Calculator for Apple Watch

PCalc app works on iPads, iPhones and the Apple Watch

PCalc is a powerful calculator app created by TLA Systems’ developer James Thomson. Priced at $10, the full-fledged PCalc app does seem expensive, but it works on every iOS device – iPads, iPhones, and the Apple Watch. The makers have a Mac OS X version that is available on the Mac App Store.

The iPhone/iPad app is absolutely brilliant and has just about any conversion you could want.

The Watch app has lesser features than the Mac and iOS versions. This seems like a logical move, as the space available for buttons and displays is pretty scant.

Launching PCalc on the Watch, you’re greeted with a standard numeric pad (0-9), a decimal point button, and an equal (=) button. The top line of the display is set aside as the calculator display, and the top row of buttons consists of red clear and delete buttons and a blue “more” button emblazoned with an ellipsis.

When you tap the “more” button once, you will get the regular arithmetic operators (+, -, *, and /) and also brackets to set the order of the operations, a +/- button that helps you change the sign, and a percentage key. If you tap the “more” button again, you will be able to see a tip calculator with the ability to change the per cent given, the number of people at the table, and a value for splitting the bill.

This app loads fairly quickly, looks pretty good, and offers all the functionality that people generally need from a simple calculator.

PCalc is a good tool to have and is simple to work. If you want to add 45 and 39, and then multiply the result by 6, all you have to do is type in 45+39*6.

This article was first published on The Hindu and is available at http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/calculator-for-apple-watch/article7422490.ece