Calculator with parentheses vs gcAE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator with parentheses
This app provides a robust calculator with advanced features like percentage calculations and support for nested parentheses. It displays the full expression and intermediate results, with a history of recent calculations that can be shared via email. Customize your experience with multiple color themes and enjoy both portrait and landscape modes.
- Nested parentheses support
- Percentage calculations
- Full expression display
- Calculation history (25 entries)
- History sharing via email
- Customizable color themes
- Portrait and landscape modes
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Features: Basic calculations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Percentage calculations (%). Calculations with parentheses, including nested parentheses. Shows the whole expression and intermediate results. History of recent calculations (25 entries). Shares history via email. Back and forward buttons to check and use recent calculations. Backspace button. Current expression is displayed above the result. Portrait and landscape modes. 7 color themes to customize background and button colors.
gcAE
Enhance your geocaching experience with a helper tool that streamlines interactions on geocaching websites. It offers a Safari extension for quick actions like copying codes and links, and can automatically clean up website elements for a better view.
- Safari extension for quick actions
- Copy geocache codes and links
- Create calendar entries
- Open geocaches in other apps
- Solve reverse caches
- Remove website disclaimers and ads
- Display favorite percentage
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gcAE is a small helper tool for interacting with geocaching websites. It all started with an action extension to easily perform some actions on geocaching websites. New with gcAE 4.0 a real iOS 15 Safari extension is included. This way the actions are even faster reachable. Use the main app to configure the actions you want to see on geocaching websites. The following are available: - Copy gc code to clipboard - Copy gc link to clipboard - Copy personal notes to clipboard - Copy gc link and personal notes to clipboard - Copy listing coordinates to clipboard - Create a calendar entry (requires to send a local notification which you have to click) - Open geocache in one of your installed geocaching apps like Cachly - Open the coordinates in one of your installed navigation apps - Solve reverse caches (-waldmeister- reverse cache works best; also basic support for day1976 reverse cache. See Wiki Entry) There are also actions available which will be automatically performed on the geocaching website when switched on - Remove disclaimer banner - Show hint decrypted - Remove ads - Remove print section - Clean attributes area - Clean inventory area - Remove map - Clean other links - Automatically load and display favorite percentage There is a variation of geocaching and navigation apps supported. The main app will list the ones you have installed. The previous action extension is still available and covers all the actions the new Safari extension does. With the action extension you can also pass the gc code from publish emails to your geocaching app. Just long press the link in the email, select share and gcAE. You then have the option to open the gc code in your geocaching app ---- Coordinates on geocaching.com are only visible if you have an account there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: gcAE at Free against Calculator with parentheses's $3.99. gcAE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Calculator with parentheses's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads 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
gcAE is free to download; Calculator with parentheses costs $3.99 up front. gcAE sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Calculator with parentheses asks for nothing beyond the download.
gcAE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Calculator with parentheses's written reviews are positive against 100% of gcAE's.
Calculator with parentheses ships an update every 3 weeks, gcAE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calculator with parentheses | gcAE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intemodino Group s.r.o. | Andre Albach |
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