Jesse Crenshaw The calculator app embedded in iPhones often goes unnoticed and unappreciated, despite its inherent usefulness. This seemingly simple application offers a plethora of valuable features, including the ability to review previous calculations. Unfortunately, once the native Calculator app on an iPhone is closed, the historical record of performed computations is irretrievably lost. However, there’s no need to worry! There are multiple methods available to examine numerical inputs and ensure their secure retention for future reference.
Checking Calculator History Directly on iPhone
Using the Native Calculator Application
Finding and launching your device’s built-in Calculator app is the first step in utilizing the app.
- Locating the App: You can find the Calculator app on your device’s home screen, however some users may have moved it to the Utilities folder.
- Launching the App: Find the Calculator icon and tap it to open the app.
Simply switching your iPhone into landscape mode will activate the scientific calculator.
| Orientation | Mode |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Basic Mode |
| Horizontal | Advanced Mode |
- Rotating Your Device: The iPhone needs to be rotated horizontally. If you do this, you’ll be able to use the scientific calculator, which has much more advanced features than the portrait mode calculator.
Once you switch to scientific mode, the Calculator app’s handy feature—the showing of your most recent calculation—comes into action.
- Calculator Memory:The most recent computation you performed is saved in the app’s memory. If you move to landscape mode, you can use this information for instant reference or to perform additional calculations.
- Data Retention: Keep in mind that the Calculator app only stores data temporarily. All but the most recent calculation is lost when you close the program. Save your work on any significant computations somewhere safe.
By switching to landscape orientation, you gain access to more advanced mathematical operations, such as square roots, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and so on.
Delving into the Landscape Mode
The Calculator app completely changes as you flip your iPhone to landscape mode. It can be used as a basic calculator in portrait mode or expanded into a full-fledged scientific calculator when rotated to landscape.
| Portrait Mode | Landscape Mode |
|---|---|
| Basic Arithmetic | Scientific Functions |
| Addition | Logarithms |
| Subtraction | Trigonometric Functions |
| Multiplication | Square roots |
| Division | Exponential Operations |
The Calculator app’s landscape mode enables a plethora of sophisticated calculations unavailable in the app’s portrait mode equivalent:
- Advanced Arithmetic: Among the many complex mathematical operations available on a scientific calculator are:
- Square roots and cubic roots;
- Logarithmic functions (Natural Logarithm, Common Logarithm);
- Trigonometric functions (Sine, Cosine, Tangent, etc.);
- Exponential operations;
- Factorial calculations.
- History Feature: When you use the Calculator app in landscape mode, the results of your most recent calculations are shown for your convenience. Unfortunately, only the most recent equation you enter will be saved.
- Data Retention: Remember that the Calculator app does not save your work when you close it. In light of this, it’s recommended that you write down any crucial calculations you made before exiting the app.
Utilizing Third-Party Calculator Apps
If you find yourself needing more features than what the built-in Calculator software offers, there are excellent third-party options available. These advanced calculator programs not only provide additional functionalities but also allow you to retain your previous calculations even after exiting the application. Let’s explore a few of these feature-packed apps:
PCalc
PCalc is a full-featured calculator program that records your past calculations. Users that need to maintain track of their calculations over a longer time frame would benefit greatly from this feature. PCalc has many useful functions, such as:
- An optional RPN mode (Reverse Polish Notation);
- Multi-line display;
- A variety of button layouts;
- A comprehensive set of unit conversions and constants;
- Paper tape, to provide a running record of your calculations.
Calcbot
Tapbots, who also made the widely used Tweetbot program, is responsible for developing Calcbot. You may save your work and return to it later thanks to Calcbot’s intuitive, user-friendly layout. Some of Calcbot’s most notable characteristics are:
- Live as-you-type expression view, so you know exactly what you’re calculating;
- Calculation history and memory recall;
- Conversion of over 500 units across 22 categories;
- Accessibility features like dynamic type and voiceover support.
MyScript Calculator
MyScript Calculator is unlike any other calculator because it allows you to create equations directly on the screen. After that, the software will read what you’ve written and finish the math for you. MyScript Calculator, like PCalc and Calcbot, keeps a record of the numbers you’ve entered. Some of the most prominent aspects of MyScript Calculator are:
- Handwriting recognition, allowing you to perform mathematical operations naturally as if you were writing on paper;
- Scratch-out gestures to easily delete symbols and numbers;
- Memory functions to store and use results in calculations;
- An automatic calculator and graph solver.
Checking History in the Today View Widget
You may also add a widget for the iPhone’s built-in Calculator app to your Today View. This convenient feature allows you to view your calculator’s past results without launching the program. The Calculator widget can be added to Today View in the following way:
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- To access the Today View on your iPhone’s home screen, simply swipe right;
- Once in the Today View, scroll down to the very bottom of the screen and locate the “Edit” option;
- Upon selecting “Edit,” you will be presented with a list of available widgets. Keep scrolling until you find the “Calculator” widget;
- To add the Calculator widget to your Today View, tap the green “+” button next to it;
- Finally, to save your changes, tap “Done” in the upper right corner of the screen.
Swiping right on your home screen now takes you to your calculator’s history. This widget, like the calculator app, will only display the most recent calculation made during a session.
Conclusion
Upon transitioning to landscape mode on an iPhone, the native Calculator application conveniently exhibits the most recently performed calculation. Nevertheless, it fails to adequately preserve a comprehensive record of your calculations. Fortunately, a variety of third-party applications are available to meet your specific requirements. These programs provide supplementary functionalities such as a comprehensive archive of long-term calculations, the capability to save individual formulas, and even inclusion of handwriting recognition support. Through a comprehensive examination of these alternatives, individuals can effectively choose the option that impeccably corresponds to their specific needs, thereby guaranteeing that their iPhone continues to serve as the quintessential instrument for all mathematical pursuits.
FAQ
Here, we’ll address some of the most frequently asked questions on the evolution of the iPhone calculator.
To prevent losing your calculations when you exit the Calculator app on your iPhone, it is recommended to use third-party calculators such as PCalc or Calcbot for persisting your calculations beyond the app termination.
Your most recent calculation is displayed in the scientific calculator when you turn your iPhone into landscape mode and use the Calculator app. However, it does not provide a complete log of your session’s calculations.
Unfortunately, there is no way to save your own custom computations in the iPhone’s built-in Calculator app. However, third-party programs like Calcbot do provide this functionality. Particular outcomes may be stored in these apps for later use.
As of this revision, there is no restriction on how many computations can be saved in the native Calculator app. However, remember that when you exit the program, your computations will be erased.
In landscape mode, the iPad, like the iPhone, displays the results of your most recent computation. However, a third-party calculator program with a more comprehensive history may be worth downloading.
