holpxay n. [hol.ˈp’aj] number.

A notepad calculator where math just works. Type expressions, see results instantly.

Screenshot of Holpxay Calculator

Features

Arithmetic & Numbers

  • Basic math with +-*/^!mod, and parentheses
  • Alternative operators: ×·÷
  • Percentages (50%200 * 15%), scientific notation, underscore separators
  • Hex (0xFF), binary (0b1010), octal (0o777), arbitrary bases (ABC base 16)
  • Built-in constants (piephi) and functions (sincossqrtlogroundabsrandom, …)

Units & Conversions

  • 200+ built-in units across length, mass, time, temperature, data, energy, power, pressure, frequency, angle, and more
  • Automatic cross-unit arithmetic: 5 km + 500 m100 ft^2 + 5 m^2
  • Derived units: 60 km/h9.8 m/s^250 watts per square meter
  • Composite values: 5 ft 7 in2 hr 30 min 15 sec
  • Flexible conversion syntax: toinas->
  • Composite conversion targets: 171 cm to ft in
  • User-defined units: 150 apples / 30 apples/day

Date & Time

  • Date literals, relative dates (today3 days ago2 weeks from now)
  • Time values in 12h/24h format
  • Date arithmetic: now + 100 days2038 Jan 19 - today
  • Timezone conversions: 18:30 Tokyonow in London, UTC offsets
  • Unix timestamps: 1700000000 unix
  • Property extraction: today to weekdaynow to hour

Currency

  • ISO codes, symbols, and names with live exchange rates
  • Arithmetic and conversion: 100 USD + 50 EUR100 USD to JPY
  • Derived currency units: 150 USD/person * 4 person

Variables & Conditionals

  • Variable assignment: price = 49.99
  • Boolean expressions: comparisons, &&||!
  • Conditionals: if 5 > 3 then 100 else 200
  • Bitwise operations: &|xor~<<>>

Output Formats

  • Number bases (to hexto binary), fractions, scientific notation, percentages, ordinals
  • Precision control: pi to 2 decimals12345 to 3 sig figs
  • Date/time formats: ISO 8601, RFC 2822, RFC 9557, unix timestamps

Editor

  • Markdown headings and inline comments (#)
  • GFM syntax highlighting alongside live calculations
  • Customizable themes, fonts, number/date formatting, and more

Trivia

This app is 70% written by Claude Opus 4.6 with constant human supervision and intervension.

Initally it was planned to be written 90+% by Claude, but I had to jump in and change the direction of deployment mid-way due to the way it has complicated the architecture.