If you would like to be a tester for CALC 1. please contact me. You will then get notifications from the Apple Test Flight program when a new build is available. You can then download the build and give feedback before it is released. You are under no obligation and you can opt out at any time.

What's New in Version 4.62 (March 14, 2024)

We're excited to introduce the latest updates to CALC 1 Financial, designed to enhance your financial problem-solving experience:

• Free Focused and Function Calculators (New for CALC 1 Financial) - ALL Focused and Function Calculators are now available as FREE downloads in CALC 1 Financial, giving you access to the full range of powerful tools previously only available in CALC 1 Programmable, without additional costs.
• Updated Bonds Calculator - The Bonds calculator now includes Redemption Value, providing you with even more comprehensive bond calculations.
• Improved History Details - We've replaced the History Details toolbar buttons with intuitive symbols to facilitate accessibility and language requirements, making it easier for visually impaired and non-English speaking users to understand and navigate the History Detail tools.
• Enhanced Date Form Calculator - The Date Form Calculator now calculates 360 and 360e days, giving you more options for date-based calculations.
• Included Data Manager Access (New for CALC 1 Financial) - CALC 1 Financial versions now include access to the Data Manager, allowing you to store unlimited named lists and more for efficient organization and management of your financial data within the app. This feature was previously only available in CALC 1 Programmable.

March 28, 2024: Free Upgrade: Introducing two new additions to our Cash Flows calculator's robust suite of financial metrics. In addition to IRR (Internal Rate of Return), NPV (Net Present Value), NFV (Net Future Value), and MIRR (Modified Internal Rate of Return), you can now evaluate investments using PB (Payback Period) and DPB (Discounted Payback Period).
PB determines how long it takes to recover your initial cash outlay, while DPB also factors in the time value of money. These new metrics, combined with our app's existing functions, provide a comprehensive toolset for smarter, more strategic investment decisions.

What's New in Version 4.61 (January 10, 2024)

Minor updates for the latest iOS.
We've addressed an issue related to changes in how iOS manages requests for ratings, which previously led to an excessive number of requests to users.
Function Calculators automatically created by JavaScript functions will use the first 6 characters of the function name for the key label.

January 31, 2024: Free Upgrade: The 2 List Statistics calculator introduces 'seq(x)' key - auto-populate list x with a sequence starting from 0 for easy x-y plotting and custom sequences with the 'y=f(x)' key.

February 2, 2024: Free Upgrade: The Cash Flows Calculator now includes a 'plot' key. Instantly visualize cash flows with one tap, simplifying your financial analysis.

February 16, 2024: Free Upgrade: Added a new Function Calculator, Days 365 Calculator .

February 19, 2024: Free Upgrade: Added 2 new Function Calculators, Bond Price A/A Calculator and Bond Price 30/360 Calculator.
These calculators compute the price and accrued interest of bonds based on the A/A or 30/360 day count convention. Additionally, they can solve for the yield, coupon rate, and redemption value. Users have the capability to generate plots as functions of yield, coupon rate, or redemption value, providing a comprehensive analysis of bond investments.

What's New in Version 4.60 (July 29, 2022)

Minor updates for the latest iOS.

What's New in Version 4.50 (Programmable Calculator, November 5, 2020)

Minor updates for the latest iOS.
A new Binomial Distribution Focused Calculator is available as a free download for the Programmable Calculator version. (May 12,2021)

What's New in Version 4.40 (Programmable Calculator, May 2, 2020)

This is a major update with extensive plotting features.

• Plot any expression .
• Plot multiple expressions.
• Plot expressions with shading.
• Create 1 - 5 box plots from list data .
• Create histograms from list data.
• Create normal probability plots from list data.
• Scatter plots with regression plots on the curve fitting calculators .

Other enhancements include:

• A new Data Manager to store and edit lists / arrays and other JSON data.
• Import of text files (from the Files app) to the Data Manager. Values can then be parsed to the List Manager. See the Data Entry guide.
• Solve, integrate, dydx, max, min functions for expressions . Also evaluate where expression 1 = expression 2.
• STO / RCL of lists to the Data Manager or one of 8 global lists for virtually unlimited list storage!
• STO / RCL of expressions.
• New Normal and Student's t Distribution calculators with z/t tests, intervals and plotting.
• Plotting (box plots, histograms) and other enhancements added to the  1 List and 2 List Statistics calculators.  

