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Calculator: The Game – Education Game Review
Calculator: The Game is a Education/Puzzle/Casual game from Simple Machine, LLC, first launched in 13th July 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,125+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Calculator: The Game Stand Out
In a world of calculators, one dared to become a game.
Sure, you've used calculators before, but have you ever "played" a calculator?
Welcome to Calculator: The Game where you'll manipulate numbers by adding them, subtracting them, converting them, reversing them, and stuffing them through portals … yes … PORTALS.
Calculator: The Game features:
- LCD DISPLAY for extra long equations
- COMFORTABLE BUTTONS designed for modern gameplay
- CLICKY, THE SNARKY ASSISTANT who will help you win
- FUNCTIONING SOLAR PANEL
- APPROVED for use in Calculator: The Game
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Calculator: The Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th November 2020
Recent improvements include:
Hi, I thought the new Discord button was added in the last release but somehow I missed it.The new Discord button will take you to that Calculator: The Game channel where you can hang out with me and other fans of the game!Hugs,kurtiswow
Download & Availability
Calculator: The Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Calculator: The Game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We had an idea for a game to make about a calculator so we searched to see if the name was taken and we found this. Personally, we love math but this is next level. Only thing is we cant get achievements. Still amazing.
This game scratches our soggy wet brain in the right spot.
The game is a fun and addictive game where it challenges your math skills. Download today.
Pretty cool and really fun if youve just got a little time to kill.
We know youve been mostly updating the sequel and not this one, but you can skip all of level 129 by erasing the total and adding 9 twice. It saves a move too. You can also beat level 140 without the [+1] button.
Super simple to understand and play. Wonderful game to wake up the mind thats very fun to play. We dont have very many games Ive played on phone, this could be our favorite.
Girl on the phone said not to write a review.
The idea is creative and the execution is amazing. We did get stuck on level 50 for like 2 years and gave up, but after coming back we did the unbeatable strategy of mashing random buttons and by some random chance it actually worked. Great game.
We never thought we would say this but….. We would die for clicky.
Though we dont know what the portals are supposed to be. We guess it has something to do with the << button.
Good app, well developed. Fun and easy to play.
Im not a fan of math at all. But this is really simple math set up more like a logic puzzle. Its a great time consumer. The ads are actually very minimal compared to most games. Im surprised this hasnt had a lot more attention. We dont usually do reviews but this game deserves more screen time so Im doing our part! We really do enjoy this. The simplicity, the level of difficulty that is challenging yet still lets us feel like the smartest person we know, the time consumability with added distractionacy to combat anything from boredom to an overactive guilt complex (so Ive heard), and its pretty witty to boot. The instructions are easy to follow, layout is clear. Im still pretty early on in the game but at this rate this may become one of our staple go-tos. Thanks, devs, keep em coming.
We love it not one flaw, this is one of our favorite games and it works perfectly. We can't wait to play the sequel.
Amazing concept always keeps fresh amazing love it.
Im a kid an very young you wouldnt expect us to like this game but we do its a little hard but so fun.
We first downloaded this game in 2017 (Its 2021) on our tablet while waiting for our food at a nearby McDonalds. We immediately fell in love with the concept of the game. We highly recommend this game. Its fun for literally anyone of any age! From children who hate math class in school and need something to make it more enjoyable to adults who need a break from the troubles of daily life! Best of all, this game gets you thinking. All in all, this game really does deserve 5 stars.
We used to do this same thing with a calculator when we were little and bored in class, but now that we never have to take another math class or use an actual calculator again, this is a nice way to keep ourselves entertained like that, plus it adds buttons that we never would have thought of like transforming some numbers into other ones. Im addicted lol.
A perfect puzzle bogged down with a little to aggressive ads, 4/5.
Good use of different mathematical strategies. Calculator avatar is annoying, but thats a minor point.
So far we think all the levels are amazing we had a lot of fun with this game. There is this one problem… Sometimes the puzzles are really hard and we just want to view the story without having to look up a walk-through. There is also this bug where if you have a hand and you go into settings and then go back the hint gets removed so if you want another hand it just tells you what you already know. Other than that its a great game so far. We think the story is very interesting we are on level 122. Keep up the great work.
We cannot get past level 155! Of the hints, we did what they said but when we were finished the answer was 3003 and the was 3001. It means that the hints were wrong! Please fix it in the next update.
This game is all well and good on its own, but it has its own achievements. First off, it doesnt advertise that you have sign into Game Center through the Settings button before level 5 or you wont get the achievement. Second off, we tried getting the level 5 achievement several times, deleting and redownloading the game every time, only to not get it because of an ad popup. Im an achievement hunter and when we cant get 5 easy achievements because of ads, not only does it bug us, it pisses us off. The game itself is fun and deceptively simple, but dont put achievements in the game if youre going to block people from getting them by putting ads in the achievement milestones.
