- Convertible: Unit Converter with Currency
- iTunes
- 0.99 USD
- iPhone, iPod touch
- Efecto Pty Ltd
Description
A truly unique conversion tool, Convertible is a powerful, easy to use unit converter for converting many standard and non-standard units of measure and currency.
To see Convertible in action, check out our video at http://vimeo.com/convertibleapp
"Convertible is one of the most peculiar and fun iPhone apps I’ve downloaded recently." - MacStories.net
"With customizable themes, amazing readability and an intuitive and easy to use interface, Convertible is definitely in a class of its own." - 4.5 stars, 148apps.com
Features
• Hundreds of non-standard units such as length of a blood cell, height of the Empire State building,
mass of Saturn, speed of Usain Bolt, etc.
• Unique navigation, tap or swipe to quickly access a wide range of units
and categories.
• Units are Categorised for quick access: Metric & SI, US & Imperial, Geography, Nature,
Everyday Objects, etc.
• A wide range of standard and non standard units from planck lengths to the size of the
visible universe.
Conversion Types
• Length
• Mass
• Area
• Currency (160 currencies, updated every 3 hours)
•
Energy
• Power
• Pressure
• Volume
• Temperature
• Data
• Time
• Speed
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Want to beta test the next version of Convertible? We're looking
for testers now for our next big release, email us at support@convertibleapp.com if you'd like to participate.
What's New
Version 1.6.3 (May 6, 2013)
This release fixes a bug where the converted value did not remain after the number pad was closed.
The bug only affected users with European style number formatting.
A big thank-you to AZ for your help on this one.
Version 1.6.2 (Apr 29, 2013)
- Fixed the crash on startup bug some users experienced after upgrading to version 1.6
- Fixed several other
minor bugs
Version 1.6.1 (Apr 24, 2013)
If this latest update does not fix the startup problems some have experienced, please remove the app and re-install via the app store. This is a free download as you already own the app.
Please email us at support@convertibleapp.com if you would like further help - one star reviews do not help us solve any problems you may be having. Thanks.
• Fixed a bug with decimal and thousands separators not behaving in European countries
• Number pad now
displays the correct decimal separator for your region
• Number pad now displays digits according to your regional
settings
• Replaced the older Indian Rupee symbol (₨) with the current symbol (₹)
Thanks to IM and GG for bringing the above issues to our attention. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
Changes in version 1.6
• Compound units! Display and edit compound values for many units
• New Conversion Type: Pressure
• New
Conversion Type: Power
• Favorites are now grouped together at the start of the unit list
• Increased decimal
precision on very small numbers
• Significantly improved currency update time
• Display and edit fractional
values for compound inches and ounces
• New style number pad now matches selected theme
• New theme, Hong
Kong (the new favourite!)
• Bug fixed in temperature calculations
• Conversions returning very small values
no longer return zero
Version 1.6 (Apr 18, 2013)
Convertible is one year old this month and we're celebrating with the release of version 1.6, our biggest update yet!
Major changes
• Compound units! Display and edit compound values for many units
• New Conversion Type:
Pressure
• New Conversion Type: Power
• Favorites are now grouped together at the start of the unit list
• Increased decimal precision on very small numbers
• Significantly improved currency update speed
•
Display and edit fractional values for compound inches and ounces
• New style number pad now matches selected
theme
• New theme, Hong Kong (the new favourite!)
• Bug fixed in temperature calculations
•
Conversions returning very small values no longer return zero
Minor changes
• Settings option to turn on/off compound units or display only when editing
• Settings
option to group favorites or ungroup them
• Currency update frequency increased to every three hours (when
active)
• Sahara theme colours adjusted, now slightly warmer
• Conversion Type can now be changed while in
edit mode
• More predictable decimal input behaviour
• New units across many conversion types
• iPad
icon now displays correctly (yes, finally!)
Thanks to the many people who have taken the time to leave reviews or contact us with helpful comments and suggestions. We appreciate the feedback and have worked hard to address many of the ideas and issues raised.
Convertible has come a long way in one short year. Thanks to everyone who has supported the app so far and helped to make it what it is today. There are plenty more fun and interesting features planned so please keep the reviews and feedback coming!
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A few people have reported issues starting the app after this update. If you
experience any problems, please contact us at support@convertibleapp.com, so we can help.
Version 1.5.2 (Dec 27, 2012)
- Fixed a bug converting speed to meters per minute and meters per hour
- Improved help screens
- New
Theme, Delft
- Fixed a few typos
Help make Convertible the number one conversion app by leaving a review in the App Store (via settings). It takes just a few moments and helps us enormously, thanks!
