Soulver

Mac

Added support for fractional sales tax values (like "9.875%" in New York)Search results now open in the active windowFixed an issue where the answers could be misaligned with their expressions when using non-regular line spacingFixed a bug with setting custom syntax colours using the system colour wheelFixed an issue where changes to the money formatting settings were not applying to lines whose formatting had been individually customisedFixed an issue when moving a sheet that had also been opened in a separate window, into Trash or Archive

iPhone

Added a trackpad feature to move the cursor, similar to the behaviour of the spacebar when held down in the system keyboardHold down on the “2” key to activateFixed cursor key movement direction in Arabic & Hebrew right-to-left text (thanks Thabet)

Calculator

Fixed an issue where words containing slashes (like "and/or") could void a line's result (thanks Chuck)Fixed a bug where lines in a trip might not update until edited (thanks Jim)Improved typing performance in sheets using many time points (thanks Youssef)

General

Improved multi-platform sync reliability, especially related to the definition sheet & global variablesAdded a setting for whether divider lines are purely cosmetic, or also reset your local variable state for subsequent linesFixed a crash in the new trip planning feature when typing out a single date that falls prior to the trip start

Mac

Restored the ability to choose a custom font in the new settingsFixed an issue with line highlighting not working in the Setapp version

iOS & iPadOS

You can now resize the answer column on iPadThe sheets list sidebar width is now saved across launches on iPadFixed a bug with the new sheets archive not showing on iOS. Any sheets you archived are safe, it just wasn't visible in the folders list

Soulver 4 is our first paid update in 7 years with 50+ new featuresSoulver is now a universal purchase (Mac, iPad & iPhone)Owners of Soulver 3 are invited to upgrade to Soulver 4 at 50% off on the App Store

What's new in Soulver 4?

Detailed release notes

Trip planning

Plan out the date ranges for a trip by specifying the days or nights you'd like to spend in each placeSpecify a trip end date and Soulver will alert you when you've exceeded your time budget

Tags workflow

Tag lines with hashtags (#work, #home, etc) and add up or average lines that include the tag

Line highlighting

Highlight important lines in color to make them stand outCreate dividers to add extra structure to sheets

Definition sheet

Define new units & global variable in a dedicated Soulver sheetSupport for new unit types (like "widgets", "operations", etc)

Functions & units

Science: additional units for physics & chemistry, electrical calculations & vehicle related calculationsGeography: calculations (distance between places, DMS)Money: sales tax, income tax, inflationMusic: midi & pitchChange over time: linear & exponential change + file transfer functions

• functions for woodworking, pace and percentage ratios.

New calendar calculation features

Improved work hour & work day calculationsDo calculations involving cultural events (Christmas, Ramadan, Chinese New Year, etc)Format dates using format patterns

Sheet pinning & archiving

Pin sheets to the top of foldersArchive sheets once you're done editing them but want to keep them around

Redesigned settings

Inspired by the macOS system settings20+ additional settings to further customize your Soulver experience, including answer column alignment & background color

HTML emailing service

Free service that lets you share your Soulver sheets as beautifully styled HTML emails

iPhone cursor pad

Navigate your sheets on iPhone more easily with the new cursor padHold down on the 9 key to activate the pad

Agent friendly CLI

The soulver command line interface can now edit Soulver sheets & sheetbook files

Sunrise & Sunset

Get sunrise, sunset, and daylight hours for a place — sunrise in Tokyo, sunset in Paris on Dec 21, daylight hours in Reykjavik

Quarters

Support for expressions using “quarter”, like next quarter, this quarter, last quarter (e.g. days until next quarter)

Superscripts

Support for superscript exponent characters: 100² → 100^2

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with some non-English language input methods (thanks Kai-Chieh)Improved the accuracy of one particular exponent-related calculation (thanks Harry)

Mac

Selection subtotals now work for non-contiguous selections (when you command-click non-consecutive lines to select them).

iOS

Improved Sheets & Syncing settings paneAdded a "Sync Control" section that lets you see the sync console and take sync troubleshooting stepsFixed a short hang when the pane opened if you have a lot of backups

Calculator

The rates for Euro-pegged currencies are now more accurate: XOF, XAF, KMF, CVE, BAM & BGN.Fixed an issue with π in Greek words behaving incorrectly (thanks, Alexander).Fixed an issue with the “min of 3 and 4” function in variable declarations (thanks, Nihaal).

