ADS?! Really?!?
This is the exact same iPhone app, yet for some reason you insist that ads are necessary on the iPad version. Why? To continue milking us money, of course!
This is classic sunk-cost fallacy where you are intentionally misleading people into thinking they somehow owe you a premium price for a software program that is stagnant. That means you dry out consumer’s pockets while never releasing updates or offering them new experiences. It would be different if this were a one time payment because that would be equivalent to purchasing a physical calculator at the store. But with a subscription model, you are extorting people’s hard-earned money for years, without ever working on the app again. There really should be laws in place to prevent this kind of thing. You are running a legitimate scam.
This is classic sunk-cost fallacy where you are intentionally misleading people into thinking they somehow owe you a premium price for a software program that is stagnant. That means you dry out consumer’s pockets while never releasing updates or offering them new experiences. It would be different if this were a one time payment because that would be equivalent to purchasing a physical calculator at the store. But with a subscription model, you are extorting people’s hard-earned money for years, without ever working on the app again. There really should be laws in place to prevent this kind of thing. You are running a legitimate scam.
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Math
It’s fine but I don’t use it that often.
Why not?
The only reason I’m giving this app more than one star is because it works, albeit not as well as the built in app on my iPhone. You require revenue from annoying ads in order to provide us with an average calculator that I could have written in a few minutes 35 years ago? Perhaps if you could provide a real incentive to pay for it, more of us would. I do in part blame Apple for this because I see no reason why there’s no calculator built in the iPad version of iOS. It’s downright ridiculous, IMO.
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The amount of ads you people force us to watch.
I literally get on the app, not even five seconds later I have to watch a 5 second add. I do math on my iPad and I like to go to the calculator without looking back at the equations, but every time I do, I have to watch a add and then I forget the problem. now I know you developers would like some money, BUT WHY TORTURE US WITH ADS FOR A CALCULATOR. no one in their right mind will buy a SUBSCRIPTION FOR A CALCULATOR!!!
(That was NOT the best decision, shame on y’all)
This is ridiculous!! I’ve had this app for about a year now and I’ve had enough. This is the last straw. I can’t do it anymore, if I could rate something 0 starts, this would be the first app for me to do so. If y’all are looking for a calculator, DO NOT GET THIS APP.
(That was NOT the best decision, shame on y’all)
This is ridiculous!! I’ve had this app for about a year now and I’ve had enough. This is the last straw. I can’t do it anymore, if I could rate something 0 starts, this would be the first app for me to do so. If y’all are looking for a calculator, DO NOT GET THIS APP.
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This app helps us with so many things. Thank you for putting it out.
The first thing sometimes you can use it for very hard things sometimes when you do Pokémon cards but you can use it for much others. Thank you for trying this out. You were whoever put this out. Might’ve saved this planet.
Ad-supported is perfectly fine; ad-subsumed is not
I do understand that if an app is free to the end user, the developers pay for it by selling ads instead. So I’m willing to put up with occasional ads and they used to be tolerable in this app, but lately they come up between almost every calculation. They are really junky ads that no one would ever tap on, of the type where you have to wait for an X to appear so you can get rid of them. I’m deleting this app and trying one of the many other calculator apps out there.
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5 minutes of ads for 3 seconds of calculations
Just not worth all the waiting and clicking. And not worth paying subscription fee for a calculator. I’ll just pull out my phone, no big deal.
Also, I started writing this in the app, and as I wrote, the window mysteriously disappeared along with my review. In the event that was intentional on the part of the app to void a review that was going to be one star, I spent the time and effort to find it in the App Store and leave the same review. That amount of time, by the way, was about the same required to get through the ads to use the app. Obviously I advise passing on this one!
Also, I started writing this in the app, and as I wrote, the window mysteriously disappeared along with my review. In the event that was intentional on the part of the app to void a review that was going to be one star, I spent the time and effort to find it in the App Store and leave the same review. That amount of time, by the way, was about the same required to get through the ads to use the app. Obviously I advise passing on this one!
