Date Wheel was a success on the Palm OS platform when it was released and has now been transitioned to the iPhone. At first glance it looks like a simple time calculator, and that is in essence what it is, but there is rarely anything simple about time and date calculations. You may have seen those funny plastic wheels where you work which people use to calculate dates and they are quite simply a pain to use. Date Wheel is an alternative which is readily available on your iPhone whenever you need it.
The idea is simple- input two dates and have the period in between automatically calculated for you- you can choose months, weeks, days and business days which is most useful in the corporate world. You can save these calculations and go back to them with the click of an icon at the bottom and this effectively turns it into one of those countdown style apps which you see dotted around the place. The fact that Date Wheel can calculate types of days gives it an advantage over the competition and thus it is slightly more effective than most others.
The interface contains a selection of arrows which you use to choose a date- you can use the >> arrow to move a week and the > arrow to move one day. A nice touch is the ability to alter the calculated duration which is handy if you are in a business which has, for example, a 28 day lead time. This makes it a lot easier to offer accurate dates to customers.
It really is difficult to write a long review of Date Wheel because it has one purpose, split into a few parts, which it performs admirably. If you need a date calculator, and one which works extremely fast this is the one to go for.
Availale from the App Store for £1.19 / $1.99.
