I tried:Īnd a few other methods but I couldn’t get it to work. But in my sentences, I couldn’t get that to work if I put it all together on one line. In Soulver’s great help files, they say that you can simply write + 20% and it should calculate that as though you’ve said x 1.2. It’s not boring, it’s colorful!īack to math! When I was working on the example of a meal split three ways with a tip added, I wasn’t able to come up with a natural-language way of writing it all in one line. But almost as important, it makes the app visually very pleasing. Most importantly it allows you to see at a glance how your calculations are being interpreted. All units, such as /mile or $ turn bright pink. Any numbers in your comments will not turn bright blue. All numbers turn bright blue showing Soulver has identified them as numbers. Everywhere you use that variable it will also be bright green. When you define a variable (simply by writing a word or words and writing = after them), the variable name turns bright green. I want to take a break from the concepts of using Soulver and talk about how pretty it is. In our driving example, if I write Govt Reimbursement = $0.54/mile, I can now use that as a variable in my calculation on mileage costs. You can even use numbers in your comments and Solver will ignore them. Soulver also converts *2 into x 2.īut later you’ll look at that line and wonder, “Why did I write x 2?” Soulver allows comments, so you simply use two forward slashes and write whatever you want. Instead of going in and editing numbers in a tiny cell, just write * 2 at the end of the line and you’ll see a new total in the right column of $18.36. For example, to calculate your mileage reimbursement at the US government’s standard of 54¢ per mile, in Soulver you would simply write:ĭrove to the airport 17 miles x $0.54/mileĪnd in the right column, you’ll see printed $9.18. But what if you could write in human terms instead of complex equations and create a beautiful expense report? Soulver with variables and calculations In order to do these calculations, you could pull out the glorious program that is Excel, or use the pretend spreadsheet program Numbers. And you had to pay for the conference you attended on a per-day basis. You went to dinner with colleagues on the trip so you need to split the cost including tip. You drove to the airport and expect to be reimbursed for your mileage. Imagine you’ve gone on a business trip and you want to capture your expenses. The center panel is where the real beauty comes into play. You can name them, create folders using a little plus button in the bottom left, and drag your note sheets around to organize them in those folders. Soulver opens with a left sidebar which you can collapse, where you’ll keep all of your notes. Soulver with folders, pretty colors & totals There’s also an iOS version of Soulver 2 for $2.99 in the App Store, but I didn’t test out that version. Soulver 3 for Mac is $19.95 US from now till June 30th, at which point the price will go up to $29.95. I’ll see if I can capture it in my own words as I go through Soulver for you. That is a technically correct description of the app but it sure doesn’t capture the beauty and uniqueness of the app. The tag line for Soulver is that it’s a smart notepad with a built-in calculator. The app is called Soulver from soulver.app. Once in a blue moon, you find an app that has a completely new approach and a unique interface that is delightful. It seems that in a few minutes you can figure them out because they all work pretty much the same. I’m starting to feel like applications for the Mac never surprise me anymore.
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