RPN vs DarkReader Web
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RPN
This app simulates a legendary 1970s programmable calculator, offering advanced features for scientists and engineers. It allows users to run programs, manage virtual cards, and access hundreds of free program cards from its website.
- Virtual program and data cards
- Virtual paper tape printer
- Database-driven card manager
- Create, label, and organize unlimited cards
- Effortless saving of card collections
- Formatted program listings
- Live display of stack and registers
Read full descriptionHide full description
A dream calculator of the 70's, priced at $3,200 in today's dollars, now affordable for everyone! RPN-97 Pro is the first complete simulation of Hewlett-Packard's legendary HP-97 programmable calculator for iOS. Produced from 1976 to 1984, the HP-97's features coupled with its capability to store programs on magnetic cards made it a huge success among scientists, engineers and other professionals. Thousands of programs were written for it. Now you can run them right on your iPad, with more ease and faster than ever before. To get you started quickly, download hundreds of program cards from our website for free. What users said: “The most delightful app I possess. The magnet card reader emulation rocks. Would have paid much more for this." "As the owner of an actual working HP 97 calculator, I am blown away with this new simulator. Simply fabulous." "Whoever coded this my hat goes off to you - what a professional piece of work, incredible app." RPN-97 Pro is fully compatible with RPN-67 Pro, its companion simulator of the HP-67 calculator. Features: • Virtual program and data cards • Virtual paper tape printer • Powerful database-driven card manager • Create, label, and organize a virtually unlimited number of cards • Use iTunes to effortlessly save entire card collections on your Mac/PC • Sharing: e-mail, AirDrop, Dropbox, copy, paste, print • Formatted listing clearly showing labels and targets of branches • E-mail listings and let the recipient paste the text right into RPN-97 • Print listings on any AirPrint-compatible printer • Program listing on paper tape shows subroutine nesting • Edit paper tape • E-mail paper tape, or print it via AirPrint • Cut/copy/paste displayed value or program steps • Paste HP-67 or HP-97 listings from other sources into RPN-97 and run them • "Live" display of stack, memory registers, program counter, flags • Show program usage notes • 30 selectable background images, even add your own • Much faster than a real HP-97 • Low-battery indicator (iPad charge 10% or less) • Compatible with RPN-67 Pro and RPN-67 SD, CuVee Software's HP-67 simulators • Supports hardware keyboard While RPN-97 Pro can work exactly like a real HP-97, changing a simple setting will turn the app into a super-charged HP-97: • Up to 999 program steps, 8 subroutine levels, 6 additional flags (F4...F9) • 100 additional registers • 100 additional labels • 100 built-in constants and conversions • More than 150 additional powerful operations and functions Plus: • 15 commands to print and manipulate any range of extended registers • Unrestricted register arithmetic • Exchange x with any register • Complex numbers mode, hyperbolic functions • Non-volatile memory - stack, registers, program, flags, paper tape • Status indicators for prefix keys (EXT, f, LBL, GTO, etc.) • Display showing thousands separators (optional) • Text output on paper tape in 10 colors, even simple plotting • Stack-of-stack: push/pop the entire stack on internal stack (4 levels) • Single-step into subroutines (optional) • Powerful debugging aids, including 10 breakpoints with counters • Keycodes translated to command name while entering or single-stepping a program • Change the duration of the PAUSE command • Cancel SST or BST operation by simply sliding your finger off the depressed key • Compress constants in programs into a single step (reversible) • Use existing programs in text format by a simple paste operation RPN-97 Pro comes with more than 130 programs pre-installed, including HP Standard Pac, HP Business Decisions Pac, HP Math Pac I, HP Stat Pac I, and HP Surveying Pac I. The simulator has been verified to correctly run the examples given in HP Civil Engineering Pac I, HP Clinical Lab Pac, HP E.E. Pac I, HP Games Pac I, HP M.E. Pac I, HP Navigation Pac I, as well as large number of programs published in Users' Library Solutions. For more information and free program downloads visit the RPN-97/67 website: cuveesoft.ch/rpn67
DarkReader Web
Read full descriptionHide full description
Night Browsing, Reimagined Tired of being blinded by bright websites at night? DarkReader Web transforms every site into a comfortable dark mode instantly. - Enjoy easy-on-the-eyes browsing, day or night - Intelligent design preserves transparency and layout - Smooth, modern dark theme with softer light gray text for effortless reading - Works seamlessly across your favorite websites - Fast, efficient, and battery-friendly for OLED screens Why choose DarkReader Web? Because your eyes deserve comfort, your sleep deserves protection, and your browsing deserves elegance. Privacy first: We never collect any data. Browse freely and safely. Download DarkReader Web today and experience the web in a way your eyes will thank you for.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RPN at every 3 months against DarkReader Web's every 22 months. RPN also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). DarkReader Web's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
RPN costs $4.99 and DarkReader Web $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RPN ships an update every 3 months, DarkReader Web every 22 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | RPN | DarkReader Web |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CuVee Software | Jorge Lucioni Charalla |
In-app purchases
RPN
No in-app purchases
DarkReader Web
No in-app purchases