A free update to the Financial versions will be out soon.  This will include the updates to the 1 & 2 list statistics calculators, curve fitting calculators and Basic SR "plot(x,y) and solve(x,y) keys.

What's New in Version 4.30 (Financial and Programmable, March 27, 2020)

• Plots now use System Colors that adjust to dark mode and automatically adapt to changes in accessibility settings like Increase Contrast.
• All of the parameter values are now shown on the plots from the Function Calculators.
• A new toolbar button will quickly display the latest History Detail.
• A new expression editor allows full keyboard editing of algebraic expressions .
• Expressions can be restored from History .

What's New in Version 4.22 (Financial and Programmable, Jan 22, 2020)

• A Search Bar has been added to the Function Calculator list.  
• A button to automatically create a Function Calculator from an algebraic expression has been added. This is an easy way turn an expression into a Function Calculator so the function can be plotted and you can solve for “x” as well calculate “f(x)” for different values of ‘x’.   See History and Sharing for more details.

What's New in Version 4.21 (Financial and Programmable, Dec 28, 2019)

• This version contains support for external keyboards.  
• Numeric entry (0-9) and most expressions (+, -, *, /) can be performed with an external keyboard on the CALC 1 calculators and the HP reproductions.  
• See the Keyboard Support page under the Getting Started section of the documentation.
• The custom keyboard for text fields is no longer included. It is no longer necessary for version 4.

What's New in Version 4.20 (Financial and Programmable, Dec 14, 2019)

• This update covers the changes for iOS 13 (support for Dark and Light Appearance).
• Amortization has been added TVM Form Calculator.
• The Bonds and Depreciation Form Calculators user interfaces have been updated to "Table Views" to make them better adopt to different devices and sizes.  Now all Form Calculators use Table Views.
• The simple Loan Form Calculator has been discontinued.

What's New in Version 4.16 (Programmable, Jul 18, 2019)

We added a calculator function needed to support 2 new Focused Calculators:

1. Probabilities
2. Sports Odds

The Probabilities calculator has keys for calculating the normal, t and chi squared distributions, combinations, permutations and more.
The Sports Odds calculator will convert odds, (failures / successes), American moneyline, decimal odds to p (successes / trials).

What's New in Version 4.15 versions (June 12, 2019)

The results of the History Item when solving for a Function Calculator parameter has been changed to the value of the parameter

What's New in Version 4.11 (Financial) and 4.12 (Programmable) versions (May 30, 2019)

Financial Version:

• The CALC 1 TVM Focused Calculators have been updated with STO/RLC of all of the TVM values (N, I/YR, PV, PMT, FV, P/YR, C/YR, PER1, PER2 BEG/END) at once! Now you can STO different initial values or quickly switch between different scenarios.
• This STO/RCL “object” feature has also been added tot
• Enhanced the status annunciators to display all the values not shown on the key previews. So instead of just BEG mode the P/YR, PER1 PER2 are displayed.
• Each status annunciator is specific to the Focused Calculator so, for example, BEG, P/YR are only shown on the financial calculators that use them and DEG is only shown on calculators with trigonometry functions.

 

Programmable Version:

The new features of the financial version plus these additions:

1. 13 new probability Function Calculators for a total of 25. Discrete: Binomial, Geometric, Negative Binomial, Hypergeometric, Poisson. Continuous: Normal, Exponential, Gamma, Weibull, Log Normal, Beta, Chi-Squared, T-Distribution, F-Distribution. Many of the CDF will calculate the CDF as well as the inverse with solving.
2. A Function Calculator “Duplicate” command has been added to allow existing calculators to be duplicated in order to customize them.
3. A new Triangles Focused Calculator to calculate the solution of plane triangles. Enter 3 of the 6 main characteristics and this calculator will determine the best method (SSS, SAS, SSA, ASA,AAS) and calculate the rest. The status annunciators will alert you if there are 2 solutions for some SSA cases.
4. The History item will have the values shown on the keys and more information if you wish to find the other solution:

Calculates the diameter of the triangle's circumcircle.
Another solution exists if angle 45.58
is set to 180 - 45.58 = 134.4
7.000 : Side a.
13.56 : Side b.
10.00 : Side c.
30.00 : Angle α.
104.4 : Angle β.
45.58 : Angle γ.
33.90 : The area.
14.00 : The diameter of the triangle's circumcircle.

