • Real-time results
  • Unit and currency conversions
  • Custom functions and constants
  • Shareable calculation history
  • Landscape mode with tape-roll
  • Gratuity calculator
Features
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Why Choose CALC Smart? ► Used by Scientists, Professionals and Students alike ► Apple-Featured: Spotlighted in Utilities and Calculate & Convert. ► User-Loved: Over 10k+ global reviews and 200M+ sessions validate its utility. ► Educator-Certified: Praised by teachers on the Educational App Store for its intuitive UI. Ready for the Latest OS * Multitask on your iPad and use 3D Touch shortcuts. * Search your calculation history with Spotlight. * Widget with history integration. * Apple Watch support, complete with haptic feedback and complications. Top 10 Unique Features ① Real-time results, even with incomplete parentheses. ② Landscape mode for shareable history and tape-roll. ③ Optimized custom keyboard & widget to save space and time. ④ Fast unit and currency conversions—a swipe away. ⑤ Quick gratuity calculator with rounding options. ⑥ Display decimals as fractions with 1/999 precision. ⑦ Create unlimited custom functions and constants. ⑧ Easy expression sharing via link. ⑨ Built-in timer. ⑩ Limitless themes and layouts. Why Users Love CALC * Live Math: Natural input, even for complex calculations. * Swipe Functions: Over 60 advanced math functions just a swipe away. * History: Never lose track of your calculations. * Conversion: 21 categories, plus custom options. Additional Features * Edit on the Fly: Long-press to modify expressions and numbers. * Audio Feedback: Customize tapping sounds. * Styling: Multiple font choices. * Enterprise-Ready: EMM support with MDM & AppConfig. We Listen * Frequent updates based on your feedback. Got a suggestion? Visit our UserVoice page: https://QApps.UserVoice.com Custom Background Tip * Design your own CALC background with images from NASA’s multimedia library: https://nasa.gov/multimedia Terms & Usage * Using this app means agreeing to the standard Terms of Use. Standard Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Text Workflow

Streamline text processing by removing unwanted characters, formatting AI-generated content, and converting data formats. Automate repetitive text tasks with custom workflows and sync them across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Clean AI and web text
  • Remove citations and Markdown
  • Convert Markdown tables to Rich Text/HTML
  • Compare input with result
  • Build custom text workflows
  • Sync workflows via iCloud
  • Over 50 text actions
Features
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Clean up AI and web text in one tap. Copy an answer from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any website and it comes with junk: [1] citation tags, 【source】 marks, stray ** and ## symbols, curly quotes, invisible characters, broken line breaks. Text Workflow removes all of it and gives you clean text, ready to paste. Exact, every time, and private. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and your workflows sync over iCloud. NEW IN 3.0 • Clean AI Text: one action removes citations, hidden characters, extra spaces and Markdown symbols. You choose what goes, and code blocks are never touched. • Remove Citations: strips [1], [7][8], [web:1], 【4:0†source】 and Wikipedia notes. • Markdown tables: tables from AI answers now convert to Rich Text and HTML. Format Markdown Table lines up the columns. • Compare Input with Result: see exactly what changed, by character, word or line. • A new text editor with line numbers, visible spaces and tabs, a monospaced font and Find. • Gemini joins OpenAI and Claude, with the newest models. WHY TEXT WORKFLOW • Exact, every time. The same input always gives the same output. No hallucinations, no "regenerate". • Private. Built-in actions run on your device. Never paste sensitive text into a website just to reformat it. • Built for the whole job. Chain 50+ actions into a workflow, save it and run it with one tap. • On every Apple device. A native app on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with workflows synced over iCloud. CLEAN UP AI AND WEB TEXT • Clean AI Text and Remove Citations • Remove Markdown, or turn it into Rich Text for Pages, Word and Mail • Markdown to HTML, with tables • Convert to plain text, strip HTML tags • Straight and curly quotes, accents and diacritics • Delete invisible and non-printable characters BUILD POWERFUL WORKFLOWS Chain actions together and each step feeds the next. Turn the text job you repeat every week into a single tap. • Reorder steps, switch them on and off, nest workflows inside workflows • Regular Expressions: extract, replace with capture groups, or run a workflow only on matching parts • Sync your workflows across all your devices with iCloud 50+ TEXT ACTIONS, INCLUDING • Editing and lines: find and replace (plain or RegEx), prefix and suffix, insert text, sort, number, break and trim lines, remove empty lines, line breaks, duplicates and extra spaces • Case and style: UPPER, lower, Title, camelCase, spell out numbers, format numbers, Style Text, reverse, shuffle, repeat • Data formats: beautify JSON, XML and HTML; JSON and YAML; JSON and CSV; XML to JSON; CSV to Markdown table • Utilities: Base64, URL encoding, encryption with a password, QR codes, UUIDs, text statistics, reading time, dates, math, short URLs WORKS WITH SHORTCUTS Every action and workflow is a Shortcuts action. Clean your clipboard with one tap, or build text automations that run on their own. Use the Share sheet to send text from any app. AI, ON YOUR TERMS AI is one optional step among 50+, not the whole app. Add a prompt step to any workflow with your own OpenAI, Claude or Gemini key, any OpenAI-compatible service such as OpenRouter or LM Studio, or Apple's on-device model. You choose the model and pay the provider directly. Nothing routes through us. TEXT WORKFLOW PRO Free: every action, with results shown in full. Pro lets you copy and share results of any length, create unlimited workflows and compare Input with Result. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.gtrigonakis.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CALC Smart Calculator ±4 screens
Text Workflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: CALC Smart Calculator ± at 2.4K against Text Workflow's 177. Text Workflow's advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. CALC Smart Calculator ± sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months and Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for CALC Smart Calculator ± against 4.7 for Text Workflow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CALC Smart Calculator ± has 2.4K ratings behind it against 177, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of CALC Smart Calculator ±'s written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CALC Smart Calculator ± versus Text Workflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCALC Smart Calculator ±Text Workflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better4.7 (177 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews95.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better177
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQApps LLCGeorgios Trigonakis

