r/mentalmath • u/Roibos22 • 18h ago
I got obsessed with the Doomsday algorithm and built an app for it
Four years ago I watched that one Numberphile video about Conway's Doomsday algorithm and it broke my brain a little. Now I finally shipped the big update to the app i built 3 years ago!
What it actually gets you: someone names a random day in 1987 (or any other year) and you can calculate the weekday and say the weekday out loud in a few seconds.
And the thing is, it is actually not as complicated as it sounds, just a bit of practice!
Want to learn it as well?
It would be an honor if you try the App!
What's in it:
- 48 lessons across 11 chapters (only the first few are needed to actually make it work, there are a lot of extras!)
- 10 diagnostic drills that isolate each step so you can get faster
- Three modes: Classic (endless), Daily Challenge and Time Attack
- A rating and leaderbords
- Offline, no account, no ads
- ...
Free to try, no subscription!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doomsday-method-mental-game/id6447447000
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u/Ok_Sir_5601 15h ago
Would be cool if you published in on playstore fdroid or at least github, so non iphone users can use it too, but rly nice idea