| Numerical Chameleon 2.0.0 | For Comparison | |
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More than just a unit converter |
Any other unit converter |
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| Core Attributs | ||
| Supported Categories | 93 | |
| Supported Units | 5200+ | |
| Precision (Significant Figures / Places of Decimals) | 1000 | |
| Documentation available in English / in German | ✔/✔ | |
| Mature status (development in years) | 12 | |
| Year of release | 2014 | |
| Costs | ||
| Free of charge for individuals / students / orgs / commercial users | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Free of ads | ✔ | |
| Free of registration | ✔ | |
| Free of spionage | ✔ | |
| No timelimits and no nags | ✔ | |
| No network traffic for conversions | ✔ | |
| Freedom | ||
| License | GPLv3+ | |
| Freeware / Open Source (as per opensource.org) / Free Software (as per FSF.org) | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Binaries available / sharing permitted | ✔/✔ | |
| Source code available / sharing permitted | ✔/✔ | |
| Source code modifiable / sharing permitted | ✔/✔ | |
| Additional software required | Java 6+ | |
| Additional software is free of chare / Open Source (as per opensource.org) / Free Software (as per FSF.org) | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Operating Modes | ||
| Standalone, online (with Internet connection) | ✔ | |
| Standalone, offline (without Internet connection) | ✔ | |
| on one computer for one user | ✔ | |
| on one computer for multiple users | ✔ | |
| on a server on the Network for multiple users | ✔ | |
| portable application (e. g. on an USB-stick) | ✔ | |
| Supported Platforms | ||
| Windows | ||
| x86: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.x | ✔/✔/✔/✔(5) | |
| x86-64: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.x | ✔/✔/✔/✔(5) | |
| Windows Server 2003 / Server 2008 / Server 2008 x64 / Server 2012 x64 | ✔/✔/✔/✔(6) | |
| Windows on Itanium (IA64) | ✔(0) | |
| Linux | ||
| Debian x86 / Debian x86-64 / Debian on ARM | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Ubuntu x86 / Ubuntu x86-64 / Ubuntu on ARM | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Fedora x86 / Fedora x86-64 / Mandriva x86 / Mandriva x86-64 | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| CentOS x86 / CentOS x86-64 / REHL x86 / RHEL x86-64 | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| openSUSE x86 / openSUSE x86-64 | ✔/✔ | |
| Linux Mint x86 / Linux Mint x86-64 | ✔/✔ | |
| Knoppix / Damn Small Linux / Puppy Linux | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Unix | ||
| Mac OS X PPC / Mac OS X x64 | ✔(7)/✔(7) | |
| PC-BSD x86 / PC-BSD x64 | ✔/✔ | |
| Solaris x86 / Solaris x64 / Solaris SPARC / Solaris SPARC 64 bit | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| HP-UX Itanium / HP-UX PA-RISC | ✔/✔ | |
| IBM AIX 32 bit / IBM AIX 64 bit | ✔/✔ | |
| Others | ||
| OS/2 (eComStation, 32 bit) | ✔(0) | |
| IBM z/OS (64 bit) | ✔ | |
| Antique Platforms | ||
| DOS / Windows 3.x / OS/2 | −/−/− | |
| Mac OS Classic / Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier / Mac OS X 10.5 | −/−/✔(7) | |
| Windows 95 / 98 / 98 SE / ME | −/−/−/− | |
| Windows NT 3.x / NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 | −/−/✔(0) | |
| Supported Installers | ||
| Windows: .exe / .msi | ✔/− | |
| Linux: .bin / .deb / .rpm | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Unix: .bin / .app / .pkg | ✔/−/− | |
| Plattform independent: .zip / .jar | ✔/− | |
| Graphical User Interface | ||
| Navigation | ||
| Counting of Categories / Units | ✔/✔ | |
| Searching of Categories / Units | ✔/✔(1) | |
| Filtering of Categoreis / Units | ✔/✔(2) | |
| Sorting of Categories / Units | ✔(2)/✔(2) | |
| Editing of Categories / Units | ✔(2)/✔ | |
| Removing of Categoreis / Units | ✔(2)/✔(2) | |
| Managing of Favorites / always available (non-modale Dialog) | ✔/✔ | |
| Input | ||
| Support for a localespecific decimal separator (e. g. Comma) | ✔ | |
| Automatic Converting (Convert while you are typing) | ✔ | |
| Swapping between "from unit" and "to unit" | ✔ | |
