James ThomsonJul 10, 2023

PCalc for iOS is 15 years old today, which does not seem possible. As the Mac version is just over 30 years old, that also means at some point very very soon, the iOS version will have been around for more than half of PCalc's entire existence.

If you bought it on day one, I hope you have appreciated the one and a half decades of free updates, and I shall direct you to the tip jar 😉

Show threadCraig GrannellJul 10, 2023
@jamesthomson I trust you spotted https://www.stuff.tv/features/apple-app-store-birthday/
Looking back at Apple’s iPhone App Store at 15 – and 15 notable launch day apps | Stuff

As Apple’s always said: there’s an app for that. In fact, even on day one, there were over 500 of them

Stuff
Show threadMike KnellJul 10, 2023
@craiggrannell @jamesthomson I'm pretty sure PCalc was the first app I bought from the App Store when it opened in the UK. Rather disappointed it hasn't kept up with the times and introduced tiered subscription plans plus a free tier that only lets you use numbers below 100 and makes you watch an ad before giving you the results.
Show threadJames ThomsonJul 10, 2023
@m @craiggrannell I'll try and catch up with modern expectations!
Show threadMike KnellJul 10, 2023
@jamesthomson @craiggrannell Maybe license it to EA to produce a new "free to start" version that requires the purchase of in-app currency to not have to wait 12 hours between calculations and to purchase "elite number warrior" features such as multiplication and the decimal point?
Show threadJames Thomson
@m @craiggrannell I like your thinking!
Jul 10, 2023 at 9:22pmIvory for iOS