What's New in Version 4.10 (Programmable calculator. April 24, 2019)

The Programmable version of CALC 1 will allow user to create the best calculator for themselves.

Without writing code users can:

• Create new calculators and copy and paste keys from existing calculators to create a custom calculator.
• Enter an expression in the ALG calculation mode and then use the "Create Key" button in the History Detail to automatically create a key to paste into one of your custom calculators.
• Use the "Create Key" button on the UOM or Currency Conversion Form Calculators to create keys to perform conversion with the tap of a key.

 

By writing JavaScript code users can:

• Create new Function Calculators from standard JavaScript functions. Just copy a JavaScript function to the clipboard and tap the "add" button found on the Function Calculator list. Or you can build and test the function using the Function Calculator.
• Write custom JavaScript for Focused Calculator keys.
• Write custom JavaScript objects for more advanced Focused Calculators.

We will soon release a build to keep both the financial and customizable versions the same except for the customization features.

What's New in Version 4.06 (Financial calculator.)

Changed the key hints on the Function Calculators to "Solves for " instead of "Calculates " when solving for parameters.
Enhanced the error reporting when a Function Calculator cannot solve for a parameter.

A few videos have been added to the documentation. We hope that these videos will make learning about CALC 1 easier for our users.

What's New in Version 4.05 (January 24, 2019)

Updated the TVM calculator amortization to use C/YR.
Automatically checks for calculator updates.

What's New in Version 4.04

Updated for new iPhones.

Added a 10bii Calculator with the functions of a 10bii on a CALC 1 Focused Calculator. This brings the number of TVM calculators to 6!

What's New in Version 4.03

Added a time value of money (TVM) calculator with periodic rate and odd periods, similar to a 12C.
This is for users who want the periodic rates and odd periods of a 12C, but on a modern calculator with key previews, undo, history for verifying and sharing and amortization for arbitrary periods without changing the TVM N or PV values.

CALC 1 now has 5 TVM calculators: 2 CALC 1 Focused Calculators, 2 HP reproductions, (12C and 10bii) and a TVM calculator on a form.

New calculator key layouts with 'spell' key on most of them.
Example: Spell Out of : 1234
one thousand two hundred thirty-four
The spell out key is useful for reports, contracts...

What's New in Version 4.02

Added a "All Updates" button to the downloads to make updating calculators easier.

What's New in Version 4.01

This was just an update of the Focused Calculators to make the secondary keys more consistent.
These are the keys usually on row 3, '1/x', '^', '(', ')'. 'EE'.

The 'spell' key on was added to most calculators.
Example: Spell Out of : 1234
one thousand two hundred thirty-four

The spell out key is useful for reports, contracts..

What's New in Version 4.0 (August 17, 2018)

Version 4 is the largest re-write of CALC 1 since it was introduced in 2010. CALC 1 now uses JavaScript so future customizable versions will be more powerful than anything possible with previous versions of CALC 1 or other programmable calculators.

• Calculators now have 8 rows instead of 7.
• History details are now more readable reports.
• History details now use iOS Share activities so in addition to copy, print and email, the report can be sent to Notes, Messages and more.
• A new Styles system that saves multiple custom styles.
• Fraction formatting and display.
• Calculators are now aware of the Calculation Mode so RPN users have more function keys instead of parenthesis keys.
  

Missing from version 4 is the level of customization that was in the previous versions of CALC 1. I plan to add these features soon. CALC 1 now uses JavaScript so the customization scripts can be much more powerful than in the previous versions! We have learned a lot about calculator customization and we have done extensive work on the structure of CALC 1 to make the customization more maintainable for the users.

What's New in Version 3.5 (April 4, 2017)

Version 3.5 adds a HP 10bii reproduction to CALC 1.

• The 10bii and CALC 1 share the stack and TVM values to make it easy to switch between the classic calculator you are familiar with and over 100 powerful, easy, complete and customizable CALC 1 calculators.
• Haptic feedback has been added to the calculator buttons for tactile feedback. This is only for devices that support haptic feedback.

