Comparison

Nova Calc vs Torchlight Mapper

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

Head to head
About

Nova Calc

Edit numbers and operators in existing calculations to see updated results instantly. Save past calculations with notes and reuse them in new ones. Ideal for everyday math tasks like managing expenses or checking bills.

Highlights
  • Edit numbers and operators in existing calculations
  • Save and reuse past calculations with notes
  • View entire calculation history
  • Hide keypad for more screen space
  • Copy results, expressions, or full calculations
  • Supports percentages, decimals, and parentheses
Features
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Change a number. Keep your work. Adding up expenses, checking a bill, or trying a different amount? Nova Calc lets you edit your calculation and see the updated result without typing everything again. EDIT WITHOUT STARTING OVER Tap a number or operator to change it. Correct an entry or try a different value while keeping the rest of your calculation. KEEP RESULTS YOU CAN USE AGAIN Completed calculations are saved with a date and time. Add a note so you remember what a total was for, then bring that result into your next calculation. SEE THE WHOLE CALCULATION Long expressions wrap across multiple lines. Scroll through your history and current calculation in one continuous view on iPhone. MORE ROOM WHEN YOU NEED IT On iPhone, scrolling through your calculations automatically hides the keypad. Tap the floating keyboard button to bring it back and keep calculating. COPY WHAT YOU NEED Copy a result, an expression, or a complete calculation to use in a message, note, or document. EVERYDAY MATH, WITH LESS REPETITION Work with percentages, decimals, and parentheses. Continue from a previous result, revisit a saved calculation, or change an amount to compare totals. Useful for shopping totals, household expenses, bills, and all the calculations you may want to check again.

About

Torchlight Mapper

This app allows tabletop roleplaying players to digitally sketch and map out dungeons as they explore. It offers tools for drawing various room shapes, passages, and placing markers for doors, items, and stairs. Maps can be saved, shared, and exported for use during live sessions.

Highlights
  • Draw various room shapes and passages
  • Place doors, stairs, and item markers
  • Support for multiple dungeon levels
  • Undo/redo functionality for easy edits
  • Map locking to prevent accidental changes
  • Export maps to PDF or PNG
  • Adventure log integration
Features
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Torchlight Mapper is a dungeon mapping app for tabletop roleplaying players. You are the one at the table drawing the map — this is the graph paper, redrawn for your iPhone and iPad. Sketch rooms as they are described. Paint passages cell by cell. Drop doors, stairs, and item markers where they belong. When the party doubles back through a corridor you already drew, everything is still there, to scale, on the grid. MAP AS YOU GO - Add square, rectangular, round, oval, and hexagonal rooms, then reshape any of them into an irregular outline by painting cells - Paint passages of any shape, with per-segment widths - Place doors, secret doors, and up or down stairways - Drop item markers with icons for treasure, statues, water, rubble, and more - Attach notes to any room or passage - Multiple levels per dungeon, with stairways linking them BUILT FOR A LIVE SESSION - Undo and redo everything, so a misheard description costs one tap - Lock rooms and corridors so a stray finger cannot drag your map - A torch timer, with an optional notification when it burns out - Measure distances in grid squares or feet MAKE IT YOURS - Five map styles: classic, classic blue, parchment, cross hatch, and ink sketch - Optional hand-drawn roughness, so straight walls look sketched - Light and dark themes, including a warm torchlight palette KEEP AND SHARE YOUR MAPS - Export any level to PDF or PNG - Print directly - Share a whole dungeon as a .torchlight file another mapper can open - Search every room, note, item, passage, stairway, and log entry - Keep an adventure log alongside the map PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Torchlight Mapper collects nothing. There is no account, no analytics, no tracking, and no network connection. Your maps stay on your device unless you explicitly export or share them. Torchlight Mapper is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by any tabletop game publisher.

Screenshots

Nova Calc3 screens
Torchlight Mapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Torchlight Mapper at every 3 days against Nova Calc's every 2 months. Torchlight Mapper also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Nova Calc's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nova Calc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova Calc ships an update every 2 months, Torchlight Mapper every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nova Calc versus Torchlight Mapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNova CalcTorchlight Mapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer飞 成James Frink

Customer experience

Nova Calc

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

Torchlight Mapper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nova Calc

No in-app purchases

None

Torchlight Mapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nova Calc free?
Nova Calc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Torchlight Mapper free?
Torchlight Mapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nova Calc or Torchlight Mapper?
Nova Calc is rated higher. Nova Calc averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Torchlight Mapper averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Nova Calc or Torchlight Mapper have ads?
Neither Nova Calc nor Torchlight Mapper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nova Calc or Torchlight Mapper?
Nova Calc ships an update every 2 months, and Torchlight Mapper every 3 days. Most recently, Nova Calc was updated on October 31, 2026 and Torchlight Mapper on November 6, 2026.

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