PCalc Lite App Reviews

I absolutely love this app. Since my calculator is broken, I use this in class. The only complain I have is that we cant do fractions. On my broken calculator, there was a button "a b/c". With it, we could calculate fractions and such. I need it in class right now, so I wish I had it in PCalc. Thanks!

if you have 0.1134 or (5531)8008 on the screen and you turn it upside down, it gives u a response

Just what I wanted in an app. Does the job!

This app has earned a spot on my coveted home screen. It starts quickly, and the buttons are quick and easy to press. More functions than I would ever need, the lite version is a super deal, and if I saw myself needing the extra features, I would trust this vendor and upgrade to the full version for sure. For instance, I just recently had a quick question for the vendor, and he answered my email right away with helpful information. Thanks!

I remember my Engineering days with my HP RPN calculator. This does such a great job that I purchased the full version. Well worth the money. My only nit is that it still says Ive got the free lite version. Not a deal breaker, however. Good job PCalc!

Was looking for a low-cost programmers calculator, that was non-RPN (this one does RPN and non-RPN, whichever you prefer), and that respected operator precedence (e.g. 2 * 5 + 2 * 3 should return 16, and does with this app). To turn the app into a programmers calculator, I needed to buy the optional programmers pack for an extra $2.99 once I had installed the free lite calculator - but the combination is a great programmers calculator for only $2.99.

It doesnt let me enter decimal exponents. When I entered 10^3.4 it gives me 1^35 which we all know equals 1. I also entered 10^2 and it gave me 1000

This calculator is lacking a major and basic functionality for a scientific calculator: working with angles in HH:MM:SS (degrees - minutes - seconds). Right now it expects for you to input the decimal value for the angles (so youd have to use another calculator for it). There is no way to convert the angles from sexagesimal HH:MM:SS to decimal values and vice-versa. And of course there is no way to work directly in HH:MM:SS either. So no good to have all the functions like SIN, COS, TAN ... if you like most people need to work in degrees. This guys need to buy a scientific calculator and learn to use it before programming one. Who knows what else they messed up - hard to trust this calculator. Hey, I even bought the full pack $9.99 hoping that this functionality will be there - but NO, I wasted my $. BTW ... why after the purchase the app still says PCALC LITE CALCULATOR? So here is my first app review so you can spare your $ and look somewhere else. I was going to email to support but after I searched their forum and found this same suggestion posted on 12/12/05 with a reply that this would be a good idea for the next versions - which never happened evidently - I gave up. If they did not fix in the past years why bother. Well, I probably will copy this message and email to them as I dont know if they read the comments here. I want to see if they will fix it in the next version. ---------------------------------------------- NOTE TO DEVELOPERS: If you want to fix it: than consider adding a button that converts degrees from sexagesimal to decimal and vice-versa. And also a way to add degrees in sexagesimal - use a comma between the degrees and the minutes and seconds (i.e.: 180.3015 for 180 degrees 30 minutes 15 seconds) and then convert the value to decimal before doing any operations or functions with the value - like HP calculators do - see the button HMS- and -HMS on HP scientific calculators ... i.e.: 180.3015 for 180 degrees 30 minutes 15 seconds after which you have to press HMS- to convert to decimal value: 180.504167. The you can use an operator (+ - * / ) or functions (SIN, COS, TAN ...), enter then next angle value, use HMS- ... When finished press the other button -HMS to get the value back in sexagesimal. You only need one button for it with 2 states (using shift) - you can do 2 if you have room. You could use the empty room where you have your logo for i.e. - want to do even better? Then beside the above functionality, do what CASIO scientific calculators do: having a button (0 ") that you press after entering the degrees - minutes - seconds and being able to do direct operations with sexagesimal values without having to convert to decimal. Having both ways to do it makes it versatile, fast and engineers will appreciate it. - DO NOT TRY TO FIX IT BY JUST adding it to THE A->B converter page. While you can add it there too, what this really needs is an easy and fast way to be able to operate with angles: its own BUTTON(s) If you need more information google it (sexagesimal to decimal), buy a CASIO and HP, TI Texas Instrument scientific calculators and read the manual to see how you operate with angles. -------------------------------------------

UI looks awesome, better than apples and all the other free ones in the top downloads. Havent used much of the scientific stuff since Im no longer in school, but for casual calculator users, this app is the most professional and visually pleasing.

Great artwork and it works beautifully. Much nicer than any of the other free calculators. Thank you for saving me the trouble of having to write my own ;) One thing about the name though, it doesnt easily show up when searching for Calculator.

Great RPN calculator for the price, "gochip" lighten up!

Great calculator!!! The free version is very good, and it becomes a great calculator when you add a couple enhancement packs for 99 cents each. Fantastic deal.

It is just like any other calculator But it is still a great reference source

If they added functionality so that hitting = again would repeat the operation, that would be great.

Other than that, its great but I think Im sticking with big calc just cause it repeats the operation when you hit = more than once

Best calc app ive found.

Not much to add to the title.

I found it when looking for and RPN calculator to replace the default apple one. And whether you like RPN or not the app spurts both. It does everything I need, does it well, and looks great doing it !!

This calculator is great for all sorts of calculations, I highly recommend it. Try typing in every Grade 6s favourite joke and flipping the phone upside down, hilarity

Use it a lot. Had to take away a star. On the iPad, switching out to another app and then back to PCalc clears the register and whatever function you were in the middle of.