HotPaw Basic

Not very easy to use and no where near the features of Basic!, v3.2.2 which is less than half the price. Both need printable docs

HotPaw basic is a program that works wonderfully like the GW Basic as in good old days. I have tested it on gear engineering calculations I used before and it works perfectly and delivers accurate results. The only thing that drives me nuts is the screen is so small entering a large program is like doing fine embroidery testing my patience. I wish you would produce also a MS QuickBasic similar program to extend this helluva Good Work. Thank You. I can't wait to see the HPQuickBasic.

GPS and location will not work. It’s pretty crippled by iOS

Thanks so much for providing this! I've been looking for a BASIC that wasn't stripped down, be mobile for my iPhone, and was delighted this is it! I'm an amateur astronomer and I was using an awkward spreadsheet out in the field, which was cumbersome/very time-consuming to keep updated. Now I've written a program to handle it automatically. I spend more time preparing for my next viewing run instead of missing it! Thanks again!

How do you force a program to terminate short of exiting the app?

Needs better docs on using some functions, especially the accelerometer, touch, and vibrate functions. Very cumbersome editor also. Overall a fun way to relive the days of old basic line numbered spaghetti code and to appreciate how good coders have it now!! Also crashes sometimes when getting out of the full edit mode. Hopefully subsequent releases will address some or all of these issues.

This by far the most fun basic interpreter on the iPhone to code for. My only request is for document interaction support (so you can take a text, bas, or image file from another app and import it into this one, and export arbitrary files to other apps)

It is more a toy than a programming language. The function RND gives very weird results. I suspect problems with other functions as well. Good luck to the reviewer who said he was writing probabilistic simulations. In addition, it is VERY cumbersome to edit your program. Just an overpriced toy.

I've used Basic for complicated calculations since the days of the Apple II+. This implementation is very useful, as it includes most functions and operations that I need. Single precision is ok and I suppose double would be too much to hope for (I'll use Chipmunk Basic for that on my Mac). The graphics features are an added bonus. I am very happy that the Ready prompt was modified to be less intrusive. It's very cool to have a straightforward programming language on the iPad. While waiting at the car dealer I was running a probabilistic simulation. How cool (or geeky) is that?

If you come from the old basic backround you will love this. I came from an apple basic backround and learned 8 other versions of basic a long the way. This is really fun and powerfull you will like it!!