Comparison

Prism Tape Calculator vs Thype

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

Head to head
About

Prism Tape Calculator

This app provides a calculator with a paper tape feature, displaying each calculation line above the keys. It offers live result previews, the ability to reuse previous results, and handles complex math with precision. It is designed for privacy with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Persistent paper tape for calculations
  • Live result previews as you type
  • Tap previous results to reuse
  • Full expression visible on screen
  • Decimal arithmetic for precise math
  • Scientific functions available
Features
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Prism Tape Calculator is a calculator with a paper tape. Every line you enter is printed above the keys, the answer updates as you type, and you can tap any earlier result to use it again — with no ads, no tracking and no subscription. THE TAPE • Every calculation you commit is printed to the tape, newest at the bottom, like an adding machine. • The last few lines stay visible above the display, so you always have context. • Tap any line to drop its result into what you are typing now. • Open the full tape to scroll back through everything, swipe to delete a line, or clear it all. • The tape is stored on your device and is there when you come back. SEE THE WHOLE EXPRESSION • The full expression stays on screen — 1,250 × (1 + 8.25%) — not one number at a time. • The result previews live under it before you press equals, so typos are caught before they cost you. • Backspace removes one key at a time (a whole function like sin( in one go). • Press an operator after equals to keep going from the last answer; ans is always a key away. MATH YOU CAN TRUST • Decimal arithmetic: 0.1 + 0.2 = 0.3, exactly. Money math without floating-point surprises. • Percent that behaves the way people mean it: 200 + 15% = 230, 50 − 10% = 45, 20 × 5% = 1. • Thousands separators, sensible rounding, and scientific notation only when a number really needs it. • Clear error messages instead of a mystery “Error”: divide by zero, unbalanced parentheses, invalid input. SCIENTIFIC WHEN YOU NEED IT • Tap sci (or rotate to landscape) for parentheses, powers, roots, sin, cos, tan, ln, log, factorial, π and e. • Degrees or radians. Implicit multiplication works: 2π and 3(4 + 1) mean what you expect. DESIGNED FOR THE PHONE IN YOUR HAND • Big rounded keys sized to your screen, haptic feedback, light and dark mode. • The whole app is a few megabytes and opens instantly. Works completely offline. • VoiceOver reads the expression and every tape line. Supports Dynamic Type. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads. Ever. • No account, nothing to sign in to. • No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no third-party code. • Nothing leaves your device. Prism Tape Calculator is free and fully unlocked, made by Prism Data Group. — Support: https://prismdatagroup.com/prismtapecalculator/support Privacy Policy: https://prismdatagroup.com/prismtapecalculator/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Thype

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Thype is a Thai keyboard for anyone who knows how Thai sounds but does not want to hunt for keys on the Kedmanee layout. Type Thai the way it sounds, in Roman letters, and Thype writes it in Thai script as you go. Type "sawatdee" and you get สวัสดี. Type "kin kao" and you get กินข้าว. HOW IT WORKS Type a word phonetically and press space. Thype shows the Thai readings it thinks you meant, best guess first, and you keep typing. Tap a different candidate whenever the first one is not the word you wanted. Press return to commit the sentence. Because Thype reads the whole sentence rather than one word at a time, a word you type now can correct a word you typed three words ago - while everything is still editable, before any of it is committed. BUILT FOR HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPELL There is no single correct way to write Thai in Roman letters, so Thype accepts the ways people really type. Formal and everyday informal spellings all work: "jai" and "chai", "phuket" and "puket", "gai" and "kai". Misspell something and a fuzzy match usually still finds the word. FEATURES - Whole-sentence conversion that revises earlier words as you type - Candidates ranked by frequency, by context, and by what you personally pick - English to Thai suggestions: type an English word and take the Thai one instead - Your own dictionary - add any Roman-to-Thai spelling, including names - The standard Thai (Kedmanee) layout, one tap away, for when you want to type Thai directly - Commit anything exactly as typed, so unusual words and names are never in your way - Light and dark appearance, matching the native feeling of system keyboard COMPLETELY OFFLINE Thype contains no networking call at all. The dictionary, the English-Thai glossary and the language model are bundled inside the app and run on your device. It works in Airplane Mode exactly as it does otherwise. That also means there is nothing to collect. No accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no tracking. The words you pick and the words you add stay on your device, they can be cleared from the Thype app whenever you like, and they go away when you delete the app. Full Access is optional. Granting it lets the keyboard and the app share one personal dictionary. Leave it off and the keyboard works exactly the same, minus that sharing. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 16 or later. iPad running iPadOS 16 or later.

Screenshots

Prism Tape Calculator4 screens
Thype4 screens

Verdict

The call

Prism Tape Calculator and Thype are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Prism Tape Calculator versus Thype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrism Tape CalculatorThype
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge FieldNawat Suangburanakul

In-app purchases

None

Prism Tape Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

Thype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prism Tape Calculator free?
Prism Tape Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thype free?
Thype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prism Tape Calculator or Thype have ads?
Neither Prism Tape Calculator nor Thype shows ads.

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