iPhone App Reviews

Convert Any Unit

Jason O'Donoghue | Oct 31, 2011 Utilities

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Convert Any Unit ($0.99) by Convert Any Unit by Cider Software LLC http://www.cidersoftware.com/

Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

I have a confession to make. I love unit converter apps; perhaps even as much as I like calculator apps, so I’m always keen to try out new ones when given the chance.

Convert Any Unit is a sleek minimalistic app, sporting a brushed steel finish that’s straightforward to use and has 24 categories of units, covering over 3600 different units.

3600 different units sounds an obscene amount of units if you ask me. Delve a little deeper and 2 of the 24 categories stand out: density has 1200 units and pressure has 1002 units. I won’t pretend to understand most of these units but I’m sure somebody out there needs to convert some of the more obscure units this app has to offer.

Convert Any Unit makes a good job of simplifying the selection of particular units by having a search/ autocomplete box that intelligently brings up relevant units as you start to type. This can be further refined by filtering units from their respective categories (e.g. length, area, energy etc).

Other things of note are the app’s copy/ paste function, the ability to reverse units, currency exchange rate conversions and bookmarks… Now bookmarks is where I really don’t get it. I really can’t see the point of bookmarks as the majority of conversions (at least that I do) are one-off in nature and so I’d never need to save a conversion calculation for later reference.

In summary I’d say that Convert Any Unit, is a pleasant looking, easy to use app that simplifies unit selection for quick conversions. Strangely, I think there may be too many units to choose from (particularly under the pressure and density category), which when picking from a list may unnecessarily complicate matters.

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