What's New in Version 3.4.2

Version 3.4.2 adds a new formatting option to not show trailing zeros.

What's New in Version 3.4.1

Version 3.4.1 adds button text sizing to the styles options and a full landscape calculator layout to plus size iPhones .

What's New in Version 3.4 (October 26, 2016)

Version 3.4 adds a HP 12C reproduction to CALC 1.

• This is the Platinum version with RPN, ALG with parenthesis, undo, single digit delete and 400 program steps.
• The 12CP and CALC 1 share the stack and TVM values to make it easy to switch between the classic calculator you are familiar with and over 100 powerful, easy, complete and customizable CALC 1 calculators.

 

iOS features:

• Dynamic Type so users can change the size of the text on the display and buttons on the 12CP. (iOS 10 only)
• Adaptive layout for landscape, portrait, plus size iPhones and i Pads with slide over and split view.
• Copy and paste 12CP programs!

Also included are two CALC 1 versions of the 12C TVM calculators:

Time Value of Money with Odd Periods and Simple Interest Calculator
Time Value of Money with Odd Periods and Compound Interest Calculator

What's New in Version 3.3.2

• Version 3.3.2 saves calculators to the History list when they are deleted manually or by updates. The history item can then be restored. This protects your customized calculators from accidental deletion.
• You can also mail calculators from the calculator list and open them from mail. This allows you to share calculators and provides a way to archive your custom calculators.
• A new user option function to set the "Use Significant Digits" options from a key has been added.

What's New in Version 3.3.1

Version 3.3.1 adds minor additions to the K key (for repetitive chain calculations.), restoring inputs from history and calculator duplication.

What's New in Version 3.3 (July 19, 2016)

This update brings the HP 10bii+ functions to CALC 1.

• Student T-Distribution calculators ( Statistical Distributions Overview )
• Exponent (y = b*m^x) and Inverse ( y = m/x+b ) curve fitting for a total of 6 curve fitting models and maximum correlation function.
• Chain mode K constant calculation for repetitive calculations. ( Download the Math: Chain Calculator ).
• New Bond Calculator with Call.
• New Cash Flows Calculator with P/YR and NFV.

Also:

• Restore Inputs from History . All calculation inputs are saved and can be restored. This applies to any Formula Calculator and Focused and Form Calculators (TVM, amortization) This also restores statistics and cash flow lists of data!
• Calculation History Items can be kept and renamed.
• Calculation History Items can be copied with statistical lists.
• List Manager XY tab that allows editing and copy and paste for x-y values.
• Poisson and Log Normal distributions for a total of 5 distributions (Normal, Log Normal, Student T, Binomial, Poisson).
• CALC 1 now has 12 statistical distribution calculators for PMF/PDF, lower tail, upper tail, two tail and two value so you don't have to do the conversions. Since CALC 1 Formula Calculators are solvers, you not only have the standard inverse function for x, but also mean and standard deviation.
• Duplicate any calculator with a left swipe from the calculator list. This allows you to quickly create calculators to compare scenarios.
• With this release CALC 1 has 24 Focused and over 60 Formula Calculators .
• New standard system key click sound.

What's New in Version 3.2 (March 19, 2016)

• This version adds a new "Key Preview” option . This new option will display a value on applicable keys. Some iOS calculators have this for TVM values but CALC 1 previews the value for TVM, Bonds, all of the Formula Calculators and all of the STO/RCL keys. So now when you tap STO/RCL you see what values are currently stored and the storage variables that are available.
• Chain calculations undo is available for all operators that cause a calculation, and not just = as before. So now you can undo and redo all of the steps of a long calculation.
• New screens and key styles.
• Form Calculators now log to the History list.
• New iPhone option to allow key editing from calculators by swiping the key (right swipe gesture). This makes it easier to copy/paste/edit keys to be more productive.
• Trivial formulas (rgX(), rgY()) that are used to lift and drop the stack are no longer recorded in the history details.
• Added Cup and troy oz to UOM conversions.
• Minor enhancements to chain mode entering.
• Changed underflow so in the default Decimal, 2 digits, 0.001 is displayed as 0.001 instead of 1.0E-3. This is common in business and financial calculators.
• Changed overflows to use as many digits as will fit when displaying the value in scientific notation.
• iOS 9.1 is now the minimum iOS.

