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I personally use Numi, which is very similar. I like the ability to assign variables and reuse them (and change the value of the variable on the fly, instantly

I personally use Numi, which is very similar. I like the ability to assign variables and reuse them (and change the value of the variable on the fly, instantly redoing all other calculations). https://numi.io/ https://numi.io/

jonstaab 7y ago
Seconded (though I'm tentatively switching to dc[0], reverse polish notation ftw), can anyone who has used both Numi and Soulver point out the differences between the two? They look super similar to me. [0] https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm
- zwily 7y ago
  Soulver has iOS apps too.
  - jonstaab 7y ago
    Sadly, I am Android-only. Is there any difference in functionality, or it a pure clone (edit: or, is Numi the clone? Sound like Soulver has been around a while)?
    - filmgirlcw 7y ago
      I’ve never used Numi. Soulver is 14 years old and is from my favorite era of indie macOS development. He’s really responsive on twitter or to bug reports/emails. Numi is also available in Setapp [1], which I pay for and really love (it’s a great value for me), but I must admit I’ve never used it. I’ll check it out later today, but don’t know if I can offer a comprehensive pro/con. [1]: https://setapp.com https://setapp.com
    - tsieling 7y ago
      Pretty much identical to the desktop apps, all docs sync nicely.
- marklgr 7y ago
  I like dc too, and wrote this plugin for Vim: https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck The power of old tools :)
  - dmix 7y ago
    For me the currency conversion, easy ‘totalling’, syntax highlighting, and mixing Markdown text inline (which gets ignored) is the key feature for these notepad/numi apps. These still could be done in Vim but it’s more than just a unixy calculator or text-editor spreadsheet.
    - marklgr 7y ago
      To each his own I guess. As far as I'm concerned, I'm mainly interested in the one-column spreadsheet, tweaking a few input rows and checking how it impacts some other rows. I still use instacalc from time to time, but now I often reach for vim instead.
  - emmelaich 7y ago
    I started hacking something up to invoke dc more easily… $ . calc.sh $ * 4 5 20 $ / 21 3 7 It’s a WIP. I’ll probably add floating point and a stack. Which will mean moving away from `dc` to awk/python/something else running in the background, using sh co-processes.
- jimpudar 7y ago
  If you like dc, give Emacs' calc mode a try.
- samat 7y ago
  The main difference is that you can easily drag n drop line result anywhere inside the document with Soulver for more complex computations. With Numi you are forced to make up variable names, which is silly. I have written to Numi author about this a few months ago and he replied he wants to add this feature to Numi but I haven’t heard any news about that since. I am not following Numi closely, though.
albertop 7y ago
There is also Calca on the Mac.
- ketralnis 7y ago
  Calca is excellent
  - twarge 7y ago
    Yes!
- sincarne 7y ago
  I prefer Calca. I just find variables easier to deal with. I used it most recently when I was working the food table at my kid’s school fete, and I didn’t have a point of sale. Just do all my calculations with variables so it was easier to spot errors. (Kids spending their own pocket money are ruthless at challenging your math).
ChuckMcM 7y ago
I use tydig[1] on my iPad which is really nice. Especially being able to drag around results with links pointing back to them and then graphing things as needed. [1] http://tydligapp.com/ http://tydligapp.com/
- spaceisballer 7y ago
  For 1.99 that’s not shabby. The iPad app looks great too, like finding more ways to make my iPad useful for work.
nuclear_eclipse 7y ago
Soulver can do that too.
DiabloD3 7y ago
I used to use Numi heavily, but I was forced to abandon it because there never will be a Windows version (I even asked the dev, he said no). Sad, because its elegant as fuck.

jonstaab 7y ago

Seconded (though I'm tentatively switching to dc[0], reverse polish notation ftw), can anyone who has used both Numi and Soulver point out the differences between the two? They look super similar to me. [0] https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm

zwily 7y ago
Soulver has iOS apps too.
- jonstaab 7y ago
  Sadly, I am Android-only. Is there any difference in functionality, or it a pure clone (edit: or, is Numi the clone? Sound like Soulver has been around a while)?
  - filmgirlcw 7y ago
    I’ve never used Numi. Soulver is 14 years old and is from my favorite era of indie macOS development. He’s really responsive on twitter or to bug reports/emails. Numi is also available in Setapp [1], which I pay for and really love (it’s a great value for me), but I must admit I’ve never used it. I’ll check it out later today, but don’t know if I can offer a comprehensive pro/con. [1]: https://setapp.com https://setapp.com
  - tsieling 7y ago
    Pretty much identical to the desktop apps, all docs sync nicely.
marklgr 7y ago
I like dc too, and wrote this plugin for Vim: https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck The power of old tools :)
- dmix 7y ago
  For me the currency conversion, easy ‘totalling’, syntax highlighting, and mixing Markdown text inline (which gets ignored) is the key feature for these notepad/numi apps. These still could be done in Vim but it’s more than just a unixy calculator or text-editor spreadsheet.
  - marklgr 7y ago
    To each his own I guess. As far as I'm concerned, I'm mainly interested in the one-column spreadsheet, tweaking a few input rows and checking how it impacts some other rows. I still use instacalc from time to time, but now I often reach for vim instead.
- emmelaich 7y ago
  I started hacking something up to invoke dc more easily… $ . calc.sh $ * 4 5 20 $ / 21 3 7 It’s a WIP. I’ll probably add floating point and a stack. Which will mean moving away from `dc` to awk/python/something else running in the background, using sh co-processes.
jimpudar 7y ago
If you like dc, give Emacs' calc mode a try.
samat 7y ago
The main difference is that you can easily drag n drop line result anywhere inside the document with Soulver for more complex computations. With Numi you are forced to make up variable names, which is silly. I have written to Numi author about this a few months ago and he replied he wants to add this feature to Numi but I haven’t heard any news about that since. I am not following Numi closely, though.

albertop 7y ago

There is also Calca on the Mac.

ketralnis 7y ago
Calca is excellent
- twarge 7y ago
  Yes!
sincarne 7y ago
I prefer Calca. I just find variables easier to deal with. I used it most recently when I was working the food table at my kid’s school fete, and I didn’t have a point of sale. Just do all my calculations with variables so it was easier to spot errors. (Kids spending their own pocket money are ruthless at challenging your math).

ChuckMcM 7y ago

I use tydig[1] on my iPad which is really nice. Especially being able to drag around results with links pointing back to them and then graphing things as needed. [1] http://tydligapp.com/ http://tydligapp.com/

spaceisballer 7y ago
For 1.99 that’s not shabby. The iPad app looks great too, like finding more ways to make my iPad useful for work.

nuclear_eclipse 7y ago

Soulver can do that too.

DiabloD3 7y ago

I used to use Numi heavily, but I was forced to abandon it because there never will be a Windows version (I even asked the dev, he said no). Sad, because its elegant as fuck.