| Increasing and Decreasing of Values / using the mouse | ✔/✔ | |
| Undo / Redo | ✔/✔ | |
| Dialogs and Wizards available for entering input easily (details see below) | ✔ | |
| Output | ||
| Decimal Output / Scientific Output | ✔/✔ | |
| convert Multiple / All Units of a Categorie | ✔/✔ | |
| Interval can be specified for a multiple conversion | ✔ | |
| Output is exportable / Output is customizable | ✔/✔ | |
| GUI Elements | ||
| Tooltips available / can be disabled | ✔/✔ | |
| Contextsensitive Menus | ✔ | |
| Icons available for both Menu and Dialogs | ✔ | |
| Icons available for the unit (the country where a unit is valid) | ✔ | |
| Icons available for categories | ✔ | |
| Help/Documentation | ✔ | |
| Windows attributes | ||
| Windows can be resized / Windows size will be saved | ✔/✔ | |
| Windows can be positioned / Windows position will be saved | ✔/✔ | |
| Windows is maximizable | ✔ | |
| Supported Views | 5 | |
| Supported Skins / Skins extendable | 15/✔ | |
| Minimum size of the app on the Screen in Pixel | 630 x 230 | |
| Supported Languages | ||
| English / German / French / Spanish | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Potuguese / Italian / Greek / Turkish | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Hebrew | ✔ | |
| Datenaustausch mit anderen Programmen | ||
| Import | ||
| Copy from the clipboard | ✔ | |
| Update of Exchange Rates / Supported Exchange Rate Websites | ✔/ 30 | |
| Export | ||
| Copy of Source Unit / Source Unit Value / Target Unit / Target Unit Value to the clipboard | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Fileexport for editors (UTF-8 / UTF-16-le / UTF-16-be) | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Fileexport for word processing software (Word, OpenOffice.org, etc.) | ✔ | |
| Fileexport for spread sheet software (Excel, OpenOffice.org, etc.) | ✔(3) | |
| Fileexport to the browser (as HTML) | ✔ | |
| Fileexport of calendar data (iCal / vCal / xCal / dtcm / outlook / TWiki) | ✔/✔/✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Supported Categories | ||
| Categories of physical units | ||
| International System of Units (SI) (e. g. Mega) | ✔ | |
| Illuminance (e. g. Lux) | ✔ | |
| Exposure (e. g. Luxsekunde) | ✔ | |
| Acceleration (e. g. m/s², Gal) | ✔ | |
| Bestrahlung (e. g. J/m²) | ✔ | |
| Beweglichkeit von Ladungsträgern (e. g. m²/Vs) | ✔ | |
| Brechkraft (e. g. Dioptrie) | ✔ | |
| Pressure, Stress (e. g. Pascal, Bar) | ✔ | |
| Dynamic Viscosity (e. g. Pascalsekunde) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Feldstärke (e. g. V/m) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Flussdichte (e. g. As/m²) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Kapazität (e. g. Farad, As/V) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Ladung (e. g. Coulomb) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Spannung (e. g. Volt) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Stromdichte (e. g. A/m²) | ✔ | |
| Elektrische Stromstärke (e. g. Ampere) | ✔ | |
| Elektrischer Leitwert (Wirkleitwert, e. g. Siemens) | ✔ | |
| Elektrischer Widerstand (e. g. Ohm) | ✔ | |
| Energie (e. g. Joule) | ✔ | |
| Energiedosis (e. g. Gray) | ✔ | |
| Fläche (e. g. m², square inch) | ✔ | |
| Frequenz (e. g. Hertz) | ✔ | |
| Geschwindigkeit (e. g. m/s, Knoten) | ✔ | |
| Induktivität (e. g. Henry) | ✔ | |
| Ionendosis (Exposition, e. g. C/kg) | ✔ | |
| Katalytische Aktivität (e. g. kat, mol/h) | ✔ | |
| Kinematische Viskosität (e. g. m²/s) | ✔ | |
| Kraft (e. g. Newton, Kilopond) | ✔ | |
| Kraftstoffverbrauch (e. g. mpg, liter/100 km) | ✔ | |
| Leistung (e. g. Watt) | ✔ | |
| Leistungsdichte (e. g. W/m³) | ✔ | |
| Leistungsflächendichte (e. g. W/m²) | ✔ | |
| Leistungsmassendihte (e. g. W/kg) | ✔ | |
| Leuchtdichte (e. g. cd/m²) | ✔ | |
| Lichtausbeute (e. g. Lumen/Watt) | ✔ | |
| Lichtstrom (e. g. Lumen) | ✔ | |
| Lichtstärke (Lichtintensität, e. g. Candela) | ✔ | |
| Länge (e. g. Meter, inch) | ✔ | |
| Längenbezogene Masse (e. g. g/m, Tex) | ✔ | |
| Magnetische Feldstärke (e. g. A/m) | ✔ | |
| Magnetische Flussdichte (Induktion, e. g. Tesla) | ✔ | |
