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, Observable Notebooks, Blabr and Kajero.

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  1. Soulver icon

    Soulver

     32 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  2. OpalCalc icon

    OpalCalc

     21 likes

    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
    Simple usage
     
  4. µCalc icon

    µCalc

     5 likes

    µCalc (mucalc) is a multi-user math web app. The math syntax is parsed in the browser by math.js.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    µCalc screenshot 1
     
  5. NoteCalc icon

    NoteCalc

     3 likes

    NoteCalc is a handy calculator trying to bring the advantages of Soulver to the web.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Observable Notebooks icon

    Observable Notebooks

     6 likes

    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
    explore
     
  7. Blabr icon

    Blabr

     3 likes

    Interactive tables, sliders, plots and more. Scientific computing in the browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Blabr screenshot 1
     
  9. Kajero icon

    Kajero

     5 likes

    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 screenshot 1
     
  10. Swift Calcs icon

    Swift Calcs

     17 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Swift Calcs screenshot 1
     
  11. Carbide icon

    Carbide

     6 likes

    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
    Carbide screenshot 1
     
  12. iodide icon

    iodide

     2 likes

    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    iodide screenshot 1
     
  13. Starboard icon

    Starboard

     2 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. ReactiveDoc icon

    ReactiveDoc

     2 likes

    Create Interactive Documents with Plain Text.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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