And as annoying as it is to have no native iPad Calculator app, it does add a juicy enigma into the mix. Whatever the answer is, I think I prefer the mystery. The company was going to ship it like this, but Steve Jobs stopped this from happening - and it’s just not been a priority since. To summarize, the individual says that the first iPad Calculator was just an iPhone version stretched out across the screen (a method that produces disgusting experiences). The reason for this is unclear, but an old Reddit thread claims to have the answer. Is someone in the company seeing if they can make it a round 20?

That’s ten fucking years without a native Calculator. And that’s bizarre.Īt this point, Apple must be doing this as an inside joke, right? The first iPad was released over ten years ago. “Maybe,” I thought, “now Apple is progressing with Augmented Reality and handwriting recognition, it’ll find a way to make a futuristic maths app?”īut, alas, there was no native iPad Calculator announcement. This morning, I went through Apple’s press release about iPadOS 14, seeing if the news was buried in there somewhere. This included better apps, compact notifications, improved search, the ability to use the Apple Pencil to write on text boxes, and so much more.īut… there was still no native iPad Calculator announcement. And it doesn’t look like this is going to change with iPadOS 14.Īt yesterday’s WWDC keynote, there were a lot of cool, new iPad features announced.

What happened to my calculator app