Live Calculator

Math is without a doubt one of the most difficult subjects in school, but once this is over, using a calculator is no longer classified as cheating. As such, you might need to use some of these specialized applications like Live Calculator to save you a great deal of time and effort when performing operations with large numbers.

Before you get to enjoy all the application has to offer, make sure that .NET Framework is installed on your computer, otherwise the application doesn’t function. On the other hand, the program itself isn’t packed inside an installer, so you can even carry it around on a thumb drive as your personal calculator.

Apart from helping you perform math operations, the application also comes to help make it suit your style. Sure enough, the initial layout might not really be to your liking, and this is mostly because of the unusual arrangement of buttons and fields. On the bright side of things, this can easily be changed.

Down over in the settings panel you find the possibility to choose the layout for digits, operations, and functions. You don’t get to manually adjust each button, but there are enough layout configurations to help you pick a comfortable design. However, input and results fields can be easily dragged to any position on the interface, and you can even adjust the window size.

As far as math operations are concerned, there might be a little more to be desired here. This is because there’s little extent beyond the basic set of operators, so besides adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, you also find functions for square root, logarithm, exponential, and trigonometrical functions. The entire operation is shown in a dedicated field, letting you easily copy it wherever needed.

To sum it up, Live Calculator isn’t really an improved solution over what Windows offers by default, but it does sort of let you build your own calculator through arranging elements on the interface. Sadly, there’s no tape to record all sessions, and the list of operators don’t really make it a scientific calculator.