Ex Rate Calc vs Rates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ex Rate Calc
This app offers quick and accurate currency conversions with an intuitive interface. It's designed for travelers and business professionals, allowing you to save results and even work offline.
- Quick currency conversions
- Accurate exchange rates
- Intuitive interface
- Save calculation results
- Offline functionality
- Widget support
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Ex Rate Calc A currency conversion app that provides quick and accurate conversions using exchange rates. With an intuitive interface, it simplifies calculations between multiple currencies and lets you save results. Perfect for travelers and business professionals, it even works offline for added convenience.
Rates
This app provides real-time currency exchange rates, stock prices, and cryptocurrency values in a glanceable list. It offers interactive charts, a built-in calculator, and offline access to cached data. Users can customize their main currency and reorder items for quick access.
- 140+ live currency exchange rates
- Stocks, ETFs, crypto, and metals tracking
- Offline access to cached rates
- Interactive charts and sparklines
- Built-in calculator
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
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Rates turns live market data into one fast, glanceable list — 140+ currencies, stocks, ETFs, crypto, gold and silver. Enter an amount, tap any row to type in that currency, and every other row updates instantly. NEW • Price alerts for currencies, stocks and crypto — "tell me when USD/EUR drops below 0.85" or "when BTC tops 100,000". Rates checks every hour in the background and lets you know • Price scanner — point the camera at a price tag, and Rates reads the price and converts it into your currencies • Apple Watch — your list on your wrist, a Digital Crown converter, complications and a chart widget • Travel mode — land in another country and Rates offers its currency: one tap adds it, ready to type • 8 Premium app icons for your Home Screen • Now in 50 languages EVERYWHERE ON YOUR IPHONE • Control Center button — convert from anywhere, even on a locked iPhone • Ask Siri for any rate, or build one into your own Shortcuts • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Also on Mac, with live rates in the menu bar — one purchase covers both FEATURES • 140+ live currency exchange rates • Interactive charts and sparklines for every currency and ticker • Pick your main currency — it leads the list and prices everything else • Browse stocks, ETFs, crypto and metals by category • Works offline — your last rates are always cached • Built-in calculator — type 100+50 or 200*1.5 • Drag to reorder, swipe to delete • Dark, Light and System themes PREMIUM The free list holds 2 rows. Premium removes the limit and adds the full chart history from 1 day to 1 year, price alerts for currencies, stocks and crypto, and every app icon. Monthly, or pay once for life. All your rates, one tap away. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rates at 100% against Ex Rate Calc's 50%. Rates also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Ex Rate Calc's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. Rates sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ex Rate Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ex Rate Calc ships an update every 2 months, Rates weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ex Rate Calc | Rates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fumiya Shigehara | Serhii Surzhykov |
Customer experience
Ex Rate Calc
Rates
In-app purchases
Ex Rate Calc
No in-app purchases
Rates
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Lifetime$24.99
