Save $98.01 With RealCaliper [iOS Tips] | Cult of Mac

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Save $98.01 With RealCaliper [iOS Tips] | Cult of Mac

A good pair of calipers can measure a small object much more accurately than a ruler or tape measure. Buying one, however, could cost around $100 or so, according to RealCaliper developer Pocketdemo e.u.r.l. Here’s how to use this $1.99 app to measure something small.

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How could this possibly measure anything more accurately than the sceen's resolution? With a ppi of 264, every pixel on the iPad sceen is 0.0962mm wide, and that would be the smallest unit of measure. Rounded off that's 0,1 mm and while that's most likely good enough for most people, it's not comparable to a REAL caliper.

Bicoid

I think the developer is exaggerating to hype his app. A good set of digital calipers can be bought at Sparkfun for $15.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10997

mr_bee

There is no possible way in which this could be as accurate as a real calliper and shame on anyone who was fooled into thinking so.

HerbalEd

I bet 5 different people measuring the same object would get 5 different measurements.

Bob Forsberg

Close enough for Home Depot work.