Comparison

CalcMate vs PossTrading

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

Head to head
About

CalcMate

This app combines note-taking with a powerful calculator, allowing you to perform calculations directly within your text. It handles math, currency, unit conversions, and date calculations, offering a streamlined alternative to spreadsheets and traditional calculators.

Highlights
  • Calculate math within text
  • Currency and unit conversions
  • Date calculations
  • Organize notes with folders
  • iCloud syncing
  • Custom number keyboard
Features
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Stop switching between Notes and Calculator. Type “1000$ + 20% fee” and CalcMate shows the answer instantly, right next to your words. CalcMate is a notepad with a built-in calculator. Mix numbers, text, percentages, currencies, dates and units in the same note, and every line is calculated live as you type. Use it for budgets, expenses, invoices, splitting bills, shopping lists, quotes and quick estimates — no spreadsheet needed. TRY THESE EXAMPLES • 100 + 5 tip • 1000$ + 20% fee • 900$ + 20$ delivery + 1.5% • 500 USD in EUR • 10 BTC in USD • Today + 5 days • 1 kg in lb • subtotal — total of all previous lines • line5 — reuse the result from line 5 • rent × 12 — use saved variables from your Variables list • 20 #food, then sum(#food) — total everything with a tag • # this is a comment WHAT YOU CAN DO • Calculate directly inside your notes, line by line • Percentages, taxes, discounts and tips • Live currency and crypto conversion • Unit conversion: weight, length, volume, time and more • Date and duration math • Variables and line references to reuse results • Calculation tags: sum, average and count lines by #tag • Running total shown above the keyboard STAY ORGANIZED • Folders for every project, trip or budget • Highlight text in eight colors • Dividers to start a fresh calculation section • Share notes as PDF • Trash to restore deleted notes • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad MAKE IT YOURS • Custom number keyboard with quick symbols • Number formatting, precision, font and font size • Alternate app icons FREE TO USE CalcMate is free. You can optionally remove ads or leave a tip to support development. WE’D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK Questions or ideas? Email us at lazyboardapp+calcmate@gmail.com

About

PossTrading

This platform offers professional contract traders in-depth data analysis and performance tracking. Systematically improve your trading strategies with real-time metrics, flexible trade journaling, and intuitive visualizations.

Highlights
  • Real-time PnL and equity curve tracking
  • Multi-dimensional trading metrics
  • Flexible trade tagging and journaling
  • Image archiving for market conditions
  • Intuitive performance trend charts
  • Annotated K-line charts
Features
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PossTrading - Turning Every Trade into a Step for Improvement A professional review and analysis platform tailored for contract traders. Provides comprehensive data analysis and performance tracking to help you systematically improve trading strategies and achieve stable profits. Professional-Grade Performance Analysis • Real-time tracking of total PnL and equity curve • Multi-dimensional metrics: win rate, ROI, profit-loss ratio, maximum drawdown • Time-dimensional analysis: hourly/daily/weekly/monthly trends • Visualized cumulative profit curve Intelligent Trade Management • Flexible tagging system: custom classifications such as breakout, trend, reversal, etc. • Trade journal: record entry logic, mindset changes, and review summaries • Image archiving: save screenshots of market conditions and technical analysis charts • Flexible editing: manually adjust entry/exit prices, margin, and other data Intuitive Data Visualization • Trade performance trend charts • Cumulative PnL equity curve • Statistical analysis by tag dimensions • K-line charts with annotated entry and exit points Download PossTrading now and embark on your professional trading review journey!

Screenshots

CalcMate4 screens
PossTrading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PossTrading at none against CalcMate's 5. PossTrading also leads on ads (none vs shown). CalcMate's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 1). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. CalcMate sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. PossTrading asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CalcMate against 5.0 for PossTrading. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CalcMate has 95 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CalcMate versus PossTrading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalcMatePossTrading
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (95 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings95 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElsayed Hussein立波 夏

Customer experience

CalcMate

All ratings95 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

PossTrading

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

CalcMate

One-time5
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me 2 coffees$1.99
  • Buy Me a burger$4.99
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  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • Buy Me a pizza$9.99
None

PossTrading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalcMate free?
CalcMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PossTrading free?
PossTrading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalcMate or PossTrading?
PossTrading is rated higher. CalcMate averages 4.9 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while PossTrading averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CalcMate or PossTrading have ads?
CalcMate shows ads; PossTrading does not.

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