The discord button is broken, can you make it to where there are unlimited invites and the invite never expires.
This is the best math game ever we read it 5 million stores it is really really fun and its really cool.
We Must Say This Game Has Been Around For Quite Some, And Its Still The Most Awesome Game Still Ever.
Clicky has a best experience on the store and the game. We like your game.
Math IS COOL AND SUPER FUN we WANT THE CLICKY CALCULATOR.
This game presents the best combination of game,logical access to your imagination and buttons! Trust us,we have this game for 2 years,and we've replayed it so much times! BEST GAME EVER.
We enjoy playing this game very much.
Really fun but we cant play the second game it just keeps crashing on us.
Game is fun and just the right amount of hard. Its also great because Im not allowed to get games on our phone but we convinced our mom to let us get this because its math even though its not most of the time. We have the second downloaded but we havent played it yet. Great game.
We got this game as a joke, we mean we love sudoku and other puzzles but sadly we dont even know our times tables (Im 19). So far we really freakin love this game and as said before Im not a skilled mathematician lol.
This game is super fun and we love it. It deserves five stars and it is a super good quality game. We think everyone will enjoy it. Im a student and it helps our brain.
Good very good download now yes yes.
Makes us feel clever and accomplished when we figure out the puzzle.
We beaten 10 levels and we just found a code:Level10.
If you like math games, this is a good one! We also like its sequel.
Love this game, so we would like to pay $1.99 to remove ads, but the button within the app does not work. We saw the other reviews saying to buy nine hints ($2.99) to remove the ads – that didnt work for us. We hope the developers fix the store so ads can be removed.
It's a fun game that gets our brain thinkin.
Its really fun, and challenges your brain. But there is a bug. After a level, sometimes it gives you an ad, after that ad it goes to the next level. Whenever it goes to the next level it, it shows the settings, and buy hints buttons. It shows none of the progress buttons (we,e:+5 -3 etc). The only way to get it to go back to normal, is to close out of the app. Hope this helps fix the bug. Sorry for any bad English or punctuation.
The game makes us feel so dumb but its also fun.
Why dont you add vibrate to buttons? Also you have a shop,remove the ads. If you remove the ads we will introduce this game to everyone that we know. Thanks.
This game seems perfect, but it accepts HALF numbers (0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 etc.), and then lapses into the Helvetica font to display Error some time after Level 1-25 (before it just said Error in the normal font that resembles DB LCD Temp). Can you fix this minor bug.
So first this game is great. Our friend got it told us to get it, we got it now we play it when we have nothing else to do! There is no glitches, bugs. We love how cute the design is, the maffy (haha see what we did) kind of feel is a cool way to learn we mean its not like ur teaching us what 3×7 (21) is. But overall just one thing u should add in the beginning: when it tells us to use a hint we HATE ABSOLUTELY HATEEE when games tells us to use a hint, and u cant just not use the hint especially when its ez. Pls add or fix something for the future players! Thanks.
We stopped playing because there are too many ads.
We were hooked on the game for the first 155 levels but then we were completely stumped. We watched tons of ad videos to get free hints so we could get walked through the solution, but after spending all 9 hints, it led us to the wrong answer! The goal was 3001, but the hints led us to 3003. So we looked up the answer on YouTube. We hated wasting all our time on getting hints that led us nowhere. Otherwise, it would be 5 stars.
Puzzle->Ad->Puzzle->Ad->Puzzle->Ad->Puzzle->Ad nauseam (pun most definitely intended) we understand developers need to eat and ads make that more possible in free apps. We understand ads can be removed for $1.99. But these puzzles are so quick, having a video ad after every. Single. One! Is disruptive in the extreme and breaks our puzzle-solving flow, making us irritated and more likely to close the game than pay to remove the ads. May dip back into the game for more puzzles later. May delete it. Havent decided.
Seemed fun, we lasted maybe minutes before the ads drove us crazy and we uninstalled. We probably would have enjoyed it, but we dont want to be interrupted with ads every few minutes.
Love the game but the ads are way too frequent. Tried to pay to remove them, but theres no way to. The button to remove them doesnt work. Tried buying 9 hints because others said that worked, but it doesnt. So now all Ive done is waste $2.99 and our time. Please fix it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.5.1
- Size: 138.19 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Simple Machine, LLC
Last updated: 26th November 2020 | Genre: Education, Puzzle | Developer: Simple Machine, LLC