What's New in Version 3.1 (Feb 7, 2016)

This version adds the chain calculation mode, popular with business and financial users.

The CALC 1 Chain Calculation Mode Includes:

• Immediate execution.
• Parenthesis to control the order of operation.
• Quickly include previous results from the automatic stack, history or "RCL" memory.
• Undo support to make it easy to recover from mistakes.

CALC 1 Users Now Have the Choice Of:

• Chain - For basic to moderate calculations.
• Algebraic - Powerful, spreadsheet compatible, for more difficult calculations.
• RPN - Efficient, parenthesis free.

See Chain Calculations Using the Chain (CHN) Calculation Mode .

If you are upgrading from a previous version of CALC 1, be sure to download the updated Focused Calculators. Also include the "Formula Calculators" download. Copy and paste this as the Formula Calculator "non-formula" keys, then delete it from the Focused Calculator list.

If you have Free CALC 1, download the updated Focused Calculators. If you haven't purchased any in app purchases, just delete your old version and download the latest version.

What's New in Version 3.0.2

Minor updates:
Turning on key clicks no longer mutes music.
Auto STO is no longer optional. It is always on.

What's New in Version 3.0.1

A +/- key was added to the formula mode keyboard and replaced the (-) key. This will allow numbers to be negated anytime while they are being entered.

The Calculator Editor takes into account the changes in ALG/RPN mode.

Minor changes to some of the calculators. Some were missing the "=" command to automatically evaluate a pending expressing. Just tap the "Downloads" button in the calculator list, then "all" then "Download and Replace" to update your calculators.

What's New in Version 3.0 (Dec 12, 2015)

Version 3 is not an automatic update to version 2.8.7. You can copy and paste calculators and keys from CALC 1 v2.x to v3.

Algebraic formula lock . Users now have a new "Calculation Mode" option, RPN or ALG. This gives users a full time algebraic mode. This is an enhancement of the formula mode from version 2 in that you have the formula and last result in the display. Also, starting a formula with a +, -, * , / or ^ operator will insert "rgX()" ("last" or "ans" in some other calculators) before the operator for quick calculations involving the last result. Using Auto STO, the keystrokes for using Formula Calculators is the same for ALG and RPN mode. See Calculations Using Algebraic Formulas for details. The Algebraic calculator from version 2 is not on version 3.

"%" has been added as an operator in formulas so formulas "123 + 5%=" can be used.

Downloads update. The list of available downloads now have separate sections. The Updates section will show the list of newer versions of calculators you have. The other section will show calculators that are available that are not installed. Available downloads that are not newer than what you have installed will not be shown. Instead of downloading calculators one at a time, you select the calculators to download (a check will appear) and tap a toolbar button to either download the checked calculators or download them and then replace the old version. The "All" button will select all updates. See Downloads for details.

New graphing framework . This has improved gestures for zooming and panning and will allow more graphs in future releases. See Formula Graphing for more information.

Significant digits number format option . This will display the set number of significant digits instead of decimal places. See Options for details.

New Formula Calculators: Percent Of Total, Permutations, Combinations and Kelly Bet.

What's New in Version 2.8.7 (Aug 12, 2015)

New name, CALC 1, and icon.

The iPhone toolbar can now be shown in portrait mode on the iPhone. The buttons for the currency and UOM conversions have been added so users have quick access to all 5 utility screens (currency conversion, UOM conversions, History List, List Manager and Options) .

The toolbar has been added to the Algebraic Calculator so users now have conversions available from that calculator.

Imperial gallons, pints and ounces have been added to the volume UOM conversions.

What's New in version 2.8.6 (May 14, 2015)

This version contains major upgrades to the Formula Calculators to make them more powerful than ever!

