Calculator App Issues in iOS 18

I found when I use the scientific calculator I do not get the scientific notation nonsense. One would think it would be the opposite. Please fix and update this app to back to the future

Nanalsh wrote:

Why is it when you do an upgrade (iOS 18.1.1) that’s for security issue you mess with everything else? I.e. calculator, calendar and photos to name a few!!!

I didn’t mess with anything; I’m just another user like you, and like everyone else in this user-to-user forum..

and 18.1.1 didn’t mess up anything on any of my family’s iPhones, so you need to find out what you did to break stuff.

NS_264 wrote:

Calculator typing is extremely slow…please resolve it

This is a user-to-user forum. No one participating here can "resolve it." You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Not sure how well Apple iPhone reps monitor and consider this content, but I would suggest that everyone also send input to the iPhone User Feedback page. This calculator downgrade is something they need to hear about until they decide to fix it. Feedback - iPhone - Apple

I still get scientific notation when copying and pasting from the scientific calculator.

AlWeir wrote:

Did you try the calculation on a iPhonr running iOS 18 and on you Mac?

No. Why would I? The calculation wasn't wrong.

Yep! It’s a junk copy of android! So awful! Sure showing the previous numbers is great. But come on! This a major downgrade! Looking for a new app. Glad I bought a 16 pro. 🤦‍♂️

I agree this was designed by someone who has never used a calculator. The rendering is pathetic, aside from the insane lack of functionality. A large dark area displays above the calculator in horizontal mode, squishing the font of the keys, and in vertical mode the result is cut off

You, too, will find it enlightening to read the rest of the 3 pages of the thread you just added to.

Why is it when you do an upgrade (iOS 18.1.1) that’s for security issue you mess with everything else? I.e. calculator, calendar and photos to name a few!!!

For many (if not most) financial users, the HP-12C, originally released in 1981(!) is still being manufactured, and is still considered the best programmable financial calculator ever made. I have 3 of them in different locations around the house, and also one on my iPhone. Fortunately, there are several HP-12C emulators in the App Store, many with additional features than the original HP-12C had. It is far more powerful than the built in Apple Calculator.

AlWeir wrote:

Don't bother using the Calculator in iOS 18. It gives you wrong numbers for totals. The Calculator on Mac's are accurate.

This is not my experience at all. We're also not seeing a lot of posts to that effect. Could it possibly be that it's easier to type accurately on a real keyboard than on a tiny screen and so you make fewer errors on the Mac?

AlWeir wrote:

There was a earlier threat about the in iOS 18 calculator a few weeks ago that some one posted and showed that calculator was inaccurate. I did the same on the Mac and it was correct.

Again, a single thread doesn't mean there is a problem with the Calculator app on that phone, let alone one an all phones. The vast majority of problems people have with phones, computers and tablets are the result of people not understanding how things work or making mistakes. And I include myself in that.

Did you test it on your iPhone?

ETA - The iPhone calculator is not wrong. The basic calculator only shows to one number after the decimal so it rounds. If you enter that calculation and switch to the scientific calculator, you'll see the two digits after the decimal.

reiired85 wrote:

This a major downgrade! Looking for a new app. Glad I bought a 16 pro.

Glad to hear you're enjoying your new phone. Many people have recommended PCalc as an alternative to Apple's calculators. It's not free but people say it's worth the money.

There is an old saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

The iOS 17 calculator was definitely “not broken” (as evidenced by so many people griping about it — Me too). So Why did some genius? “fix it“?

Please make the iOS 17 calculator an option within your next revision … PLEASE.

Particularly, I enjoyed the basic calculator when my telephone is in the portrait position, but it automatically converted to the scientific calculator when I turned my phone to the landscape position. (Plus not ever having to hit the = between each set of numbers, to see my running total — no matter which calculator method I was using).

(Then, please stop Fixing things that don’t have a problem)