Soulver 4 vs Piles Section
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soulver 4
This app combines the functionality of a notepad with a powerful calculator. It allows users to perform complex calculations using natural language, supports unit conversions, date math, and live currency conversions. Organize your calculations in sheets with text comments and share them as PDFs.
- Natural language calculations
- Unit and currency conversions
- Date and time math
- Live currency and stock prices
- Customizable accessory keyboards
- Spreadsheet-like line references
- Variables and conditional statements
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Ever reach for a calculator and the back of an envelope to work something out? That's what Soulver is for. It's a natural-language notepad calculator: think through a problem line-by-line, using plain words and numbers. The answers appear alongside each line as you type. Soulver isn't just a calculator app — it's the paper you'd scribble on to figure something out. Except this paper does the numbers for you, so you stay thinking at the level of your problem. 20% of $1,480 | $296 $100 in EUR | €86 240 km in miles | 149 mi $1,200 + 15% tax | $1,380 3 weeks from today | June 21 Because Soulver uses sheets (like Notes), you can explore different ideas: weigh options, change variables and watch everything update. WHAT CAN SOULVER CALCULATE? – Live currency conversions — 190 currencies, including crypto – Percentages in plain language — "20% off $50", "$50 is what % of $200" – Unit conversions — hundreds of units across length, weight, volume, data and more – Dates & time — "days until Christmas", time intervals, clock and video-timecode math – Time-zone conversions — "3pm New York to London" – Sums & averages – Financial functions — compound interest, mortgage repayments, hourly rates It's the closest thing to an on-device universal calculator ever created. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE – A meticulously designed numeric keyboard that makes calculating fast – Six specialised accessory keyboards — for currencies, percentages, dates & times, and variables – Build your own custom keyboard with the buttons you reach for most BEST-IN-CLASS ON IPAD – Multiple windows, Slide Over & Split View — float Soulver alongside Notes or Safari – Full Magic Keyboard support with dozens of keyboard shortcuts – Scribble & Apple Pencil – Find & replace, a line-styling palette and a powerful text editor – Automation with URL schemes & Siri Shortcuts POWER USER FEATURES – Multi-word variables — "total cost = $750" – Inline tokenized references to previous answers – Subtotals, tags & trip planning – Wolfram|Alpha integration – Headings, comments, labels & dividers to structure long sheets – Custom units and global variables in the definition sheet SHARING & SYNC – Sync your sheets with Soulver 4 for Mac via iCloud – Export to PDF & plain text, or send beautiful HTML emails – Share a calculation as an image — just take a screenshot ONE TIME PURCHASE Soulver is a one-time (non-subscription) purchase. We've been refining and improving Soulver since 2005, and major paid updates average once every 7 years. Try it free for 60 days, no commitment, no automatic charge. —————————————————————————————— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Piles Section
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Design Cast-in-situ Bored & CFA piles with: • Easy-to-use interface with minimal learning curve, • Comprehensive features for precise analysis, • Highly customisable to suit various use cases. New Features: • File Manager: Easily manage all your designs with a powerful search function, duplication, import and export capabilities, and thumbnail images for quick visual identification. • Design Labelling: Assign meaningful names to each section design or project, ensuring seamless organisation and easy access. This feature helps you keep a record of all your designs and find them later on easily. Key Features: • Quick Configuration: Quickly configure a cast-in-situ pile section using predefined parameters such as pile diameter, standard steel bar sizes, and custom configurations for main bars (bundling), transverse (stirrup), and ring. • Visualise Section Designs: Preview your design to identify potential issues with concrete cover due to reinforcement congestion, ensuring proper concrete flow between bars. This feature helps you catch errors before moving forward with construction. • Cost Calculation and Breakdown: Calculate cost breakdowns based on user-defined material and workmanship rates, margins (for wastage and markup), and daily piling productivity. Get a clear understanding of your piling expenses and make informed decisions. • Generate Detailed Reports: Automatically generate PDF reports detailing quantity and cost estimation, including a high-resolution section drawing and a pie chart illustrating cost distribution. This helps you communicate with clients and stakeholders effectively. • Multi-Unit Support: Switch between Metric (mm, m, kg) and Imperial (inch, ft, lb) unit systems to cater to your global projects' needs. Rebuilt from the ground up as the next-generation successor to hetGE’s first mobile app, this new version (formerly known as Piles D&C) is now available as a one-time purchase app similar to its predecessor. Terms of Use Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA) applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ hetGE’s Privacy Policy Read our privacy policy here: https://hetge.com/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Soulver 4 at Free against Piles Section's $99.99. Piles Section's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Soulver 4 is free to download; Piles Section costs $99.99 up front. Soulver 4 sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $26.00 per year. Piles Section asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Soulver 4 | Piles Section |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $99.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (435 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 435 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zac Cohan | hetGE LLC |
Bugs and requests
Soulver 4
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when using certain emojis in sheet titles
- Issues with iCloud sync and data migration from older versions
- Inconsistent behavior when modifying variables and formulas
Requested features
4 requests- Improved iPad and iPhone UI/UX
- Enhanced data export and sharing options
- More advanced mathematical and scientific functions
- Ability to define custom units and unit conversions
Piles Section
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Soulver 4
- AI Assistant, Stocks & Weather$26.001 Year
- Complementary UpgradeFree
- 30-day free trial (for iPhone)Free
- 60-day free trial (for iPad)Free
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- 60-day free trial (for Mac)Free
- Soulver 4 for iPhone (upgrade)$7.49
- Soulver 3 for iPhone$14.00
- Soulver 4 for iPhone$15.00
- Soulver 3 for iPad$20.00
- Soulver 4 (Upgrade from Soulver 3)$29.00
- Soulver 4 (Promotion)$39.00
- Soulver 3 for Mac$39.00
- Soulver 4$54.00
- Soulver 4$59.00
Piles Section
No in-app purchases
Questions
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