Does iPad have a calculator app?
Have you ever noticed that iPad doesn’t have its own calculator app. If you think that you don’t need any calculator then its fine but calculator is a utility tool which is important for many of the gamers as well as ordinary iPad users. Now wondering why Apple iPad does not have a calculator app of its own then here is what Apple has to say.
As confirmed by one of Apple’s senior executives in a recent conversation with popular YouTuber MKBHD, there’s a reason behind that. Speaking to Marques Brownlee, Craig Federighi, Vice President – Software at Apple said the company wants to make a product that is distinctive and ‘great in that space.’ “I mean it’s obviously easy to create a calculator app. But creating one that feels like ‘Wow, this is the greatest iPad calculator app’ is what the firm will aim to achieve whenever it does so,” he pointed out. But he did mention, “that day may come.”
Calculator apps you can use on your iPad
Here are the five best calculator apps you can use on your iPad
Calculator Pro
Calculator Pro is easily the best calculator app for iPad because it supports multitasking, so if you’re doing your research in a browser of choice or you’re writing a math-heavy paper, you can simply slide in Calculator Pro, perform your calculation, and continue on with whatever you were doing in the other app.
Calculator Pro turns into a big scientific calculator in landscape mode, and you can change the theme to some fun or more reserved alternatives. There is a paid version that gets rid of ads and adds a Today View widget, but if you don’t care about either of those, then stick with the free version.
PCalc
PCalc is one of the most robust calculator apps around, and if you’re an engineer, chemist, into any other sciences, or need to deal with some heavy expressions, then PCalc is where it’s at. It features buttons and options for advanced calculations, as well as an optional RPN mode and a rich history that you can edit and change. You can undo and redo, and it even supports hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations. This app is not free and may cost few dollars.
MyScript Calculator
MyScript Calculator really lends itself to the iPad format because it turns handwriting into digital calculations. MyScript has a great, friendly user interface, an easy-to-learn layout, and it’s intuitive. You can pop in parts of an equation and MyScript will fill in the blanks — you just add question marks for what you don’t know. It’s really cool and could be used as an awesome teaching tool for kids.
The Calculator
The Calculator is a simple and elegant user interface app with all the scientific buttons you could ask for, and a built-in currency converter. The Calculator has over 98 thousand reviews in the App Store and maintains a 4.5-star rating.
It features a built-in currency converter, supports scientific functions, and has over 70 themes for you to choose from . If you need a calculator for any and all occasions, then The Calculator is the way to go.
Remember that though the iPad might not have a built-in calculator, but it does have a built-in calculating function that’s handy for quick equations and conversions. It’s Spotlight Search! Go ahead, swipe down from the top of your screen and type “2 + 2” in the search bar. Sure enough, the answer’s there for you.
Spotlight Search will also follow the rules of BEDMAS if you need to perform some more complex calculations, and can even convert the currency for you.
Lately, Apple also unveiled the new iPadOS version at the WWDC 2020. The company showcased set of features that makes the iPad even more resourceful. Similar to iOS 14, the iPadOS 14 also features a lot of so similar design changes. These include home screen widgets, compact cards for calls and Siri, and more. The company has also reinforced iPad focused apps with the “Designed for iPad” moniker. As part of the changes, it also redesigned its core iPadOS apps with a new design for the full screen along with a consolidated UI. These freshly designed apps include Photos, Files, Notes, Calendar, Apple Music, and more. iPadOS 14 also comes with a system-wide redesigned search that looks somewhat similar to Spotlight. As like Spotlight, this search also works as an app launcher to quickly open apps, open contacts, files, or more.