What if you want something that can act as both a notepad and a calculator app, that supports math operations as well as unit and currency conversions, and works on all major desktop platforms out there?
There aren’t many choices, but Parsify is definitely one of the best ones out there.
What is Parsify?
Parsify is a next-gen notepad-based calculator app (or simply a text-based calculator) that’s capable of dealing with a plethora of complex calculations and conversions, all while allowing you to combine personal notes with math expressions.
The app is also remarkably extensible via custom plugins, and it works on all major desktop OSes out there such as Windows, Linux (most distributions thanks to its AppImage installer), and macOS.
What makes Parsify special?
Obviously, Parsify is not the only notepad-based calculator app out there (macOS users might know of Numi). However, Parsify does bring a few, very interesting things to the table.
For starters, it’s one of the few (if not the only) app of this sort to work on three popular platforms. It’s also very competitively priced (very similar to other apps of this sort). Another advantage is the fact that (despite being a paid app) it’s open-source, so you can be sure that your privacy is safe while using it.
By and large, its features are the ones that make Parsify a great app. Parsify supports a plethora of variables, unit conversions, currency conversions, time zone conversions, percentage conversions, as well as date and time operations.
For instance, you can declare variables and reference them later with ease (massive workflow booster). You can use any of the default units or you can add your custom ones. What’s more, you are provided with a quick way of converting between 200+ currencies (popular cryptocurrencies included).
Last but not least, Parsify is a great app as a whole. What do we mean by that? It’s lightweight, it looks modern, and the GUI is very responsive. It’s also highly customizable, meaning you can adjust the fonts, texts, and background colors of various elements to perfectly suit your needs. Better yet, if the app seems a bit incomplete to you, know that you can also write your own custom plugins.
Verdict
All in all, Parsify is one of the best notepad-based calculator apps out there. Usually, apps such as these cater to a very niche userbase, making Parsify one of the best candidates thanks to its massive feature-set, as well as all its extendibility possibilities.
