Is there a way to revert just the Calculator App back to the iOS 17 version?

Casey-Pitt wrote:

Can I up vote this 10000 times? The new calculator has negative functionality!

There wouldn't be much point to that. What can have an effect is telling Apple what you think:

Product Feedback - Apple

Meanwhile, there are lots of other calculator apps out there.

Can I up vote this 10000 times? The new calculator has negative functionality!

GSCORPIO wrote:

Ever hear the phrase "if it ain't broke don't fix it".

Yes, and hordes of users complained that the calculate was broke, so Apple fixed to meet the needs of those users.

Velln wrote:

Any update on this?

If Apple changes the calendar again, those changes will appear in an iOS update. Nothing was mentioned in the release notes for iOS 18.2.

The new calculator is demonstrably worse; I don’t understand what possessed someone who was in charge of anything to convert the perfectly fine calculator app into this frankenstein monstrosity that has less normal functionality in exchange for weird “look at me I’m different :B look how speshul I am” functions that hardly anyone wants.

It's foolish to assume that everyone has the same needs or preferences that you do. Apple makes changes based on the huge amount of actual user data it has. Some of the changes, particularly how the equal key works appear to be based on that data and the years of people complaining about it. Personally, I have no issues with the new version and I use Calculator every single day.

I just want the normal quick function calculator back; please roll it back to the previous version or make an alternate version on the app store that we can download instead.

Apple isn't going to make two versions of Calculator. However, lots of third-party calculator apps are already in the App Store. PCalc is frequently recommended. Whether it will meet your needs or not is something I can't say.

Timothy Holt wrote:

Now, if the option of changing the interface to "reverse Polish Logic" was available, I would jump at it. That's how the HP calculators worked.

There are lots of other calculator options available in the App Store. PCalc has been recommended by a lot of people whose opinion I respect. It's not free but one shouldn't expect good software to be free.

Do you happen to remember the knock down drag out argument about the calculator app a few years ago about order of operations? Math illiterate comments were made how the calculator was wrong in how it performed calculations and Apple need to fix things ASAP? This was followed by comments from actual math teachers on the long accepted order of operations that the calculator app did indeed follow. The math illiterates simply would not accept the true answer and continued to grind their teeth and caterwaul away.

And don’t even mention RPN! That makes brains explode.

Timothy Holt wrote:

The worse thing about the new calculator, is how the AC (All Clear) button disappears, so I have to hit delete counters times to clear the window.

The AC button is still there. Delete changes to AC after you enter the = . If you need it before that, press and hold the delete key.

GSCORPIO wrote:

Ever hear the phrase "if it ain't broke don't fix it".....

You're assuming that everyone felt that way about it. Lots of people didn't. And they complained to Apple.

whoever in your company thought this was a good idea should be fired.....seriously!

No one participating in this thread works for Apple or has anything to do with how the calculator is coded.

I now carry another calculator in my pocket......

You could have just downloaded one of the many, many other calculator apps that suited you better. But that would have been less dramatic, I suppose.

I'm not giving Apple 5 stars anymore!

Okay. I don't especially care.

GSCORPIO wrote:

If Apple isn't looking at this thread then what it the point of having it...

This is a user-to-user technical support forum, something that was explained in the Terms of Use to which you agreed when you registered. The more pertinent question is why do people keep complaining in a user-to-user support forum despite the fact it has been repeatedly explained that Apple doesn't read here and that they should use the feedback page.

You can change the Apple Calculator to RPN Mode...

Enter expressions using Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) in Calculator on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

I also hate it which what brought me here looking for a way to revert it. I did find if you multiply your total it will give for you tip amount.

Go to the App Store and search “calculator”. Scroll down until you see “Calculator %” and click the download icon.

then delete the faulty one.

Yeah, and then you have to do too much work by going back and adding it up again. Why can’t they just leave things alone?! Apple: stop breaking things!!!

New calculator is painful to use.

Last time I had to write out full calculation was in 3rd grade on a chalk board.

Welner82: Awesome!!! Thank you for finding one! I have downloaded it and will be using that from now on.