e vs Lightweight Text Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
A powerful calculator app supporting scientific and engineering notation with a wide range of functions and constants. It offers features like calculation history, user-defined variables, and formula insertion for complex computations.
- Scientific and engineering notation
- Calculation history
- User-defined constants and variables
- Advanced mathematical functions
- Formula insertion
- Autocomplete parentheses
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This calculator can be used not only in scientific notation(e.g. 1E-6) but also using engineering multipliers(e.g. p,n,u,m,k,M). Features - Calculations History and reuse it - Calculation history is automatically saved when exit app,can also scroll. - Can use engineering multipliers,6 Special buttons - Four user-defined constant - Four interactive variable - Three buttons can be insert formula - interactive variable can have alias - Functions: √,log,ln,sin,cos,tan,sinh,cosh,tanh,asin,acos,atan,asinh,acosh,atanh,e^x - Built-in Constants:π,bk,q,e0 and Operator ^ - Autocomplete parentheses - ON/OFF function key click sound - Mail transmission function of the calculation history - Built-in Online Help Viewer - Universal App There are also "e-calcFree" feature limited edition.
Lightweight Text Editor
This app allows users to work with plain text files without formatting concerns. It can open any text file, create folders for organization, and adjust encoding and line endings.
- Open any plain text file
- Create folders for organization
- Change text encoding
- Adjust line endings (CR/LF/CRLF)
- No formatting concerns
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Lightweight Text Editor is a great tool for users who work with plain text files. If you want to work with raw text without having to worry about formatting, then this app is for you. It can open any plain text file, regardless of the extension. You can create folders to organize your documents. You can also change the encoding and the line endings (CR/LF/CRLF).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightweight Text Editor at 84% against e's 0%. Lightweight Text Editor also leads on chart position (#195 vs unranked). e's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 26 months) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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
e costs $0.99 and Lightweight Text Editor $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
e ships an update every 6 months, Lightweight Text Editor every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | Lightweight Text Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (59 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | e-skett Corp. | Erik Wegener |
Customer experience
e
Lightweight Text Editor
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
Lightweight Text Editor
No in-app purchases
