Plus One App – So Ugly It’s Cool

Steve Jobs foam number one The Plus One app is a free calculator which does one thing … it adds the number one over and over again. We wanted to hate it … rip it … and   classify it as one of those stupid limited functionality apps. We tried our best to blow this piece of krapp up. But we couldn’t – this little Plus One bastard of an app kept making us pee our pants in hysterics.

Developer Taber Buhl did a bang up job with Plus One. … his app is completely idiotic, yet reading Plus One’s description below – it’s comedic brilliance. So brilliant in fact that we now proudly display Plus One on our own personal iPhones.

(in efforts to save bandwidth – after all, we are paying for it – minor edits have been made)

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I’d like to introduce to you a revolutionary app now available for your iPhone. Plus One is an exciting new calculator app that lets you add the number 1 as many times as you want.

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Now I know what you’re saying: "Oh great, another bloated calculator app with all kinds of scientific doohickeys and whoseymawhatsits crammed onto the screen that I’ll never even use, because all I want to do is add 1 over and over." … WRONG! … For the first time ever, exclusive to the iPhone, there is a calculator designed to add the number 1. Plus One was built from the ground up with one specific goal in mind … to provide you with a smooth, enjoyable experience of adding the number 1 for as long as you see fit. You can add 1 to itself once, twice, or even several times all together. Why not 100 times in a row? Why not 1,000? That’s right, using your iPhone you now have the power to add the number 1 as long as you want, with nothing to hold you back.

Want to divide 200 by 4? Need to solve for x y or z, find the surface area of an octagon stacked on top of an isosceles triangle, or some other zany kind of math problem? Want to subtract? No sir (or ma’am), Plus One is NOT for you!

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What’s the best part of Plus One? Well it isn’t its raw ability to increment the number 1.
No – it’s that YOU decide when and where to carry out your adding!

> Add the number 1 in the privacy of your own home or on the go. Grocery shopping with
   your Mom and she needs 3 pears? Add 1 three times. Problem solved.

> On the beach getting a tan with nothing better to do and don’t want to nap because you
   recently chugged an energy drink? Add 1 to itself repeatedly while soaking up rays.

How you choose to use Plus One is entirely up to you… as long as you use it to add the number 1! The only limit is your willingness and steadfastness to incrementing.
Ask yourself "How long can I add the number 1?" Go ahead, I’ll wait… You don’t know, do you? Well there is only one way to find out … download Plus One today and start adding the number 1 instantly! Never has there been a better time to add the number 1 than right now.

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July 31, 2009 | Filed Under Utilities 

Comments

  • This app is perfect for the end of the next Stevenote.

  • LOL … exactly!!!

  • The_iGeek

    Brilliant!

  • ungeheier

    Is there a High Score Leaderboard, Twitter and/or Facebook posting to let people know how far you've gotten?

  • susanbdot

    I don't think it's ugly at all! I think the UI is quite attractive and user-friendly.

    MInimalist is *in*. This is great.

    Loved the screen shots. Did you find the semi-hidden one? (Well, *I* couldn't find it at first.) About the trophies?

  • onlinecollege

    This is hysterical, I guess this could be good for a door guy to keep track of how many people enter! lol.

  • name1111

    +1

  • Some of the reviews for this game crack me up!

  • thanks everyone for the kind words! right now there is no leader board, but definitely a cool idea for a future version. i added most of you on twitter, fyi! later!

  • Ugly? Yeah … we meant that in a “loving” way … not so much the UI and
    look … thinking more “conceptually” 🙂

  • Agreed … a complete riot! Yeah, if you get creative … Plus One can be
    very practical – counting rain drops falling on your head, counting
    left turns (or is it right turns?) made by NASCAR drivers … stuff like
    that.

  • Ugly? Yeah … we meant that in a “loving” way … not so much the UI and
    look … thinking more “conceptually” 🙂

  • Agreed … a complete riot! Yeah, if you get creative … Plus One can be
    very practical – counting rain drops falling on your head, counting
    left turns (or is it right turns?) made by NASCAR drivers … stuff like
    that.

  • Ok … I think it's time we get really CRAZY … now sit down, hold on and
    watch this –> +2

    AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

  • Ugly? Yeah … we meant that in a “loving” way … not so much the UI and
    look … thinking more “conceptually” 🙂

  • Agreed … a complete riot! Yeah, if you get creative … Plus One can be
    very practical – counting rain drops falling on your head, counting
    left turns (or is it right turns?) made by NASCAR drivers … stuff like
    that.

  • Ok … I think it's time we get really CRAZY … now sit down, hold on and
    watch this –> +2

    AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

  • theCountFromSesameStreet

    I love this app!!!

    One, one fabulous app, AH AH AH.

  • Yeah … the user reviews within iTunes are a crack up themselves … very
    clever stuff!

  • Hey Count … thanks for the visit … big fans of yours … be good and
    keep counting! 🙂

  • Thanks for the visit Taber and your sense of humor … keep us posted with
    any updates.

  • Yeah … the user reviews within iTunes are a crack up themselves … very
    clever stuff!

  • Hey Count … thanks for the visit … big fans of yours … be good and
    keep counting! 🙂

  • Thanks for the visit Taber and your sense of humor … keep us posted with
    any updates.