Thanks also for the great feedback and tips we've been getting, please keep sending them in.
We're currently working on some exciting new features to make Convertible even more useful and unique!
Version 1.5.1 (Dec 14, 2012)
- For those who aren't aware, tap the active unit or category to display the vertical list! We're working on ways
to make this more "discoverable"
- Greatly improved horizontal scrolling - thanks to everyone who's given us
feedback on this
- A special new theme, Negril, in honour of a very special country :)
- Fixed a bug where the
input value wasn't always reset after closing
- Fixed a bug where the input unit sometimes could not be selected
the first time the app is run
- Stopped the detail popup from occasionally truncating the description text
-
Several new units, more to come soon!
- Cleaned up some of the unit titles and descriptions
Thanks as always to everyone who has taken the time to submit reviews or send feedback, good or bad! Its always appreciated.
Version 1.5 (Nov 28, 2012)
*** Convertible now requires iOS 5 or above ***
- Chinese and Japanese units of length, mass and volume
- Facebook sharing in iOS 6
- Message sharing in
iOS 6
- New sharing dialog in iOS 6
- Improved Theme selection
- Three new themes: New York, Sahara
and Switzerland (with a tip of the hat to Calvetica)
- Kelvin symbol now displays correctly (thanks RK)
-
Many other new units including heart volume, mouse length, height of the great pyramid, etc.
- Mexico is back in
North America (thanks HS)
Bug fixes:
- Theme selection now works correctly while in number pad mode
- Fixed currency swap bug in
number pad mode (iOS 5)
- Various other bug fixes
Thanks to everyone who has sent in feedback or left reviews and ratings in the App Store - it is greatly
appreciated!
Version 1.4.1 (Sep 20, 2012)
- Updated for iOS 6 and the new iPhone 5
- New theme, Marrakesh
- Minor bug fixes
We have many more great features coming soon!
Version 1.4 (Aug 21, 2012)
- Cleaner interface, sharper graphics
- New app icon
- New toolbar for improved functionality
-
Settings page, via toolbar button
- Help screens, via toolbar button
- Full unit swapping via the toolbar
- Sharing - email or tweet your conversion
- Themes - tired of blue? now you can choose
- Top status bar
toggle, default is now hidden
- Improved handling of scientific notation on very large or small numbers
-
Improved handling of decimal precision
- Various new units added including: gold bar, house fly, pencil, US dollar
bill, sliced bread.
- Unit descriptions are now accessed via popup button to reduce clutter
- Various bug
fixes
Version 1.3 (Jul 5, 2012)
Thanks to everyone who has downloaded Convertible so far, we hope you're enjoying the app. There are some great new features and improvements on the way.
In the meantime we have some important changes and bug fixes for this release:
- Improved currency update
process - faster and more reliable
- Last currency update display now displays the rates data timestamp instead of
hours and minutes since the last update.
- Copy to clipboard - display the Copy popup with a long touch on the
input or output value.
- Improved visuals - clearer text, easier to read.
- Fixed bug with initial currency
rates on first load.
- Fixed bug with currency not updating correctly on iOS versions prior to 5.0
- Fixed
crash on currency check when no internet connection.
- Made some grammar and spelling corrections in unit
descriptions.
- Several new units including one for Lego lovers!
We appreciate all feedback whether it be technical issues, bugs or feature requests. Please contact us directly at support@efecto.com so we can help you. This also helps us get important information needed to fix problems if necessary.
Version 1.2 (Jun 9, 2012)
- Currency! - convert 159 currencies by geographic region
- Time - convert from plank time to yottaseconds
and everything in between
- new categories including Galactic (for the really big stuff)
Bugs fixed
- minor inaccuracy converting ounces to pounds
- plural name displayed on singular calculated
values
- six decimal zeros sometimes displaying on non-decimal values
- exponent incorrectly displaying on
negative numbers
- occasional crash on fast swiping of unit type (thanks LC)
- detail text not resetting when
switching to number pad
- detail text not resetting when using vertical navigation
- the Empire State building
is back to its correct height (sorry NYC)
- other minor bugs
Version 1.1 (May 9, 2012)
- Improved navigation, click on the currently selected unit or category to display them in a scrollable list
- Various bug fixes
This update increases the number of ways you can find exactly what you want: swipe left or
right to browse through units, categories and types, or tap the active unit, category or type to view them in a list.






