Comparison of software calculators

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This is a list of notable software calculators.

Immediate execution calculators (button-oriented)

Name Software license OS SupportPrecisionScientific
mode
RPN
mode
Hex/oct/bin
mode
DeskCalc MIT Haiku Arbitrary decimalYesNoNo
Desmos Proprietary Web browser, iOS, Android Floating pointYesNoNo
Mac OS calculator Proprietary macOS Double (64 bit)YesYesYes
Calculator (Nintendo Switch) Proprietary Nintendo Switch Fixed decimal (up to 16 digits)YesNoNo
GeoGebra Varies Web browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android Arbitrary decimalYesNoYes
GNOME Calculator GPL-3.0-or-later Linux, BSDs, macOS Arbitrary decimalYesYesYes
GraphCalc GPL-2.0 Windows, Linux Double (64 bit)YesNoYes
KCalc GPL-2.0-or-later Linux, BSDs, macOS Arbitrary decimalYesYesYes
Qalculate! GPL-2.0-or-later Linux, Windows, macOS Arbitrary decimalYesYesYes
Windows Calculator MIT Windows ≥32 decimalYesYesYes
WRPN Calculator Public domain Windows, Linux, macOS, Android FloatYesYesYes
xcalc X11 Linux Arbitrary decimalYesYesYes

Expression or formula calculators (command-line oriented)

Name Software license OS SupportPrecisionHex/oct/bin
mode
RPN
mode
Defining
variables
Defining
functions
Syntax
highlighting
Unit conversionMultiple Steps
Atari Calculator Proprietary Atari 800 FloatYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
bc programming language GNU General Public License Unix VariableYesUn­knownYesYesNoNoUn­known
Mathcad Proprietary Windows Floating point (typically double)YesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Mathematica Proprietary Windows, macOS, Linux Arbitrary precisionYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Maxima GPL-2.0-or-later Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD Arbitrary precisionYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Symbolab Proprietary Web browser, iOS, Android Symbolic and numericYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
WolframAlpha Proprietary Web browser, iOS, Android Arbitrary precisionYesNoYesYesNoYesYes

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