Qalculate
Shares rank 2 of 7 calculator apps by recommenders
Free, very powerful calculator that people reach for daily, especially through KRunner integration on KDE.
Free, very powerful calculator that people reach for daily, especially through KRunner integration on KDE.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Favorite everyday calculator
“I found it recently and have been happy with it.”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown” “Just had to check my goto, Qalculate”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Things and Stuff of 2025” “is my favourite REPL-like calculator”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “My thousand dollar iPhone can't do math”
Other calculator apps people recommend
The four most recommended other calculator apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpeedCrunch | 13 | 7 | 65% | 4 | — | — |
| QalculateThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Windows Calculator | 9 | 34 | 21% | 5 | — | — |
| Can I Run AI locally? | 9 | 14 | 39% | 1 | — | — |
| Free42 by Thomas Okken | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The greatest qalculate feature is it's integration with krunner on kde”
“The UI is not exceptional but it's very powerful”
“$39?! I'll stick with qalc!”
“I found it recently and have been happy with it.”
“is my favourite REPL-like calculator”
“qalculate is an awesome piece of software in general”
“Just had to check my goto, Qalculate”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.