• Graphing has been added to the Formula Calculators. You can now graph formulas as a function of any of the independent variables.
• A new custom keyboard that makes entering formulas for Formula Calculators and custom keys easier. You can also use it to enter values and formulas for Form Calculators.
• You can now edit, copy and paste the Formula Calculator keys that are not part of the formula to add more functions you need to the Formula Calculators.
• New Formula Calculators: Present Value , Future Value and Annual Cost Of Lighting .
• The Formula Calculator key labels no longer need to match the variable name for that key. This allows you to use symbols like the % sign as key labels.
• Version number and version changes fields have been added to Focused and Formula Calculators. This will allow updates to be identified.
• A Documentation URL field has been added so the URL is not derived from the name.
• The free Formula Calculators have been updated for the new features.

Graphing has also been added to the Amortization Form Calculator .

The new custom keyboard also makes it easier to enter values for the Form Calculators input values.

What's New in version 2.8.5 (March 27, 2015)

Enhancements to the Algebraic Calculator:

When an operator is the first entry of a formula, "ans" is inserted in front of the operator.
Repeated tapping of the "=" for formulas with "ans" (ans + 1, for example) will re-evaluate the formula with the updated value for "ans".

The picker for the UOM and currency conversion selection has been replaced with a larger table style picker.

What's New in version 2.8.4 (March 14, 2015)

New Form Calculators

This version features 3 new Form Calculators :

1. Currency Conversions
2. UOM Conversions
3. Dates

Currency Conversions and UOM Conversions can be quickly accessed by tapping or double-tapping the CALC 1 logo on any Focused or Formula Calculator.

The conversion calculators have a new "Create Key" button. This will automatically create a key for that conversion that you can paste into any Focused Calculator.

Double tapping the CALC 1 logo now displays the UOM Conversions instead of increasing the number of rows displayed. There is a new swipe up/down gesture on the display to increase and decrease the number of rows displayed. This allows you to increase or decrease the number of rows, instead of only decreasing them.

Amortization Form Calculator Upgrade

The Amortization Form Calculator now has a "Date of First Payment" date picker. Selecting this date will label each payment of the results with the year and month. An annual summary will also be created.

The Amortization and Depreciation results view now allows the user to increase or decrease the text size to better fit their device and the values.

What's New in version 2.8.3

Version 2.8.3 is a release for Free CALC 1. It is the same as CALC 1 2.8.2 except for iAds and In-App Purchases.

What's New in version 2.8.2 (Feb 15, 2015)

Fixed the issue :When using an iPhone 6 Plus in landscape mode: Using the f() key to display the lists of functions in formula mode, the list of functions does not present itself correctly and it will not close after selecting a function. The workaround is to place the phone in portrait mode.

Auto STO is now turned on by default for new installations.

The TVM I/YR Focused Calculator is the default calculator for new installations.

What's New in version 2.8.1 (Jan 28, 2015)

Auto STO (AS) option

Rename Financial: TVM PYR CYR to TVM IYR : This is just a new name for that calculator. This is available by Downloading it.

A new key was added to TVM I/YR, "RndPmt" when the shift key is pressed. Since PMT is calculated to many decimal places, you need to round the payment if you want to calculate the FV. In the past, you would recall the payment, then round it, then store the rounded value. This new key does this with one key.

Fixed Link to Rate CALC 1: The old link was wrong.

Stack size bug when rotating: Sometimes the stack number values took more than one row after rotating to landscape or portrait. This has been resolved.

Formula mode, smaller font : When you enter a formula in a focused or formula calculator that is larger than the text area, the font size with automatically be reduced.

Added the reload button to the help page view : Help pages are cached to save time and date usage. The reload button allows users to reload pages that look like they might be out of date. With a new release, a lot of help pages are being updated.

New Formula Calculators: These can be Downloaded from the Formula Calculator list.

1. Black-Scholes Call
2. Black-Scholes Put
3. Effective Interest Rate-Continuous

Issue with 2.8.1

When using an iPhone 6 Plus in landscape mode: Using the f() key to display the lists of functions in formula mode, the list of functions does not present itself correctly and it will not close after selecting a function. The workaround is to place the phone in portrait mode.

What's New in Version 2.8 (Jan 13, 2015)

Version 2.8 has been updated for iOS "adaptive interfaces" (Supporting any size display or orientation of a device).

The History List has been updated to recall the results of past calculations.

The info buttons

has been replaced with "help"

buttons for on-line help for CALC 1.

Apple used the info button for "more information" and details about an item.

The info button is now used to display the calculator editors and history details.