Comparison

PearList vs Calcium Text Calculator

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

Head to head
About

PearList

Effortlessly manage shared household lists like groceries, to-dos, and chores. Sync changes directly between devices without needing an account or relying on external servers. Assign tasks to household members to create a shared chore board.

Highlights
  • Multiple shared lists per household
  • Add, check, rename, assign, and delete items
  • Assign items as chores
  • Join by QR code or invite link
  • Offline functionality with sync
  • Open source and private by design
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PearList keeps your household's shared lists in sync across everyone's phones, with no account, no server and no company in the middle. Make a grocery list, a to-do list or a chore board. Anyone in your household can add items, check them off, rename them, assign them and delete them, and every change syncs directly between your phones. Assign an item to a person and any list doubles as a shared chore board. There is no sign-up and no login. You join a household by scanning a QR code or tapping an invite link. From then on everyone sees and edits the same lists. Because PearList is peer-to-peer, your lists live only on your devices. They are never uploaded to a server, so no company can read them, sell them or lose them in a breach. Everything syncs encrypted, directly device to device. Features - Multiple shared lists per household: groceries, to-dos, chores - Add, check, rename, assign and delete items, synced to everyone - Assign items to a person to use any list as a chore board - Join by QR code or invite link, no account needed - Works offline, syncs when your devices are online together - Open source and private by design: no account, no ads, no tracking PearList is fully open source: https://github.com/peerloomllc/pearlist

About

Calcium Text Calculator

Features
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Calcium is a text editor that updates math results as you type. Use `=>` to compute expressions. It supports all kinds of units. Best of all, it's free and open source!

Screenshots

PearList4 screens
Calcium Text Calculator2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PearList at 15.1 against Calcium Text Calculator's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PearList ships an update every 4 days, Calcium Text Calculator every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PearList versus Calcium Text Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearListCalcium Text Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimothy HudginsTwarge LLC

In-app purchases

None

PearList

No in-app purchases

None

Calcium Text Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PearList free?
PearList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calcium Text Calculator free?
Calcium Text Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PearList or Calcium Text Calculator have ads?
Neither PearList nor Calcium Text Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PearList or Calcium Text Calculator?
PearList ships an update every 4 days, and Calcium Text Calculator every 5 days. Most recently, PearList was updated on October 28, 2026 and Calcium Text Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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