| Magnetische Spannung (e. g. Gilbert) | ✔ | |
| Magnetischer Fluss (e. g. Weber) | ✔ | |
| Masse (e. g. kg, Carat, Unze) | ✔ | |
| Massenanteil (e. g. g/t) | ✔ | |
| Massenfluss (e. g. kg/s) | ✔ | |
| Massenkonzentration (e. g. kg/m³) | ✔ | |
| Radioaktivität (e. g. Becquerel) | ✔ | |
| Radioaktivität / Volumen (e. g. Bq/m³) | ✔ | |
| Äquivalentdosis (e. g. Sievert, rem) | ✔ | |
| Raumwinkel (e. g. Steradiant) | ✔ | |
| Räumliche Energiedichte (e. g. J/m³) | ✔ | |
| Schallpegel (e. g. Bel, Decibel) | ✔ | |
| Spezifische Arbeit (e. g. J/kg) | ✔ | |
| Spezifische Radioaktivität (e. g. Bq/kg) | ✔ | |
| Spezifische Wärmekapazität (e. g. J/kg K) | ✔ | |
| Spezifischer elektrischer Widerstand (e. g. Ohm-Meter) | ✔ | |
| Spezifisches Volumen (e. g. m³/kg) | ✔ | |
| Steigung (Prozent, Neigungswinkel) | ✔ | |
| Stoffmenge (e. g. Mol) | ✔ | |
| Stoffmengenanteil (e. g. Atomprozent) | ✔ | |
| Stoffmengenkonzentration (e. g. mol/l) | ✔ | |
| Temperatur (e. g. Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin) | ✔ | |
| Volumen (e. g. m³) | ✔ | |
| Volumenanteil (e. g. cl/l) | ✔ | |
| Volumenfluss (e. g. m³/s) | ✔ | |
| Wasserhärtegrade (e. g. mg CaO/l) | ✔ | |
| Angle (Bogenmaß, Gradmaß, Zeitmaß, etc.) | ✔ | |
| Time (e. g. Second) | ✔ | |
| Non-physical Categories | ||
| Counting (e. g. Dutzend) | ✔ | |
| Roman Numerals (e. g. XLII) | ✔ | |
| Positional Notations (Radix 2-36, e. g. Hexadecimal) / Number of Notations | ✔/35 | |
| Fractions / with Periods | ✔/✔ | |
| Exchange Rates / Historic Euroland | ✔/✔ | |
| Spoken Numbers (as digits / as numbers / output as text / by audio) | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Time in Words (colloquial / official / military / by audio) | ✔/✔/✔/✔ | |
| Time Zones / with time delta / with distance delta | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Queries on a Date (Weekday, Sun Signs, etc.) | ✔ | |
| Date- and Time Formats | ✔ | |
| High Days and Holidays / supported countries | ✔/31 / 869 | |
| Calendar Systems (Gregorian Calendar, Maya, etc.) / supported calendar systems | ✔/3 | |
| Digital fingerprints / Number of algorithms | ✔/58 | |
| Farbcodes (e. g. RGB, HSB, etc.) | ✔ | |
| Unicodes | ✔ | |
| Data Storage (e. g. Gigabyte) | ✔ | |
| Data Transfer (e. g. Kilobit/s) | ✔ | |
| Performance of the Floating Point Unit (e. g. GFLOPS) | ✔ | |
| Resolution (e. g. Megapixel) | ✔ | |
| Phone Numbers, alphanumeric (e. g. 555-HELP) | ✔ | |
| International Dial Codes | ✔ | |
| Geographic Coordinates (Latitude/Longitue / ECEF
/ Maidenhead Locator / MGRS / UTM / GARS / USNG / GEOREF / Natural Area Code) |
✔/✔/✔/✔/✔ -/✔/-/- |
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| Features of the Input Dialogs | ||
| Date | ||
| Setting of a date (Today / Week in Year) | ✔/✔ | |
| Modification of a date (+Tage / +Wochen / + Monate / +Quartale / +Jahre) | ✔/✔/✔/✔✔ | |
| Wikipedia-Link for the selected date | ✔ | |
| Time | ||
| Digital View / Analog View / View in Realtime | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| Manual input of the time / automatic input of the current time | ✔/✔ | |
| Duration | ||
| Calculation of time differences (exact / colloquial / interest dates) | ✔/✔/✔ | |
| timestamps can be time zone dependent | ✔ | |
| leap seconds can be taken into account | ✔ | |
| Methods of algorithms for the calculation of interest dates (ISMA, NASD, etc.) | 7 | |
| Time differences can be arranged to different units of the time (e. g. 29 days = 4 weeks and 1 day) | ✔ | |
| Random Numbers | ||
| Sorting of the values / Vermeidung doppelter Zahlen | ✔/✔ | |
| Grafische Darstellung mittels Würfel / max. Anzahl möglicher Würfel / Würfel können bunt sein | ✔/512/✔ | |
| Protokollfunktion / auch als csv | ✔/✔ | |
| Color | ||
| Color RGB / HSL / HSV / CMYK | ✔/✔/✔(4)/✔(4) | |
| Exchange Rates | ||
| Supported exchange rate sites | 20+ | |
| Update using graphical user interface / on the command line (e.g. for cronjobs or autostart) | ✔/✔ | |
| Latest exchange rates / historic exchange rates can be loaded | ✔/✔ | |
| Online / offline update possible | ✔/✔ |