send link to app

Carpenter's Calculator app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 8432 ratings )
Utilities Productivity
Developer: Charles Volow
Free
Current version: 1.0, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 23 Aug 2023
App size: 643 Kb

Working with US Customary units (feet and inches) often involves measurements in fractions of an inch, and therefore mixed-number arithmetic. For example: you need to rip 6 planks at 3 5/16" width each. Your saw blade kerf is approximately 1/8". To figure out how much width you need in total, youd do 6 * (3 5/16 + 1/8). You can do this in your head, but its easy to make a mistake -- and if you add any more complexity, it becomes a challenge. You can do it on paper, but thats a bit cumbersome for such a simple operation. With the Carpenters Calculator, its easy.

Even if youre not a woodworker and uninterested in using fractions or mixed numbers, this calculator should offer you just about everything that the built-in iOS calculator offers, but with a feel closer to a traditional scientific or graphing calculator. It also stores your last 20 expressions and results, which makes it very easy to do slightly more complex calculations without needing to whip out a pencil and paper.