Today Tapbots finally released an update to Calcbot on iOS. I used Calcbot for many years as an alternative to the stock iOS calculator mainly for the expression view and history tape. Calcbot is also available as a Mac app and can sync your history through iCloud.
When Calcbot wasn’t updated for the iPhone 5/5S, I ditched it in favor of Kalky. Kalky is gesture-based for the delete, clear, use result and save functions. It definitely doesn’t look as nice as Calcbot, but it has the features I want and works fast.
Most have agreed that the best calculator on iOS is PCalc, however it is way more than I need on a normal basis. For now I’ll stick with Kalky but Calcbot certainly is a great alternative.
I typically play music while I’m working on my Mac. I have the ability to keep iTunes open all the time and in the foreground (I have 3 monitors), however it still seems to always get covered up by another window. I can use the MiniPlayer, but I don’t like it sitting on top of any of my windows and I can never seem to find a good spot for it to sit on my screen. There are a bunch of iTunes menu bar apps that allow you to see the current playing track, but they require you to first click on the menu bar icon. I wanted to be able to quickly just glance up to the menu bar without clicking on anything and see the current playing track.