Calculist Alternatives

Calculist is described as 'Open source application that facilitates effective thinking. Write down your thoughts, ideas, and data in the form of lists. Focus your attention by zooming in to a specific list, and zoom out to see the broader context' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Calculist for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Calculist alternative is Soulver. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OpalCalc or µCalc. Other great apps like Calculist are NoteCalc, Blabr, Observable Notebooks and Kajero.

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  1. Soulver icon
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    Do you ever grab a calculator & the back of an envelope to work through an idea or problem that involves some math?

    116 Soulver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Soulver is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Calculist.

    • Soulver is the most popular commercial alternative to Calculist.

    • Soulver is Paid and ProprietaryCalculist is Free and Open Source
  2. OpalCalc icon
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    OpalCalc is a brand new type of calculator for the PC. As easy to use as Notepad or a word processor, OpalCalc allows natural language in the sum and multi-line support so you can go back and adjust your previous calculations on the fly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • OpalCalc is the most popular Windows alternative to Calculist.

    • OpalCalc is the most popular free alternative to Calculist.

    • OpalCalc is Freemium and ProprietaryCalculist is Free and Open Source
    • OpalCalc is LightweightCalculist is not according to our users
  3. µCalc icon
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    µCalc (mucalc) is a multi-user math web app. The math syntax is parsed in the browser by math.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
    • µCalc is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Calculist.

    • µCalc is the most popular Open Source alternative to Calculist.

    • µCalc is Free and Open SourceCalculist is also Free and Open Source
  4. NoteCalc icon
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    NoteCalc is a handy calculator trying to bring the advantages of Soulver to the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Blabr icon
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    Interactive tables, sliders, plots and more. Scientific computing in the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Observable is a better way to code. Discover insights faster and communicate more effectively with interactive notebooks for data analysis, visualization, and exploration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Kajero icon
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    Kajero is designed to make it really easy for anyone to create good-looking, responsive, interactive documents. Somewhat like Jupyter / iPython notebooks, but for JavaScript!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Kajero is the most popular Linux alternative to Calculist.

    • Kajero is Free and Open SourceCalculist is also Free and Open Source
  8. Swift Calcs icon
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    The Collaborative Computational Notebook Built for Modern Engineering. Enter math as it appears on paper, get instantaneous results, and share your calculations with colleagues and clients. No special syntax, no software, no headaches, no kidding.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Carbide icon
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    Carbide is a new kind of programming environment that uses a notebook format with live coding features to facilitate development and debugging.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. iodide icon
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    Iodide is a notebook programming environment for the web. Users can make use of JavaScript, Markdown, CSS and external resources to communicate ideas comfortably and efficiently through a minimalist notebook interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Starboard icon
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    Starboard brings cell-by-cell notebooks to the browser, no code is running on the backend! It's probably the quickest way to visualize some data with interactivity, do some prototyping, or build a rudimentary dashboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. ReactiveDoc icon
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    Create Interactive Documents with Plain Text.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ReactiveDoc is the most popular SaaS alternative to Calculist.

    • ReactiveDoc is Freemium and Open SourceCalculist is Free and Open Source
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