Comparison

Back In The Day vs TCSCO2

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

Head to head
About

Back In The Day

Calculate historical US inflation to understand the purchasing power of money across different decades. Easily convert past amounts to today's dollars or vice versa.

Highlights
  • US inflation calculation
  • Convert past to present value
  • Convert present to past value
  • Easy to use interface
  • Historical currency comparison
Features
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BITD - Back in The Day! Easy to use US inflation calculator. Remember your grandfather's stories of penny candy and nickel matinees? How much would that be in today's dollars? What is $100.00 today worth back in the 1920s? You can find out the answer to these questions, and many more with Back In The Day. This is an easy to use Inflation Calculator. Enter the amount and years to compare. BITD will display the value. Also check out the About screen for a few words of wisdom from the old codger!

About

TCSCO2

Features
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The TCSCO2 app offers instant access to invoices, deliveries, & transactions. Also make credit card & ACH account payments. Tri-State Carbonation Service offers complete, quality-driven carbonation solutions for the restaurant and beverage-dispensing industries supplying & servicing compressed gas customers.

Screenshots

Back In The Day4 screens
TCSCO24 screens

Verdict

The call

Back In The Day and TCSCO2 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
Back In The Day versus TCSCO2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBack In The DayTCSCO2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (167 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings167 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn SchumacherDestwin LLC

Bugs and requests

Back In The Day

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App does not work at all
  • Sticks in info page on iPhone
  • Can't display results
  • Cuts off bottom, won't slide up
  • No longer shows value today
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  • Doesn't give final dollar amount
  • Invalid amount error
  • Uses microphone by default

Requested features

7 requests
  • Extend historical date range further back
  • Landscape format option
  • Always present keyboard
  • Stable UI during conversions
  • Support for larger font sizes
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  • Voiceover compatibility for iOS
  • Support for other currencies (e.g., £)

TCSCO2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Back In The Day

No in-app purchases

None

TCSCO2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Back In The Day free?
Back In The Day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TCSCO2 free?
TCSCO2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Back In The Day or TCSCO2 have ads?
Neither Back In The Day nor TCSCO2 shows ads.

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