# About by PCalc — user reviews

> 17 indexed App Store user reviews of About by PCalc by TLA Systems Ltd., rated 4.70/5 from 23 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/about-by-pcalc/id1613982997/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/about-by-pcalc/id1613982997.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1

## Newest reviews (4 of 17)

### 5/5 — Bug report

*2022-03-29*

Great app, lots of fun. Just one bug to report

When you spawn in a lot of of throwables the FPS goes down. Fine. But resetting using reset button does not bring FPS back up.

### 5/5 — All I ever wanted in a 3D banana simulator

*2022-03-25*

I came here looking for a calculator, and all I ended up with is this 3D banana throwing, 4WD driving, total blast of a game.

It might not be your cup of tea, but if it is, you are gonna love this thing.

I still want DragThing 6, though…

### 5/5 — This is a good About Box

*2022-03-25*

The whole family took turns with this today. So much fun.

### 5/5 — Sandboxed fun

*2022-03-24*

The only thing it’s missing is a calculator.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Fake and fraud

*2023-04-07*

I thought this was the basic version of the PC Calc which was an excellent calculator. It isn't. I am trying to get the great calculator I have been using without having to pay the $9.99 again just because I upgraded the operating system. 
Shame on whoever made this and is ripping off a good developer.

### 3/5 — horrible performance

*2022-12-09*

awful performance after resetting world. claims that its all from physics even with no physics objects

### 4/5 — Love it, But a couple Missing features.

*2023-09-16*

Happy that this is standalone now,  but wondering what happened to the GameCenter Achievements. Those were fun to earn and a good guide post on what to do next. 

Also, no AppleTV support this time?

### 5/5 — Confirmed. The best About screen.

*2024-03-25*

Truly an achievement unto itself – an About screen for the ages.

### 5/5 — life changing experience

*2024-02-13*

love

### 5/5 — GameCenter Achivements?

*2024-01-29*

What happend to all the old GameCenter Achivements? I also hope this gets a native Vision Pro version.

### 5/5 — best calculator period 🖤 ✨ 🥇

*2024-01-24*

james thomson has been at the calculator game since 1992 — on a quest to make the best designed and most useful calculator. this thing has themes, it has scientific notation and RPN input. you got the conversions, the paper tape, and all elegantly implemented. i can go minimalist dark mode, and draggable button layout reminiscient of the calculator construction set back in macOS 7 back in the day. this thing is the beez knees, like the HP12 back in the real hardware days. i shouldnt be surprised if pCalc ends up being the first (and best) calculator in appleVision cyberspace. he's kept up the product for over three decades. he's the only one that has take calculator app so seriously. this is the one to get.

### 5/5 — Feels like a full game!

*2024-01-01*

First game I’ve seen supporting dual sense adaptive triggers!

### 5/5 — The Best of All

*2023-03-27*

in 2006, after buying a Powerbook G4, I was in need of a better calculator app than the pathetic one that came with Mac OS X...

PCalc, has over the years, solved so many problems and done it better than anything else I've ever seen on either macOS versions, or anything Windows devs have come up with yet.

Soend the $$$

Be happy.

### 5/5 — What's better than flaming bananas?

*2022-07-13*

Driving a virtual indestructable car through cereal boxes, flaming bananas, D&D dice with no ductable insurance, that never gets cancelled.  Great job.

## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — PS5 Dualsense Support! Woo!

*2022-04-22, version 1.0.1*

This is the first app that I’ve found that supports the special feedback and rumble for the Dualsense controller! What a surprise as I first revved up the car! 5 stars just for that. I haven’t even started exploring yet!

### 5/5 — Now it’s a real calculator

*2022-03-30*

The funnest part of PCalc! PCalc is now awesomer.

### 5/5 — Great app, but has a couple of missing features

*2022-03-30*

A great app by an amazing developer, but would be useful if the app included some customisable random number generators, and also a way of performing operations on those random (or other numbers). 

I hope the creator implements these in a forthcoming update.

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