5 star concept with 1 star execution.

At first glance this app is pure genius. Using your computer keyboard or the app’s virtual keyboard you can replace a cumbersome desktop adding machine with this amazing replica. Decimal options, calculator or ten key mode, a correction option that also corrects the tape; it would appear that this application would allow me to take my old adding machine to Goodwill and free up some desk space.

Alas, there is a bug in the app that prevents it from printing. As it is supposed to be a printing calculator app this amounts to a serious problem. When attempting to use the print function a message appears stating “This application is not allowed to print. Please contact your application vendor for an update.” When I attempted to access the vendor’s site for support I discovered that the site was down for maintenance. It has remained down for the last three weeks. Three requests for assistance sent via email have gone unanswered.

The workaround is to save each tape as a file in excel and then open and print the excel file. While this is not an unbearable inconvenience it’s frustrating in a product that seemed to have been so well thought out.

Mr Compasshead about TapeCalc, v1.3.3