Languages

Added Japanese, Korean, & Italian localizationsSoulver's documentation is now translated into all languages

Calculator

Screen Density Calculations

Added PPI/DPI unitsConvert between physical length and pixels at a given density, for example 1 cm in px @ 326 ppi or 40 px to cm at 96 dpiAdded a screen density function like ppi of 15" screen at 1024x768

Trigonometry

Added cotangent & cosecant trigonometry functions (cot, csc) and their hyperbolic, inverse, and degree variants (coth, csch, acot, acsc, cotd, cscd, acotd, and acscd)

Units

Added rates for the Uniswap (UNI) cryptocurrency

Functions

Added an "is x prime" function: is 59 prime (= true)

Statistics

Added standard deviation: standard deviation of 20, 30 and 40 (= 10)Added "avg" as a synonym for "average" (avg of 3, 4, 5)

Calendar & Timezone Calculations

Added a shorthand time difference function: time difference Paris (interpreted as "what is the time difference between here and Paris"), also time diff paris & diff parisAdded a "years to" function (years to 2029)

Percentage Phrases

Percentage phrases now support arbitrary comment words in more cases. For example: 20% discount off $500, 5% gratuity on $95, 40% of 90

United States Customary Units

US customary units are now returned in certain cases when the input uses US customary unitsAdded support for compound feet-and-inches expressions using "and" (e.g. 5 feet and 3 inches in cm)Added additional feet/inches aliases

Cities and Airports

Added 119 additional tourist-destination cities and airports

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with rounding functions and lap times (thanks Jasper)Fixed an issue with line dp settings not applying to feet & inches (thanks Jon)Fixed an issue with locales that use a dot as a decimal separator and space as the thousands separatorFixed an issue with adding clock-formatted times around daylight savings change boundaries

Mac

General

Minor improvements to the Calculator settings windowFloating total no longer shrinks unnecessarily when over empty linesNicer drag image when dragging an answer from the answer columnUpdating currencies no longer clears the undo state for a sheet

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with the Quicklook Plugin not working in the App Store versionFixed an issue where the calculate anywhere services were not respecting the default formatting settingsFixed an issue with the automatic variable rewrite feature not working in some cases

iOS

Additional cases in which the previous line will be inserted on a new line, including starting a line with a currency, a percentage phrase, "to", and other specifiersAdded a setting under Styling to select whether a line reference token shows the referenced result (the default), or the line number of the referenced line

iOS

Fixed an issue with multi-page printing on iOS 26 cutting off on the edges (thanks Joshua)Fixed an issue with the statistic not being included in PDF exports when selected (thanks Christian)Keypad optimized for iPhone Air

iPad

Fixed a visual issue with the sheets sidebar in compact mode on iPadOS 26Added a setting to completely disable the floating number pad on iPad (helpful for customers with magic keyboards)

Mac

Fixed an issue with sheet search (⌘⌥-F) not working correctly on macOS TahoeFixed an issue where Soulver could unexpectedly come to the forefront after being hidden during iCloud account sign in/outs (thanks Ryan)Fixed an issue with the Alfred workflow not working correctly with certain subtraction operations. You can also download the updated workflow directly from here

Calculator

Fixed an issue with sheets with multiple variables containing periods (like "yearly" & "monthly") (thanks Mark)Fixed an issue with certain variable names in Chinese not automatically updating dependent lines (thanks Jiang)

Soulver is ready & optimized for the new iOS, macOS & iPadOS 26.

