Version History
- Fixed a problem with background music stopping for PCalc key clicks.
- Fixed a crash that could occur with the constants and conversions.
- Improved support for the Retina display on the iPhone 4.
- Opening the conversions now finishes entry of the current number.
- Added a special low-light calculator theme, "Flynn".
- Added dozens of new unit conversions.
- You can now sort the units in the conversions section by name or by magnitude.
- Added a volume control for the key click sounds.
- Added an option to stop the "AC" button from clearing the memories.
- Added an option to show or hide the key popups.
- Added labels to the display on iPad in portrait mode.
- Moved the thousands separator option into the main settings section.
- Improved detection of overflow in Hex, Octal, and Binary modes.
- Improved speed of application switching on iOS 4.0.
- Various minor fixes and improvements.
- Added support for iOS 4.0 and fast app switching.
- Added support for the Retina display on the iPhone 4.
- Various minor fixes and improvements.
- Fixed a problem with the currency conversions in some regions. Reload the rates if you still see problems.
- Added a brand new currency section to the unit conversions.
- Added "<< n" and ">> n" buttons to the programming layouts for shifting by an arbitrary number of bits.
- Fixed a problem with settings being reset occasionally.
- Fixed a problem with custom LCD colours not being saved.
- Changed the "Del" button to look like the standard iPhone backspace.
- Made the recent conversion swap buttons much easier to press.
- Various minor fixes and improvements.
- Added support for the standard "shake to undo" gesture.
- Added an option to stop the "AC" button from clearing the tape.
- Added an option to stop iPhones from vibrating on errors.
- Various minor fixes and improvements.
- Added a new calculator theme, "Flux".
- You can now customize the decimal and thousands separators in the advanced settings.
- You can now show thousands separators in the register, stack, and unit conversion sections.
- Added options to automatically copy and paste when PCalc is closed and reopened.
- When using multiple memories, the memory keys now highlight to show which memories have values stored in them.
- Gamma function now works on a wider range of inputs. †
- Improved performance and handling of low-memory situations. †
- Various minor fixes and improvements. †
- PCalc now requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later. †
You can now purchase all the extra features from the full version of PCalc from inside PCalc Lite. Buy them individually, or buy everything.
† Also in PCalc Lite 1.9
- Fixed a problem in 1.8 with calculator buttons not always taking presses. †
- Various minor fixes and improvements. †
† Also in PCalc Lite 1.8.1
- Now includes a coupon code to save $9 on buying PCalc for Mac OS X.
- You can now swipe up and down on the LCD screen to change the number of lines displayed.
- You can now separately set the number of lines displayed for the horizontal and vertical modes.
- You can now undo and redo calculations even after closing and reopening PCalc. †
- Added a mod operator as a 2nd function of the divide button.
- Added an option to set the lower value where scientific notation display starts.
- Improved support for VoiceOver. †
- Various minor fixes and improvements. †
† Also in PCalc Lite 1.8
- Faster startup! †
- Added three and four line display modes with full control over what's displayed on each line.
- Added an option to increase the number of available memories to ten.
- Added an option to stop the calculator rotating horizontally.
- Added an option to make the RPN behaviour match more modern calculators like the HP48.
- Added a "Last" button to the RPN layouts which pushes the previous value of X onto the stack.
- Added "SC", "CC", and "MC" buttons to separately clear the stack, calculation, and memories respectively.
- Added commands to copy the tape and RPN stack to the clipboard on iPhone OS 3.0.
- Added separate UK / US tablespoon and teaspoon units to the cooking conversions.
- Made the "Easier To Read" digit style actually easier to read. †
- Made calculator buttons easier to press. †
- Tidied up the settings.
† Also in PCalc Lite 1.7
- Added support for copy and paste on iPhone OS 3.0 - double-tap (or tap-and-hold) the LCD screen to copy the displayed value, or to paste in another one. †
- Added a new full-featured vertical layout, "Engineering", that includes all the functions from the horizontal equivalent - no need to rotate anymore.
- Added a new layout, "Programming", in both horizontal and vertical flavors, geared towards hex, octal, and binary calculations.
- Added support for regions that use a quote as the thousands separator. †
- Fixed a display problem with the tape in hex mode.
- Various fixes for iPhone OS 3.0. †
† Also in PCalc Lite 1.6
- Added a new horizontal layout, "Engineering", that includes hyperbolic trig functions, hypotenuse, leg, gamma, delta percent, and more.
- Added a new calculator theme, "Widget", taken from PCalc for Mac OS X.
- Added a choice of six different key click sounds.
- Made the dot and comma much bigger in the "LCD" digit style. †
- Now highlight buttons to show when you are entering a decimal or an exponent. †
- Made the recent conversion swap buttons much easier to press. †
† Also in PCalc Lite 1.5
- Added an option to show the most recently used conversions and constants for faster access.
- Added many more unit conversions including a new cooking section.
- Added four new digit styles to choose from.
- Added a splash screen to stop untidy theme switching at startup. †
- PCalc longer rotates when upside-down, so you can now use it when you are lying on your side. †
- More performance improvements. †
† Also in PCalc LIte 1.4
- Added a new calculator theme "Twilight" taken from PCalc Lite.
- Added small theme previews to the settings.
- Added "Newtons" to the weight conversions.
- The two-line display option is now much more responsive and shows the contents of the memory when not in RPN mode.
- Various performance improvements.
- Fixed a display problem with the parentheses buttons.
- Fixed a display problem with the "High Power" theme.
- Added an option to show a two-line display for use in RPN mode.
- Added two new calculator themes.
- Now use a comma or a dot as the thousands separator, when it's set to be a character we can't display.
- Changed the behaviour of percentage and delta percentage to match PCalc on Mac OS X.
- Fixed a problem with very large and small numbers not causing an overflow.
- Fixed a problem with first thousands separator sometimes not being displayed.
- Fixed a problem displaying the correct number of decimal places for some numbers.
- Added support for switchable button layouts - choose from many different horizontal and vertical layouts.
- Added support for calculator themes - comes with three new optional appearances with color-coded buttons.
- Added an option to show trailing zeros up to a fixed number of decimal places.
- Added an option to make the "2nd" button switch off automatically after the next button press.
- New horizontal mode layout with improved button placement and the number buttons on the right-hand side.
- Double height equals/enter button in all the default layouts.
- RPN mode is now a separate switch in the settings.
- You can now email the whole stack when in RPN mode.
- Made value text larger in constants and conversions section.
- Made the dot and comma larger in the "Easier To Read Digits" option.
- Changed "Exp" button to automatically insert a 1 before the exponent if no numbers entered.
- Percentage key now works more like HP calculators in RPN mode.
- Cube root now supports negative numbers.
- Factorial is now calculated using the gamma function.
- Added multiple undo and redo. Flick the LCD to the right on to undo, flick to the left to redo.
- 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.
- 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.

