What's New

Thank you to all of our loyal Basic! users!
Here's what's new in this update:
- Editor Improvements
- Code Execution Improvements
- File System Improvements
- New and improved In-App Basic Forum!
- Fix for READ command
- iOS 11/12 compatible
- iPhone X compatible
- Major improvements throughout
What else in new in preview updates:
- RND (min,max,none)
- REQUIRELANDSCAPE
- REQUIREPORTRAIT
- ANTIALIAS on/off
- UPPER$ and LOWER$ fixed
- GetPixel and ReadPixel fixed
- 3 and 4 dimensional array fixed
- Improved randomizer algorithm
- Improved scientific notation support
- Fixed GOTO leading outside FOR
- Fixed editor cursor & iPad keyboard
- Fixed pre-iOS 6 startup
- iPhone Orientation fix
- Speed & Processing Enhancements

App Description

Remember the Day?
Hammering out your own Code?

Featured by Apple as a Staff Favorite,
this is an App like no other,
- welcome back to Basic!

Basic! is the power to bring your imagination to life. If you can dream it, you can do it!

Hang'n out and messing with Basic on an iOS Device is like sit'n aside of time and think'n about just how cool it's been to be around these last 50 years. Yep, Basic is where it all started!

Packed with great Sample Programs, On-Line User Forum access, and a full In-App Help Section; all to help you both get started and never stop programming!

"Basic! will help instruct a whole new generation to bring their imagination to life!" -148 Apps

Remember, you need to know or learn the Basic programing language to use this App. So set your Code, tap Run, let Basic! process, and have a blast!


iOS / miSoft Basic v 3.5.2- 3.5.5 - 3.5.9 - 3.8.0

- Editor Improvements
- Code Execution Improvements
- File System Improvements
- New and improved In-App Basic Forum!
- iOS 11/12 compatible
- iPhone X compatible
- Major improvements throughout
- iOS 7 & iOS 8 Support
- Run Programs on Cineverse!
- Enhanced Randomizer & Notation!
- See User Forum for Details!

v 3.5 - 3.5.1

Enhanced UI
iPhone5 Screen
Full Retina Support (RETINA ON/OFF)
Fill/Stroke Round Corner (RRECT)
Updated Face Recognition
Increased Floating Point Precision
Running Code Screen Shots

Featured - MacObserver.com!

v. 3.4 / 3.4.1 /3.4.2

Complex expression IF
READPIXEL not inverts Y axis
POINT w/ 1 pixel
SHAPE Outline
FOR exception if first false
Faster Processing
Fixed: Redraw w/ CIRCLE
Rare syntax error

3.3 / 3.3.1

Read Pixel Buffer Commands:
READPIXEL, READPIXELR ,READPIXELG, READPIXELB

Math Functions: DegreesToRadians, RadiansToDegrees, PI, HALF_PI, TWO_PI

PRINT USING
iOS 5+Face Recognition
Email Data Files
DIR Page Pause

v 3.2.2

2X Faster Execution!
On-Line Forum!
Rotate Sprites!
DRAWSPRITE Accepts Option
"angle in degrees" parameter
Now 50 Save Slots
Unlimited Terminal Save
Memory & Mnmgnt Upgrades

Fixes: READ negative #'s from DATA
Non-english text, Music, File
No 128 Character string limit

v 3.2

Commands: TouchX2 - TouchY2
DateYear - DateMonth - DateDay

New "Time" Sample - date/time functions!
Sprite Sample for Multi Touch - Pinch & Zoom!

Fixes: Save Slots, TickCount (returns sec & float point #), File I/O Sample, Redraw (LINE, RECT, etc), ' & $ Stalls.

v 3.0 / 3.1

"Everything's Better with Bluetooth"!
Data Files! Text & Sprites!
Face Recognition to Move Objects!
Faster Processing Speed!
New Sample Data & Code!
Fixed: Shape, Print and , vs ;

v 3.0:

LOADSPRITE / DRAWSPRITE
BEGINDRAW / ENDDRAW
FACERECOGNIZER on / off
IsWiFiConnected

v 2.0 / 2.0.1 / 2.0.3:

- New Editor! Auto-format - Cut & Paste Code Lines
- Keyboard: Cursor Up / Down - Line Editing
- DATA / READ / RESTORE
- "Mortage Calculator" sample w/ GOSUB
- Floating point #'s now start w/ ".", i.e. ".5" or "0.5"

1.5.1 - Fixed: Swapped MID$ & RIGHT$
Parameterless PAUSE
OPEN FOR APPEND & EOF.

1.4.5 - New Terminal Screen & Text Colors
More PASTE Code conversion
POINT for single point draw

1.4 - Faster!
Terminal AirPrint
File i/o: OPEN, PRINT #, INPUT #
Touch: TOUCH, TOUCHX, TOUCHY

1.3 - New Graphic, Numeric Commands, & Help.

WHILE-WEND loops
ATN, EXP, LOG, LOG10, MOD
PIECHART, DRAWTEXT & TEXTFONT

PASTE w/o extraneous data!

1.2 - Input, Len, CHR$ & Color fnctns!

1.1 - Unlimited Terminal Save, Code in Editor or w/ Line Numbers, a/b Virtual Floppies, New Commands & Functions, e-mail, Help & Sample Code!

1.0 - Welcome to miSoft/iOS Basic!

All miSoft data ©, ™, ® miSoft, LLC 2012/2015.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 20, 2011 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • June 17, 2011 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • May 09, 2011 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • April 30, 2011 New version 2.0.3
  • April 16, 2011 New version 2.0.1
  • April 08, 2011 New version 2.0
  • March 04, 2011 New version 1.5.1
  • February 24, 2011 New version 1.5
  • January 26, 2011 New version 1.4.5
  • January 17, 2011 New version 1.4
  • November 24, 2010 New version 1.3
  • November 11, 2010 New version 1.2.1
  • November 08, 2010 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • October 29, 2010 New version 1.2
  • October 20, 2010 New version 1.1
  • June 17, 2014 Initial release
  • August 07, 2014 New version 3.5.6
  • December 31, 2014 New version 3.5.7
  • February 06, 2015 New version 3.5.9
  • June 15, 2019 New version 3.8.2

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