Mac

Added icons for the menu bar on macOS TahoeAdded a dedicated menu item to create a new sheetbook fileAdded a dedicated "Import" menu item, which also adds the ability to merge multiple sheetbooks into your current sheetbookMinimum supported macOS is now macOS 13.5 Sonoma

iPad

Support for the new windowing system & menu barAdditional export options are now presented when using the share button after a swipe on a sheet

Calculator

Additional built-in constants: phi (the golden ratio) and tau (2π)Support for date + plain number type expressions, assuming either days or hours. For example: "August 5 + 5" [assume days], or "3:45pm + 5" [assume hours]Support for "hourly", "daily", "weekly", "monthly", "quarterly" and "yearly" as both the compounding interval and interest interval in the compound interest formula. For example: "hourly interest on $1k for 3 years at 4% compounding quarterly"

Mac

General

General interface improvements for the soon-to-be-released macOS 26The backups window now shows the number of sheets in each backup

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue where the cursor could sometimes stay as the "resize" column indicator when already over the text area

iOS

Contextual Menu

The contextual menu on a sheet now lets you print, export into PDF and send styled emails and include preview stage to customize the appearanceCopy lines with answers (as plain text) is now available on the contextual menu on a sheet too

Custom keys

The custom key settings pane now shows you the standard keyboards that you can use for inspiration to quickly setup your custom keyboard how you wantKeys added to the custom keyboard that match the title of a standard key will now get automatic additional popup options (when available). For example, if you name a key "today", you'll automatically get "tomorrow" and "now" available as extra options

Calculator

Improvements

Support for Python style trailing comments on the end of lines (# this is a comment)Support for expressions like "USD1K" (without spaces)."1K" (uppercase K) is once again interpreted as one thousand (with "1 K" being 1 kelvin, with a space)

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue with the wrong default currency symbol location for Swedish KronerFixed an issue with arithmetic related to stock tickers not working correctly in some cases (thanks Sami)Fixed an issue with numbers were being auto-formatted in multi-hash Markdown headings (###)Fixed an issue with "oct" clashing with the octal conversion function in an expression like "oct 1 2024 to jun 1 2025"

Inline Knowledge Assistant

The default provider for inline knowledge queries is now Wolfram|Alpha.Wolfram|Alpha is the most reliable data source for live and accurate data, and it supports natural language queries.If Wolfram|Alpha cannot process your query (for example, if you use a language other than English), the knowledge assistant will direct your query to the latest AI model from OpenAI.

Availability

The Setapp version, or the optional data subscription in the App Store version, is required to use the inline knowledge assistant.The direct download version continues to have access to inline Wolfram|Alpha (but you must provide your own Wolfram App ID).

Large currency notation

This update adds support for additional symbols representing large currencies (commonly used as shorthands in finance and journalism):

Millions: $1M, $2m, or $3mnBillions: $1B, $2b, or $3bnTrillions: $1T, $2t, or $3tn

Currency results at these magnitudes will automatically use the new currency notation symbols.

Which symbols are used depends on your region: for example, uppercase "$K, $M, $B, $T" are used in the US, and longer form "$k, $mn, $bn, $tn" are used in the UK.

Misc improvements

New lines now automatically inherit the formatting settings of the previous line (this behaviour matches Soulver 2), rather than the default formatting settings.'yr' and 'mo' are now supported as aliases for 'years' and 'months'.Support for "weather in place in a month of the year" style weather queries, like "weather in Tokyo in June" (advanced data subscription or Setapp required).Modernised currency codes for Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO → MRU) and Venezuelan bolívar (VEF → VES).A slightly more accurate definition for the density of corn.

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue with the automatic number formatter when formatting negative numbers with a fractional component after adding a space between the minus sign and number.Fixed an issue where the iPhone version could sometimes take a few seconds to launch during periods of low network coverage.

Non-decimal bases

Support for unit expressions in bases other than decimal, like "0xF days in minutes"Added support for base 8 (octal) numbers: 123 as octal (= 0o173)Added support for converting into other bases using a phrase "as base x", like "0b101101 as base 16" (= 0x2D)Added support for converting into other bases using functions: bin(), hex(), int() and oct() (inspired by Python)

Expression Formatting

Auto-spacing division slashes

Soulver will now automatically insert spaces around slash division characters in certain cases, like in "500 / 40"There are still many cases where it's not preferred, like when working with fractions (1/3), rates (10 km/h), and Soulver will continue to not auto-space the division slash in these cases.

