My Mini App HosterCutCraft and Aspire
A feature-by-feature comparison of CutCraft, a free CAD/CAM program for hobby CNC routers, with Vectric Aspire 12.5.
Matthew Yax
Apps published by Matthew Yax.
Pixel Sketchpad
A calm pixel art sketchpad with big snap-to-grid tools, two-tap straight lines and a full history that never throws any of your work away.
Pace Log
A running log for shift workers that works out your pace in km and miles, tracks streaks and splits, and shows each month at a glance.
Roadtrip Estimator
Estimates fuel, cost, stops and time for a road trip in miles or kilometres, shows every assumption beside the answer, and saves the result as a picture.
Numeral Worksheet
Roman numeral practice for a whole class: thirty different ten-question worksheets, with a one-line explanation for every wrong answer.
Typing Scorekeeper
A two-player typing race on one laptop or tablet, each player on their own half, with a running score table across rounds for party hosts.
Dungeon Generator
Rolls a fresh dungeon map drawn entirely in text characters, with rooms, corridors, doors, a numbered room key and a seed your group can share.
Constellation Daily
A daily constellation quiz: name eight star patterns that are up in tonight's sky, fast, then send your score line to your sibling.
Packing Checklist
A one-handed packing checklist for busy parents that remembers what you have packed, with editable starter lists for a weekend away, the beach and a baby.
Hex Converter
Convert between hex, decimal, octal and binary at 8 to 64 bits, with a byte-by-byte bit map, signed readings and a keyboard shortcut for everything.
Game Night Decider
Answer four quick questions about your group, then roll real on-screen dice to pick tonight's board game and copy the result into your group chat.
Moon Visualizer
See tonight's moon phase, how much is lit, when it rises and sets in your city, and the next new and full moons on one month-long chart.
Trebuchet Simulator
Set up a counterweight trebuchet with sliders, commit to a range estimate, then watch a physics simulation fire the shot and score your call.
Steep Timer
Pick a tea, then follow one huge number at a time, the water temperature and then the steeping countdown, with a sound at every step.
Hydration Calculator
A beginner-friendly bread dough calculator, printed as a thermal receipt, that tells you how many grams of flour, water, salt and starter or yeast to weigh out.
Morse Quiz
Listen to a Morse letter, tap it back on one giant key, and hear a different sound for every step, so kids can play with their eyes closed.
Number Merge
Drag through matching tiles to merge them into ever bigger numbers. Three modes, three difficulties, power-ups and generative music that reacts to how you play.
Feed & Speed Bench
Interactive CNC mill & lathe feeds/speeds calculator: spindle RPM, feed rate, chip load and MRR with stickout-deflection, chatter, spindle-limit and chip-load guardrails. Imperial/metric.