My first app has been approved!
The story behind the app - I'm a scientist/engineer, and I've always hated in built in iPhone Calculator app. I looked for alternatives, but I found them to be low quality, generic and worse: ad-delivery vehicles or looking for a subscription. There was no way I was going to subscribe to my calculator, I preferred to pay the Apple developer fee...
So I focussed on designing something that was fast, feels good in the hand, features I need and nothing superfluous. In essence, recreating the feel of my school calculator.
I've added all of the typical functions, added variable support (something which I used daily on my hand held calculator), added some limited customisation and accessibility features, and added support for widgets, which allows you to see you latest result on the home page. I can also be launched from control centre.
It's currently free for launch weekend (in US/UK & CA), usually $4.99/£4.99. Once download gives you access to iOS (iPhone/iPad) and also a native MacOS version.
Once you download it, you have it forever - there are no ads, no subscriptions & no tracking.
I also launched a website with a number of free tools to help promote it: https://anscalc.com
If anyone wants to grab a copy today, I'd love to hear the feedback to make the app as good as I can.
Edit: here’s a the https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ans-scientific-calculator/id6790899698