Customer experience

CALC Smart Calculator ±

All ratings2,370 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews641 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.9%

Text Workflow

All ratings177 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive95.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative0.0%

User reviews

CALC Smart Calculator ±

From 2.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Excellent calculator functionality
  • 🎨 Beautiful and clean interface
  • 🔢 Displays full calculation history
  • 🔍 Useful conversion tools
  • 🤖 Seamless Apple Watch integration

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model introduced
  • 🔒 Restricted features behind paywall
  • 📊 Calculation bugs and inaccuracies
  • 🔄 Unnecessary UI changes frustrate users

Text Workflow

From 177 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
  • 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
  • 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
  • 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
  • 👍 Magic in your pocket

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
  • 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
  • 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
  • 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
  • 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

Bugs and requests

CALC Smart Calculator ±

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Calculation errors in certain scenarios
  • Forced tutorial popup on every launch
  • Unreliable widget functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to easily clear calculation history
  • Option to customize button layout
  • Support for entering hexadecimal numbers
  • Integration with other apps and services

Text Workflow

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Last update broke Shortcuts
  • Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
  • Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
  • Restore purchase doesn't work

Requested features

9 requests
  • Support for family sharing for subscriptions
  • Support for more languages
  • Ability to convert VB code to C#
  • Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
  • Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence
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  • Support for API endpoints for local AI models
  • Integration with openrouter.ai
  • Accept share-type of a URL as well as text
  • Convert JSON to YAML and vice versa (already added, but mentioned as a request)

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CALC Smart Calculator ±

Subscriptions4
  • Quarterly Supporter$0.993 Months
  • Quarterly Supporter7 Days trial$1.993 Months
  • Annual Contributor$2.991 Year
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  • Annual Contributor7 Days trial$5.991 Year
3 purchases

Text Workflow

Subscriptions2
  • Text Workflow Full Access$0.991 Month
  • Text Workflow Full Access7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$17.99

Questions

Is CALC Smart Calculator ± free?
CALC Smart Calculator ± is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Workflow free?
Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CALC Smart Calculator ± or Text Workflow?
CALC Smart Calculator ± is rated higher. CALC Smart Calculator ± averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.7 from 177 ratings.
Do CALC Smart Calculator ± or Text Workflow have ads?
Neither CALC Smart Calculator ± nor Text Workflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CALC Smart Calculator ± or Text Workflow?
CALC Smart Calculator ± ships an update fortnightly, and Text Workflow fortnightly. Most recently, CALC Smart Calculator ± was updated on November 6, 2026 and Text Workflow on November 3, 2026.

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