12Calc

This calculator remains the absolute best Financial Calculator in the market. In an earlier review I gave this phenomenal app 5 stars but wanted to give it 100. Now, I want to give it 1,000. Without any doubt, this is the #1 calculator of its kind on the market in this CPA's opinion. I use this every day for a wide variety of professional and personal reasons. In addition to doing all the HP 12-C calculations, it has templates for leases, loans, time value of money, multi-year financial ratios, foreign exchange calculations, etc. I use the conversions feature to help me with calculations necessary when I fly general aviation aircraft. One of the best, most useful features is an electronic "tape," which, amazingly, can be e-mailed as a PDF file for printing if need be. This makes the app substantially more valuable than any physical calculator or any comparable app. When I bought this app for my iPhone, I expected to have to pay again for my iPad, but, no, I could download it onto my iPad for no additional cost. This calculator is outstanding. The developer, Ernie Brock, is a genius. He keeps making his app better and better all while staying ahead of Apple’s iOS changes that impact the functionality of the program. I recommend this fantastic app VERY STRONGLY. It continues to get me through CPA seasons, and it makes calculations of pilotage and dead reckoning much easier when I plan cross country flights.

I use my physical 12C Platinum a lot, but sometimes it’s not practical to have it with me. For me, this app is superior to the physical device not only because I’m more likely to have it with me, but it can display the tape as well as show the stack. Other HP RPN calculators show the stack and I always found it annoying that the 12C didn’t. One simple addition would turn the tables on my physical device and make this app perfect is to be able to copy the result so I can paste it into my bookkeeping or spreadsheets on my iPad. I’m thinking a tap or click (iPad) on the result should copy the result. It appears there is no way to get the results out of this app outside of remembering them and typing them into other apps manually— lame! Outside of that minor annoyance, this app is full featured, resizable on iPad, snappy (I’ve found others are weirdly laggy) and worth every penny.

The updates on this app keep it at the top of my list of most used apps on my iPhone and other Apple devices. I have always owned at least three HP 12C handheld calculators since these came to the market decades ago. I still do today but now that I am on my iPhones and iPads most of every waking hour I find it so convenient to be able to click on Ernest Brock's 12Calc on my iPhones and iPads while working numbers on these devices. I have been a user of Ernest Brock's 12Calc from its first appearance and through its periodic updates with new features as Mr. Brock has again done with this superb 12Calc Version 2.3! I am now 76 years old and since these came out in the market I have used and recommended to family and friends both the HP12C handheld calculator and Ernest Brock's 12Calc app. I will continue to use and recommend these to anyone looking for timeless products that are classics in their industry. Good job, HP and Ernest Brock! Your excellent products enhance each other like supportive partners, which is how I view and use your products.