# A Numi alternative for Mac, Windows and Linux

Written 18 October 2026 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](https://useratio.app/ratio-vs-numi).

[Try Ratio free for 7 days](https://useratio.app/download) · $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.

Source: https://useratio.app/numi-alternative