Be Careful Before Upgrading - Huge Step Backwards for Units
I teach engineering (dynamics and orbital mechanics) and used Soulver 2 a lot to quickly write up homework solutions — it was great for adding notes and writing out equations. However, Soulver 3 is a HUGE step backwards because of how it (doesn’t) handle units.
In Soulver 2, you could string together units like acceleration (meters/sec^2) and everything was fine. However, Soulver 3 does NOT allow you to create units like this and in fact returns an error. Which means that *nothing* that I created in Soulver 2 can be brought forward. And if I want to write up new solutions in Soulver 3, I have to ignore units.
I don’t know what changed under the hood regarding how Soulver handles units, but this is a huge disappointment to me. Because I can’t use Soulver 3. (And Soulver 2 crashes a lot in modern OS X versions.)
In Soulver 2, you could string together units like acceleration (meters/sec^2) and everything was fine. However, Soulver 3 does NOT allow you to create units like this and in fact returns an error. Which means that *nothing* that I created in Soulver 2 can be brought forward. And if I want to write up new solutions in Soulver 3, I have to ignore units.
I don’t know what changed under the hood regarding how Soulver handles units, but this is a huge disappointment to me. Because I can’t use Soulver 3. (And Soulver 2 crashes a lot in modern OS X versions.)
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What a great app and excellent developer! What do I love? — The app is a favorite of mine for almost a decade and just when I thought support was dropped, I came across the new version. I have the Mac and iPhone app and have also signed up for the AI assistant feature, which is actually quite good. What else do I like? — The developer has integrity, balancing the one time cost of the app and the option to help him to offer the AI services via a subscription. There is no pressure and even a “request refund” button. This is a rarity and such developers deserve our support.
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Wow!
What a great app and excellent developer! What do I love? — The app is a favorite of mine for almost a decade and just when I thought support was dropped, I came across the new version. I have the Mac and iPhone app and have also signed up for the AI assistant feature, which is actually quite good. What else do I like? — The developer has integrity, balancing the one time cost of the app and the option to help him to offer the AI services via a subscription. There is no pressure and even a “request refund” button. This is a rarity and such developers deserve our support.
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Every mac should have this
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Super useful
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Expensive and the iPad version is not included.
I’m an enormous fan of Soulver 3 on iPhone—yes, it is expensive but it really is worth every penny. So it was incredibly disappointing to learn that, unlike most apps, the £14 purchase on iPhone does not include the iPad app which costs an additional £20.
Response from developer
Most productivity apps are subscription based these days. For single purchase apps like Soulver, Things, etc, with very long paid upgrade cycles (15 years for Soulver 2), it's standard to charge per platform. This model also makes Soulver cheaper for users who only want the iPhone version, for example.
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Finally!
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