Fractio vs Construction Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fractio
A versatile calculator designed for everyday use, handling numbers, fractions, and various measurements like linear, area, volume, and weight. It offers a natural display format and essential functions for common calculations.
- Fractional and decimal notation
- Linear, area, volume, and weight calculations
- US and metric unit conversions
- Natural number display
- Memory, rounding, percentage, trig, and log functions
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Fractio is a calculator for people that deal with plans, patterns, models, recipes, etc. In addition to plain numbers using either decimal or fractional notation, it can calculate linear measurements, areas, volumes, and weights, all in a variety of units including US and metric units. It includes easy conversion between the supported measurement units. Fractio displays numbers in "natural" format (not scientific notation), and is intended to calculate numbers that people use commonly. It includes memory, rounding, percentage, square/square root, trig, and log functions. Send bug reports, feature requests, etc to FractioApp@gmail.com
Construction Calculator
This tool simplifies complex construction calculations, offering conversions between various measurement formats. It provides an elegant interface for users in construction, woodworking, and education to perform and check calculations.
- Feet Inch Fraction calculations
- Decimal to fraction conversion
- Fraction to decimal conversion
- Supports multiple dimensional formats
- Elegant and intuitive interface
- Advanced editing capabilities
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Award Winning Feet Inch Fraction Construction Calculator for iPhone and iPad. Designed with simplicity, usability and beauty in mind! FEATURES: - Elegant & Intuitive interface - Decimal to fraction converter - Fraction to decimal conversion - Displays both the equation & the result at the same time - Advanced editing by easily going back and forth - Can be added to Today Screen Ideal for those who work in construction, woodworking and for students to check up their homework! If you are looking for more advanced features you can upgrade to one or more of the following: - Stairs Calculator - Common Rafter Calculator - Hip/Valley Rafter Calculator - Triangle Calculator - Circular Calculator - Arc Calculator - Work in and convert between all building dimensional formats: feet-inch-fractions, inch fraction, yards, decimal feet (10th, 100th), decimal inches and metric (km, m, cm, mm) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Construction Calculator at 4.7 against Fractio's 3.2. Construction Calculator also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (681 vs 11). Fractio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and review sentiment (67% vs 54%). On price, ads, device support 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. Construction Calculator sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Fractio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Construction Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Construction Calculator has 681 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Fractio's written reviews are positive against 54% of Construction Calculator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fractio ships an update every 9 months, Construction Calculator every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fractio | Construction Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (681 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 53.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 681 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | James Campbell | xNeat.com |
Customer experience
Fractio
Construction Calculator
Bugs and requests
Fractio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Construction Calculator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calculation errors and incorrect results
- Freezing and crashing on certain devices
- Compatibility issues with newer OS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back fraction display in results
- Allow offline use without subscription
- Add more construction-specific tools
- Improve user interface and usability
In-app purchases
Fractio
No in-app purchases
Construction Calculator
- Construction Calculator3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Construction Calculator7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Themes$1.99
- Calculator Plus$3.99
- Rafter$4.99
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- Stair Calculator$4.99
- Fraction Calculator$9.99
- Construction Calculator2 variants$14.99
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