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Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

#23

UI is impressive! But, how is the functionality provided better than tons of free spreadsheet apps out there?

Well, since you can literally build game engines in free spreadsheet apps, probably none, but, as you noticed yourself, the selling point is the UX/UI, which seems to be excellent.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

#24
post #21

Type annotated calculator. If the author had a Windows version he would probably sell many more licenses, but understandably that's probably not high on their priority list.

You got Speedcrunch which is both crossplatform and opensource

Speedcrunch is a different product. You can't edit the "notepad", you just interact with the input box which is separate.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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post #21

Type annotated calculator. If the author had a Windows version he would probably sell many more licenses, but understandably that's probably not high on their priority list.

You got Speedcrunch which is both crossplatform and opensource

I love Speedcrunch and it's an integral part of my Windows workflow, but not as flexible as Numi or Soulver. I would incorporate either of those two into my Windows workflow if they were available as such with the same responsiveness and footprint.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You got Speedcrunch which is both crossplatform and opensource

I love Speedcrunch and it's an integral part of my Windows workflow, but not as flexible as Numi or Soulver. I would incorporate either of those two into my Windows workflow if they were available as such with the same responsiveness and footprint.

For Windows you might want to checkout OpalCalc. The website is horrible, but the product is actually good (if ugly).

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

#30

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/

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

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