A Numi alternative for Mac, Windows and Linux
Written by Adrian Viziteu. Numi details are from numi.app; check it for current pricing.
Numi made the text calculator popular: write a line, get the answer. Ratio works the same way, on the same three platforms, and goes further with money, dates and the maths of everyday work.
| price = 1200 eur | €1,200 |
| discount = 15% | 15% |
| price - discount | €1,020 |
| 1000 + VAT | 1,190 |
| 10k at 4% for 5 years | 12,166.529 |
| workdays between 1 mar 2027 and 31 mar 2027 | 21 |
| solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0 | x = 2 or x = 3 |
What Ratio adds to the Numi way of working
- 160+ live currencies and crypto, past rates by date (“100 eur in usd on 1 jan 2024”)
- VAT and sales tax by country, margins and markups
- Loans and interest:
pmt,fv,npv,irr, or “10k at 4% for 5 years” - Working days that skip weekends and public holidays
- Equations, integrals, statistics and exact answers like 2√2
- Calculations written in Romanian, German, French, Spanish or Italian as well as English
Moving your Numi notes
On the Mac, File › Import opens .numi and text files as Ratio sheets. On Windows and Linux, copy the lines from Numi and paste them into a sheet.
When to stay with Numi
You want the interface in Russian, Chinese or Korean, or a command-line tool on Windows and Linux (Ratio's ratio command is Mac only for now). The full table is on Ratio vs Numi.
Try Ratio free for 7 days · $9.99 once, any mix of Mac, Windows and Linux
Questions
What is a good alternative to Numi? Ratio is a notepad calculator that works like Numi, a line of text with the answer beside it, on Mac, Windows and Linux, with live currencies, VAT, loans and working days built in.
Does Ratio run everywhere Numi does? Ratio runs on Mac, Windows 10 and 11, and 64-bit Linux. Neither has an iPhone app.
Can I import Numi files? In Ratio for Mac, yes: File › Import opens .numi files. On Windows and Linux, paste the text into a sheet.