PCalc

Submitted by Kara Louise, 4 February, 2022
Last updated on 17 February, 2022
Category
Utilities

Description of App

PCalc is the powerful choice for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature rich calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions and constants, a paper tape, multiple undo and redo, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations.

Includes an Apple Watch app, so you can calculate on your wrist!

Version

3.11.1

Free or Paid

Paid

Apple Watch Support

Yes

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

15.3

Accessibility Comments

Even though PCalc is accessible with VoiceOver, here's a few things to watch out for:

  • VO will not read out results automatically. You can get around this by setting it to announce them using any of the system wide voices you have installed. The silent switch must be off for this to work.
  • With that said, results of conversion's, functions and registers are read out by VO when you focus over them in their respective lists.
  • Swiping right from the last item in a screen such as settings will cause VO to read the main window controls, which aren't visible and won't work until you leave it.
  • The layout editor needs a lot of work.
  • As far as I can tell, there is no way to use the swipe to undo/redo gestures across the calculator's display.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver, but the interface could be easier to navigate and use.

Other Comments

I was looking for an iOS calculator that's similar to the one in Windows 10 with conversions and the like, and this seems to be the best one I've found.

App Store Link

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pcalc/id284666222

Developer's Website

https://www.pcalc.com/

Developer's Twitter Username

@pcalc

Recommendations

2 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by Kara Louise 2 weeks 5 days ago

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