Calculator Plus vs Calculator⁻
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calculator Plus
This app simplifies everyday math with a clean interface and a history of all your calculations. Easily handle basic operations, percentages, and more, with the ability to review past entries for quick reference. It's designed for efficient problem-solving on the go.
- Clear, readable calculation display
- Basic arithmetic and percentages
- Backspace for error correction
- Memory buttons and calculation history
- Light and dark themes
- Advanced functions (squaring, square root, pi)
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The world’s favorite calculator app, with more than 40 million downloads worldwide. The perfect day-to-day calculator for both iPhone and iPad, Calculator Plus is easy to use and beautifully designed to be your daily calculator. Calculator Plus makes math simple and fun with crisp HD and a layout for fast and easy calculations. Solve all of your everyday calculations, from simple addition to fractions and multiplication. Calculator Plus remembers everything you calculate, and lets you review your history and past calculations anytime, making it perfect for shopping, doing homework and schoolwork, balancing checkbooks, making tips, taking notes, calculating taxes, and everyday math problems you’re sure to encounter. Calculator Plus is also an exceptional school calculator. Calculator Plus is the perfect calculator for teachers, students, and working professionals. If you quit the calculator and go do something else, it's all still there whenever you come back. You'll never need to type the same calculation twice again making it the perfect math calculator to take the best notes and solve any problem. FEATURES: - Calculations in clear, elegant type that's easy to read - Perform all the basic calculations you could ever need including addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, and percentages - Use backspace anytime to correct a simple mistake, instead of starting over - Keep track of your results using the memory buttons and history screen - Express yourself with light and dark themes - For more complicated and advanced problems, use options like squaring, square root, percent and the pi button Try out Calculator Plus – the simplest, strongest equation solver around! From everyday addition and subtraction to complex percent and fraction problems, you can solve and track it all for free. Download Calculator Plus for your iPhone or iPad and finally put that handheld calculator to rest. This version of Calculator Plus is ad-supported. An ad-free version is also available. Calculator Plus © 2022 Digitalchemy, LLC
Calculator⁻
A straightforward calculator app designed for simplicity, offering basic arithmetic operations and percentage calculations. It allows users to record and recall past results, customize colors, and enable touch sounds for a personalized experience.
- Basic arithmetic operations
- Percentage calculations
- Record and recall results
- Customizable colors
- Touch sound option
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It is a simple and easy calculator. It is a simple calculator with no complex functions at all. Features: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percent operation Recording and recalling calculation results The numbers, operators, parentheses, results Custom colors Use touch sound Very useful for school children
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Calculator⁻ at Free against Calculator Plus's $3.99. Calculator⁻ also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 694) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). Calculator Plus's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 52%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). On update cadence, 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
Calculator⁻ is free to download; Calculator Plus costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calculator Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calculator⁻ has 3.6K ratings behind it against 694, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Calculator Plus's written reviews are positive against 52% of Calculator⁻'s.
Calculator Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, Calculator⁻ every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Calculator Plus | Calculator⁻ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (694 ratings) — better | 4.4 (3.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 52.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 694 | 3.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DigitAlchemy LLC | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
Calculator Plus
Calculator⁻
User reviews
Calculator Plus
From 694 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Large, clear numbers
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Reliable performance
- 👍 Convenient features (e.g. history, memory)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional clicking sound issue
- 🔋 Potential battery drain
Calculator⁻
From 3.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient calculations
- 💡 Retro design
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
Room to improve
- 🐛 Decimal point issues
- 🐛 Incorrect calculations
- 🐛 Broken buttons
- 🔍 Confusing button layout
Bugs and requests
Calculator Plus
Reported bugs
2 issues- Clicking sound not removable
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Algebraic order of operations
- Customizable color schemes
Calculator⁻
Reported bugs
3 issues- Decimal point problem: .5 becomes 5
- Button that should be 7 shows as 9 and gives 9 when used
- Percentage button does not work correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Backspace button
- Percentage button that works properly
- Arrange buttons in standard calculator layout
In-app purchases
Calculator Plus
No in-app purchases
Calculator⁻
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Calculator Plus free?
Is Calculator⁻ free?
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