17th November 2008

PCalc 1.2 is finally available from the App Store! Click here to download it.

No. There Is Another.

Changes include an optional two-line display for use with RPN mode, and the two stylish calculator themes seen below. The full list is here.

As usual, this is a free update if you've already bought the iPhone version. I hope you like it!

If you haven't seen it already, check out my new developer blog. You can also follow me on Twitter.

11th November 2008

A quick tease for PCalc 1.2, which is in the hands on my beta testers now. You can see the optional two-line display for RPN folk, and one of the two new themes. It should be submitted to the App Store in the next few days, and will probably show up on the store week after. More soon!

14th October 2008

PCalc 1.1 is now available from the App Store. This is a big update!

This One Goes To Eleven

The two main new features are multiple layouts and themes. Above, you can see the new "Retro Scientific" horizontal layout, coupled with the "High Power" theme. Below, you can see the new "Retro" vertical layout in a variety of themes - click any of them for a bigger view.

The theme engine is actually the same powerful theme code from DragThing on Mac OS X, running pretty much unmodified on the iPhone. So, anything I can do with themes there, I can now do in PCalc. Which I personally think is pretty cool! You can look forward to some new themes soon anyway...

The full list of changes in this release is here - of course, this is a free update. Do let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas for new layouts or themes you'd like to see in the next version.

Enjoy!

8th October 2008

PCalc 1.1 has been submitted to the App Store - it should be available there in about a week, if everything goes to plan.

4th September 2008

A new version of PCalc for Mac OS X is now available - you can download version 3.3 here.

It has a lot of the improvements from PCalc for the iPhone, especially in the RPN department. It should now feel the same as the iPhone version to use. Hope you like it!

27th August 2008

PCalc 1.0.2 is now available from the App Store.

Marty McFly

The main changes are:

• Added multiple undo and redo. Just flick the LCD to the right and left to reveal the past and future.
• You can now change the colors of the LCD display and digits.
• Made the operator buttons more readable.
• Reversed the order of the operator buttons to match other calculators.
• More improvements to the RPN mode.
• Fixed a problem displaying large hex numbers on the tape.

The undo support is pretty cool, you just flick the LCD in the direction you want to go and it animates in the old value. Very "iPhone" even if I say so myself!

Hope you like it! Oh, and check out the PCalc fan page if you are on Facebook - become a fan to tell your friends!

20th August 2008

PCalc 1.0.2 has now been submitted to the App Store - it will probably take around a week to show up, assuming everything goes smoothly with Apple's vetting.

I'll let you know when it's available for download.

17th August 2008

I'm currently putting the finishing touches to PCalc 1.0.2 - it's got a number of cool new features, most notably the multiple undo and redo support. I won't spoil exactly how it works yet, but I think it came together really well.

I expect the new version will get submitted early next week when my beta testers are happy with it, and hopefully it will turn up on the store soon. I'll let you know.

In the meantime, if you really like PCalc, why not become a fan? I've set up a fan page on Facebook which you can get to here. Click the "Become a Fan" link at the top right of the page to help spread the word.

Thanks!

30th July 2008

PCalc 1.0.1 is now live on the iPhone App Store here. Enjoy!

24th July 2008

PCalc 1.0.1 has been submitted to the iPhone App Store!

I've heard that updates are taking a while to show up, indeed some developers haven't seen any of their new versions appear yet since the store opened. But hopefully it will turn up soon.

The changes are in this release are:

• You can now email the contents of the tape and the display.
• Changed the RPN Drop behaviour to match HP calculators.
• Rearranged layout slightly to show "Del" button in RPN mode.
• Added some fuel efficiency conversions.
• Added display of ASCII / UTF-8 / UTF-16 values.
• Added a Help section to the Settings.
• Now correctly disable the "8" button in octal mode.
• Fixed the RPN "Roll" button in horizontal mode.
• Fixed a couple of memory leaks.

I'll post again when it shows up on the store.