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Good app! But….
When I used this app, it was great at first. The only problem is that there are ADS!!! Why would you pay if it only takes away ads. There should be more. This app is better than all the other calculator apps I have used in the past. Great job making this app good. Hopefully you can take ads of for a trial or something. If we experience it, people actually might actually pay for it.
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Advertisements cover critical areas of the screen. 🤬
This app is garbage! Advertisements cover critical areas of the screen so it really isn’t usable unless you pay $5.99 a week or $60 a year. For a calculator?!? That’s insane!🤬
I don’t mind paying for software, but a subscription to a calculator is ridiculous! Who in their right mind would pay $60 US a year for a calculator?!?
I use calculators in my work every day. Before I had an iPhone or iPad, I had several physical calculators, each optimized for a particular purpose. Now, I have several calculators on my iPhones and iPads. Some of them have many features, are easy to use, and cost only a few dollars.
I am always looking to see what’s available that might be better than the calculators I use. Of all the calculators I’ve seen, this one takes first place as the WORST value in calculators. For that matter, nothing else comes anywhere close to being as bad as this.
I pity anyone stupid enough to pay an annual fee for this calculator.
I don’t mind paying for software, but a subscription to a calculator is ridiculous! Who in their right mind would pay $60 US a year for a calculator?!?
I use calculators in my work every day. Before I had an iPhone or iPad, I had several physical calculators, each optimized for a particular purpose. Now, I have several calculators on my iPhones and iPads. Some of them have many features, are easy to use, and cost only a few dollars.
I am always looking to see what’s available that might be better than the calculators I use. Of all the calculators I’ve seen, this one takes first place as the WORST value in calculators. For that matter, nothing else comes anywhere close to being as bad as this.
I pity anyone stupid enough to pay an annual fee for this calculator.
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Response from developer
Hello Geo_! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your valuable feedback with us. We are sorry to hear about your experience. Although ads are part of your experience when you don't have an active subscription, we do not intend to trouble you with our ad placements, and we'll take your feedback into account and improve their placement and frequency. If you have any further feedback, please feel free to let us know through the Frequently Asked Questions section or directly at support@impalastudios.com.
Mediocre
Performance wise, the calculator is sub-par. There are definitely better apps you could get that don’t require a monthly subscription just to remove the ads.
Also, this may just be my blatant ignorance, but there’s no feature to use fractions in your equation.
I personally think you’d benefit much more from getting a scientific calculator instead of this one. In my opinion the default calculator on google is easier to use.
There’s honestly not much to say about it aside from the fact it’s an average calculator. I’d say overall it’s just completely average. There’s nothing particularly special about it, it works for simple equations, and that’s about it.
I really only gave ut a three star review because four is too high and two is too low. Four is like discount five star review, and two is the same but for one star reviews.
Thank you for reading this review, I hope it was helpful.
Also, this may just be my blatant ignorance, but there’s no feature to use fractions in your equation.
I personally think you’d benefit much more from getting a scientific calculator instead of this one. In my opinion the default calculator on google is easier to use.
There’s honestly not much to say about it aside from the fact it’s an average calculator. I’d say overall it’s just completely average. There’s nothing particularly special about it, it works for simple equations, and that’s about it.
I really only gave ut a three star review because four is too high and two is too low. Four is like discount five star review, and two is the same but for one star reviews.
Thank you for reading this review, I hope it was helpful.
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Response from developer
Hello AugustEhster! Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us. We are sorry to hear that you don't find this calculator practical for your calculation needs. We have a different calculator with more complex functionalities, and we think it would be a better match to what you are looking for. If you are interested and would like to try it, you can find it at this App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-calculator/id398129933. We hope you enjoy this version better. If you have any other questions or feedback, please feel free to let us know through the Frequently Asked Questions section or directly at support@impalastudios.com.
