--- title: "Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Learn and Program BASIC Language on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad! Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor is a compatible version of Commodore's version of Microsoft BASIC 6502 as found on the Commodore 64. Re" --- # Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor — United States > BASIC Language ![Hand BASIC App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/a1/b0/16/a1b016fd-3288-7668-9717-f1d0c6232ddd/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-10-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/400x400bb.png) **Developer:** [Ahmad Hawwash](https://apptail.io/developer/ahmad-hawwash-Kowb) **Category:** Education **Rating:** 4.5/5 (47 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** hawwash.cbmHandBasic **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 1.7.6 (released 2024-01-31) **Original Release:** 2010-10-06 **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id394924289) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/hand-basic-cbm-flavor-OAVe/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/hand-basic-cbm-flavor-OAVe/united-states) ## Hand BASIC Description Learn and Program BASIC Language on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad! Hand BASIC - CBM Flavor is a compatible version of Commodore's version of Microsoft BASIC 6502 as found on the Commodore 64. Released for Educational purposes. BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a computer language designed so that it can be learned very easily. Hand BASIC users could be students, scientists, or any productivity workers. Type HELP to get started! *** Credits for CBMBASIC go to Michael Steil and James Abbatiello *** Features + Compatible with Commodore 64 BASIC V2 + It is not emulated, it runs with your device full speed + The ability to LOAD/SAVE files (case sensitive file names) + File I/O Support (Read/Write data files) + Full featured iPhone Text Editor to build your programs + The ability to make directories ** NEW ** + Provided with helpful Direct Mode Commands (nonstandard, see support webpage) + Renumber your program, plus other helpful file keeping functionality + Alert Sounds + In App Help (type HELP) + Portrait/Landscape Views + Supplied with Sample code (type FILES to see list). Now available through In-App Purchase: Graphics Extension: Empowers you to create complex graphics from simple graphic objects Features + Draw simple graphic objects: lines, rectangles, circles, text, ... + Draw at the super speed of your device + Make animations + Use Graphics Macro Language (GML) to draw objects + Define your colors with alpha channel (32bit color with transparency) + Select your drawn text font face and size + Interact with user taps + Assistant for typing Graphic Commands + Enables you to run included Graphic Sample Programs(10 samples) To find more details type HELP then select Graphics Extension Reference To open Graphics Extension Purchase Screen: - Type: PURCHASE - Type: ACTION then select Purchase - Or, run a program that uses Graphics Make sure to check out App Blog Page: cbmhandbasic.blogspot.com Please Note: - This is not Commodore 64 emulator. It is “Standalone” BASIC of Commodore 64. - Basic knowledge of Commodore 64 BASIC V2 is needed to use this App or just Read FAQ's. - While BASIC requires all commands to be capitalized (Lock Caps by double taping), commands will be automatically capitalized - Since this is not Commodore emulator, PEEK/POKE does not work. See New Commands for alternatives - Only ASCII characters are supported - iPad has different Graphics Extension than ordinary one (sold separately) Visit "Hawwash-Soft" page on iTunes for more Free App's Have Fun! ## Hand BASIC Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/27/1e/5f/271e5fda-7c01-e290-20b3-9981c31910bf/mzl.otmhfise.png/960x600.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/78/44/af/7844afcc-33d4-a96d-5bf3-a1ac851e1a67/mzl.sbwjhtox.png/640x920.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/70/4d/7b/704d7b0e-5e4b-a916-903c-b41bac76ec7d/mzl.vdkjzsdv.png/640x960.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/81/a6/47/81a64727-6631-4431-e91b-dce26fbae003/mzl.zzupufno.png/640x920.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/4c/86/0d/4c860d3a-f574-aeb3-a36e-4c3bd2e51d77/mzl.djgidbts.png/960x600.png) ## Hand BASIC Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 35 (74%) - 4 stars: 5 (11%) - 3 stars: 3 (6%) - 2 stars: 1 (2%) - 1 stars: 3 (6%) ## Hand BASIC Reviews in United States ### ****- "Loads of BASIC fun" While this app does what it says and allows for a lot of fun being creative with old-school BASIC, when used on an iPAD with a Logitech keyboard attached, I don’t know what it’s called but the on-screen functions for different keyboard operations danced around on screen making the experience super annoying. Can this be fixed? -- DesertBlizzard, 2025-03-26 ### ***** "Works Great" Great app. Allows me to accomplish most math programming on my phone without learning new languages and using large resources on a PC. -- Schnutzp, 2024-07-20 ### *---- "What happened to the help faq, graphics ext pages?" App is obsolete. Help, faq … no longer work. Would suggest looking at other more current apps. Ihelp, faq, new features, graphics extension pages are no longer available online. What happened to them? I want to make local copies of them to prevent this issue I am experiencing now. The developer gave me copies but sadly he is no longer interested. In updating his app to current iOS standards. -- jedishrfu, 2023-12-04 ### ***-- "Won't delete" Look, it's great and all, but it WON'T delete unwanted programs. That's the issue here. -- macthemurder, 2023-10-09 ### ***** "Great Job" This does all the basics and works great, it will save your files and you can run them later. One person complained that they had to retype lines, all you have to do to make a change is list the line then move your cursor on the line make your changes and hit enter, just like the original basic. This has brought back a lot of great memories, thanks for creating this software. -- Nick3460, 2023-01-18 ### ***** "Impressive App" App works really well, impressive that there is still support and upgrades from time to time. I have been able to write solid C64 basic programs on the go on iPhone and iPad, which has been a blast. Thank you! -- Ppl4world, 2022-11-23 ### ***** "Well Done!" A fantastic app. I remember coding in the 70s and I’ve been missing it a lot. I have emulators for many of the older computers, but I wanted something I could noodle around on while sitting on the couch, and this makes that possible. Thanks for a great experience! -- Skittle1966, 2022-10-03 ### ***** "I 🫀 this app" I just wish I could play games on it -- ccdfffffffghh, 2022-03-28 ### ***** "Dear GOD this is fun!!!" Not a complete and true emulator, but SO close (as close as Herr Apple will let us get, for certain). -- Glory dude, 2019-04-14 ### ***** "Amazing app" As my C64 broke this app is amazing It would be cool to have the new files app integration -- wileybot2004, 2018-02-01 [View all Hand BASIC reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Hand BASIC In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | Graphics Extension | $6.99 | | Graphics Extension for iPad | $6.99 | ## Hand BASIC Discovered Keywords - hand basic ## Apps Similar to Hand BASIC - [VirtualKim - 6502 Emulator](https://apptail.io/app/virtualkim-6502-emulator-bYCc/united-states) - [PockEmul](https://apptail.io/app/pockemul-WpVd/united-states) - [iAltair](https://apptail.io/app/ialtair-bqoe/united-states) - [C Compiler Free (Offline, Debug)](https://apptail.io/app/c-compiler-free-offline-debug-uhre/united-states) - [Obj-C Programming Language](https://apptail.io/app/obj-c-programming-language-whre/united-states) - 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