The smart converter for iOS
Convex is a revolutionary, stylish converter for iPhone and iPad that is so smart, it actually understands you.
Powerful
Convex supports 979 units across 20 different categories.
Convex supports 150+ currencies automatically updated every hour when connected to the internet
Over 135,000 different ways to express units with real-time recognition of conversion patterns in plain English and French
Built-in calculator that lets you visualize all your calculations.
Smart
Convex understands you!
Convex is the first converter that gets you by letting you type conversion naturally, in you own words. This makes Convex the fastest converter there is!
You know what you want to convert, just type it! Convex's natural processing engine does the work for you. You're 5ft 10? Just type that (don't even mention the inches), Convex will figure it out and even offer a smart default conversion to metric.
Fun
Who said conversions had to be a chore?
Convex transforms any conversion into an educational and fun experience. Convex provides a new fun immersive experience that allows you to learn and enjoy conversions with animations, sounds, and tactile fun for 20 different conversion categories!
You can immediately change the value to be converted by simply moving or taping your finger up or down, left or right on the animation.
"I love that you can just type something and it figures out what I mean. Even when I made a typo."
Steven Vandeweghe, developer of AppControls
12 / 06 / 2011
Version 1.6 released
Thanks to all who provided great feedback. This version offers the following improvements:
- Improved overall stability (including some memory leaks fixes)
- Results can now be spoken out loud through Text To Speech (this requires a connection to the internet)
- Several new units (in the volume and mass categories) were added
- Improved voice input support on the iPhone 4S (e.g. support for 'half' quantifier)
- Updated application icon
10 / 28 / 2011
Version 1.5 released
This version offers several improvements specific to iOS 5, iCloud and iPhone 4S. It also improves the overall stability of the app.
- Improved natural language recognition with voice input on iPhone 4S
- Twitter integration for iOS 5
- Provide direct feedback to developers from within the app
- Improved overall stability (fixed crash at startup time under certain conditions)
- Moved temporary files to temporary folder to prevent iCloud duplication
- "Black" keyboard style for iPhone/iPod
09 / 21 / 2011
Version 1.4 released
This version is a maintenance release that fixes the following problems:
- a crash that may occur when retrieving currency information online
- computation errors with some DVD and BlueRay sizes
08 / 31/ 2011
Version 1.3 released
Thanks again for the great feedback. This version adds the following:
- Improved startup time
- Source unit auto-conversion can now be user disabled/enabled (through a setting in the user preferences)
- Taiwanese area, length and mass units added
- Better handling of currency update server errors
- Bug fix for Israeli New Sheqel typo
- Added microseconds per foot as a new unit
- Improved "future-proofing" of the application
06 / 12 / 2011
Version 1.2 released
Thanks to all of you who provided some great feedback on the previous versions, we have added the following in this release:
- Several new units (950+ units total)
- support for pre-Euro (e.g. French Franc, Deutsche Mark...) and for Pacific Franc currencies
- millimole per deciliter (bG) conversions for diabetics
- New natural language variations (over 135,000 variations for each language)
- Improved accessibility (VoiceOver) support
- Sound on/off button right on the main screen
- Button to copy conversion to clipboard or send it through email
- Bug fix for Astronomical Unit calculations
05 / 25 / 2011
Convex video review by AppBuddy.com