Thousands separators

Soulver will now delete unnecessary thousands separators when deleting digits from the end of a number (i.e. "1,000" will now become "100" when deleting the final zero)

Financial Functions

Investment required for return

This function is useful for when you have a specific return on investment you'd like to achieve from an investment (like a bank deposit)Specify a target dollar amount you wish you receive over a given period of time in interest and the interest rateSoulver will tell you how large your initial bank deposit needs to be

Examples:

"investment required for $10k/month at 5%" (= $2.4M)"deposit needed for $42k/year at 7.5%" (= $560k)

Daily mortgage payment functions

daily payment on $1M over 30 years at 6.5% (= $207.67)daily interest paid on $1M over 30 years at 6.5% (=$116.40)

Totals & Sub-totals

Support for adding up numbers and percentages on different lines in subtotalsFor example you could type $500 on one line, and 10% on the next line. The total will now show $550.The floating total is smarter in some cases when adding up subtotal lines (thanks Sasha)

Other

Clamp function

"clamp 26 between 5 and 25" (= 25)"clamp 4 from 5 to 25" (= 5)

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with certain rounding phrase syntaxes that broke after the previous update, like "$110.00 USD in AUD to 2 digits" (thanks Ian & Mark)Fixed an issue where global currency variables were being rounded to 2 dp (thanks Shai)Fixed a bug where QuickSoulver would sometimes not respect editing setting changes (thanks Marcin)Fixed a bug where the floor() function wasn't working correctly with degree units (thanks Markus)Fixed an issue with very small numbers displaying as zero with notation disabled (thanks Eli)

Rounding Numbers Up and Down to Nearest Interval

Added phrases to round numbers up or down to a specific intervalFor example, "round 21 up to nearest 5" (= 25), "round down 20 to nearest 8" (= 16)

Time to Decimal Conversions

Support for converting times to decimal: for example, "10:15 to decimal" (= 10.25)

Millisecond Unix Timestamps

Added support for converting millisecond timestamps into dates, like "1733823083000 to date"

Timezones

You can now include "time" as a commenting word in time zone conversions, like "3pm Sydney time to Lisbon time""10am to London" will now be interpreted as "10am here to London"

General

When copying out multiple lines of text with expressions & answers that include subtotal lines, these will now be included on their own line

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue with sheets written in certain locales that use space as a thousands separator being incorrectly interpreted after syncing (thanks Øyvind & Edgar)Fixed an issue with auto-converting quantities in brackets in QuickSoulver (thanks Chris)Fixed a crash with the factorial function (when doing an expression like "fact(9999999.3)")Fixed an issue where an expression like "1.6 fl oz/acre to mL/ha" would return an error instead of converting correctlyAn expression like "Monday 5pm-7pm" now correctly returns the interval of time specified (2 hours in this example)

Localizations

Minor improvements to the Russian localizationFixed an issue with the Chinese translation of Soulver not working correctly

iPad

Floating Number Pad

Hide/show the system keyboard using a button in the floating number pad — helpful on smaller iPads in landscapeAdded a larger floating number pad option with larger key sizes and the handy accessory barThe keyboard accessory bar provides many useful keys for various workflows, including currency conversions, working with variables, percentages, and date & time calculationsYou can customize the keyboard accessory bar with your own keysToggle between the larger and compact floating number pads, depending on your needs

iOS

General

Added parentheses ( ) as a popup option on the multiplication keyAdded move cursor left/right keys to the general accessory keyboardAdded a Control Center control button that opens Soulver on iOS 18+Support for large & small icon styles on iPad, and dark & tinted icons on iOS 18+

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash on first launch on iPhone after starting the trialFixed an issue with using the number pad alongside third-party keyboards (like SwiftKey from Microsoft, or Gboard from Google)Fixed an issue where pasting copied text containing line reference tokens into other apps wasn't workingFixed an issue where the variable accessory keyboard could show an out-of-date variable state for a line

Mac

Fixed an issue with the command line utility (& Alfred workflow) not being able to use currency ratesFixed a crash on macOS Sequoia for some non-English users

iOS

Fixed an issue with the [% of] button missing a space