dapter vs Dencho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
dapter
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Apple Notes, if it could do math. Type rate = 45 on one line and rate Γ hours on the next, and the answer appears in the margin as you type. Every line that looks like a calculation resolves instantly. Everything else stays prose. No account. No servers of ours. Nothing to sign up for. WRITE MATH LIKE A SENTENCE β’ 20% of 300, 200 - 10% β percentages, markups and discounts the way you'd say them β’ 100 usd in eur, $50 + 20% β live currency rates, formatted as money β’ 10 km + 5 m in miles, 6 m / 2 s β 3 m/s β real unit algebra, not string replacement β’ today + 21 days, 3 days + 12 hours β dates and durations that count themselves A NOTE THAT ADDS ITSELF UP β’ Name a value and reuse it: rate = 45, then rate Γ hours three lines later β’ sum a block for budgets, receipts, invoices and quick tallies β’ round, sqrt, pi and the rest, for when a note needs to be a little smarter STILL A REAL NOTES APP Folders, pinned notes, search, a home-screen widget, Recently Deleted, and a quick scratch pad one tap from anywhere. Light and dark themes. Available in English, Russian and Kazakh β and the calculator understands all three, because the parser does, not just the interface. PRIVATE BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S BUILT Every calculation runs on your device. Your notes live in local storage on your iPhone, not in an account with us. All the math, unit conversion and currency work is free, forever β there is no calculation behind the paywall. BUILT FOR Freelance quotes and invoices. Monthly budgets. Travel money. Recipe scaling. Any moment you'd reach for a calculator and then forget what the numbers were for. DΓPTER PLUS Unlimited notebooks, and iCloud sync across your iPhones through your own Apple account. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime unlock β pay once and you're done. Plus is what keeps dΓ€pter independent: no ads, no investors, no data sold. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Dencho
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The tape calculator you can edit β fix any line and everything below recomputes. Save your tape as a named sheet, with the total always in view. Every tape (ledger) row runs in full-precision Decimal. β On a normal calculator, one wrong key means starting over. Dencho keeps every calculation on a tape you can edit: tap any line β the starting value, an operator, or an operand β and every line below recomputes. Changed lines briefly highlight. Inserting, reordering, and deleting lines recompute the same way, and a one-tap Undo rolls the whole last action back at once. Name a tape and it's saved as a sheet. The list is sorted by last edited and shows each sheet's total. A running total bar always shows the sum and line count, so you never re-add just to ask "where am I now?" Rounding mode (half-up, up, or down), decimal places (0β4), and the tax rate are saved per sheet β reopen an old sheet and its results reproduce exactly, with that sheet's own settings. Percentages follow business-calculator conventions: 1000 + 8% = 1080, 1000 β 8% = 920, 1000 Γ 8% = 80. Add-tax and remove-tax split values to the yen. Because each line is rounded to a real amount, a division like 1000 Γ· 3 = 333, then Γ 3 = 999 β the ledger-correct behavior. Function-mode math runs in double precision (IEEE 754); results are finalized under the sheet's rounding settings once a ledger row references them. Dencho also includes a full scientific calculator mode: trig and inverse trig (DEG/RAD/GRAD), logarithms (log, ln, any base), powers and roots, factorial, permutations and combinations, modulo, polarβrectangular conversion, integer math in binary/octal/decimal/hex, display formats (Normal/Fix/Sci/Eng), memories (AβF, M), and Ans. Function calculations land on the same tape β tap to correct any row and everything below recalculates. The entire function set is free. WHAT YOU GET β’ Every calculation stays on the tape; tap any line to edit and everything below recomputes β’ Save named sheets, sorted by last edited, each with its total; duplicate and search β’ Note-only lines you can insert β they don't affect the math but are included in sharing and search β’ Rounding mode Γ decimal places Γ tax rate, saved per sheet β’ Three text sizes, light/dark, and one-action-per-transaction Undo/Redo β’ Scientific calculator mode (trig, logs, roots, factorial, binary/octal/decimal/hex, and more) β function rows edit and recompute automatically too β’ Runs on iPad, with a two-column layout (list + calculator) in landscape BUILT DIFFERENTLY, ON PURPOSE β’ No ads, no tracking. All math stays on your device and the app makes no network calls (except Apple's StoreKit for purchases) β’ The whole tape calculator (editing, recompute, notes, rounding, tax, totals, Undo) is free; you can save up to 2 sheets β’ The one-time Dencho Pro makes sheets unlimited and adds widgets and sheet sharing (text export). There is no subscription (see the App Store listing for current pricing) β’ If Pro ever lapses, all your saved sheets remain readable β only editing and creating beyond the third sheet pauses β and repurchasing restores everything instantly Dencho Pro is a one-time purchase (see the App Store listing for current pricing). Restore Purchases is available anytime in Settings. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are linked in-app and at the links below. Dencho is a calculation-notes tool. It does not guarantee compliance with statutory bookkeeping or Japan's Electronic Books Preservation Act. "Ledger" is used as an analogy for how the tape is kept. Always verify results yourself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dencho at every 5 days against dapter's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. dapter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Dencho sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
dapter ships an update every 10 days, Dencho every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | dapter | Dencho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anuar Shaidenov | Yuya Tanaka |
In-app purchases
dapter
- Dapter Plus Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Dapter Plus Yearly3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Dapter Plus Lifetime$9.99
Dencho
- Pro β Unlimited (Lifetime)$4.99








