Figr.app
Productivity
notepad calculator
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
7 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 8 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Execution: 3 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, nice-looking UI and a good app overall
From 4 comments
Ease of use + A nice UI + A dedicated application
IndigoIncognito on HNI love apps like this. I currently use Numi daily for running financial-related tracking and scenarios. It has a few annoying UI quirks, so I'm super open for alternatives…
bombtrack on HNCool app. Thank you!
renewiltord on HNthis is super cool good work!
lovetocode on HN
Fast, lightweight calculation style that suits quick math
From 1 comment
Another thing: although I love excel, excel is slower. The startup is less snappy.
for_i_in_range on HN
Objections
Excel-style sums and repeated rows are clunky compared to spreadsheets
From 1 comment
Congrats on building and launching your app. However, in my opinion, you need different examples to show the strengths of this app. A lot of the examples on your page look kinda…
vinaypai on HN
Currency conversion did not work
From 1 comment
Hi, looks super cool! Just some quick feedback from the first things I tried in the app (which did not work). It has to do with currency conversion:…
krstffr on HN
Not available outside Mac and Windows app stores; no Linux version
From 2 comments
Is it available for download somewhere other than the OS "app stores"?
webmobdev on HNHow hard would it be to create a Linux version?
russianGuy83829 on HN
Slow startup compared to Numi
From 1 comment
It looks great. So far I have been using Numi and I can see a few advantages and disadvantages in both apps. Numi: + lightweight + very fast start - tabs are a paid feature Figr:…
88840-8855 on HN
Requests
Support for non-Latin characters such as Chinese
From 1 comment
Interesting idea and I like it. However, I just tried it and found it does not support Chinese. Would you like to add it as a new feature?
derekhsu on HN
Cross-platform sync and self-hosted sync
From 1 comment
Ooh. I have used Soulver on iOS for nearly a decade now. Sadly, the developer has pulled it from the App Store for a long time, so I can’t point others to it. For me, Soulver has…
easygenes on HN
Mobile version
From 1 comment
Is there a mobile version in the plan? It'd be cool to have a notepad style TI-89 on steroids.
metadat on HN
Units and unit conversion, such as K/M/B suffixes and data sizes
From 1 comment
There is a few things I wanted but mostly missing in these type of calculators. More Units. K for Thousands, M for Million, B for Billion and T for Trillion. Some Calculators…
ksec on HN
Questions
Why use Figr instead of Excel
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing! It looks slick. Can you address the elephant in the room: why use Figr instead of Excel?
awb on HN
How are documents saved to the cloud
From 1 comment
How do you save figr docs to the cloud?
jeffreportmill1 on HN
How will Figr make money
From 1 comment
How will Figr make money?
gardenhedge on HN
Is there a similar Emacs or Vim plugin
From 2 comments
Looks really neat. Anyone know of a similar neovim/vim plugin?
craig on HNASK HN: Is there a similar mode to Emacs? I didn't find it.
felipelalli on HN
Alternatives named
Soulver
From 2 comments
This reminds me of Soulver https://soulver.app/
gurupanguji on HNOoh. I have used Soulver on iOS for nearly a decade now. Sadly, the developer has pulled it from the App Store for a long time, so I can’t point others to it. For me, Soulver has…
easygenes on HN
Numi
From 2 comments
I love apps like this. I currently use Numi daily for running financial-related tracking and scenarios. It has a few annoying UI quirks, so I'm super open for alternatives…
bombtrack on HNIt looks great. So far I have been using Numi and I can see a few advantages and disadvantages in both apps. Numi: + lightweight + very fast start - tabs are a paid feature Figr:…
88840-8855 on HN
Calca
From 2 comments
This seems to be a shadow of Calca. https://calca.io
twarge on HNHave you tried Calca? https://calca.io/ It works really great on mobile too (even their website is not updated it works fine on latest OSs).
lardissone on HN
Excel and Google Sheets
From 2 comments
Ease of use + A nice UI + A dedicated application
IndigoIncognito on HNLooks interesting, what makes this different from using a Google Sheet ?
Dave3of5 on HN
NotecalC, Dedo, Number.dev, NaSC, Calcutext
From 4 comments
There are a few more calculators in the similar spirit shared on HN before. - https://bbodi.github.io/notecalc3/notecalc - https://dedo.io/ - https://notepadcalculator.com/
smusamashah on HN- https://number.dev
swissswiss on HNThere is NaSC as well: https://parnold-x.github.io/nasc/
captn3m0 on HNVery cool! Built something similar recently called Calcutext: https://calcutext.com/ https://github.com/jaredreich/calcutext
jaredreich on HN