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Very slowUseful app but incredibly slow. The input method is clunky when typing longer equations..Version: 2.0.5

Goodbye, money grabber! Deleted the app.Nice update to bring the feature of subscription. Bought and use this app for years, but deleted it today. This app not improved much during years but starts seeking money from customer. Good bye..Version: 2.0.4

Removed the step by stepI bought this app because the reviews said that it featured step by step for solving equations, which was true for a short while but they removed it, rendering this as a fancy calculator but no longer a good study aid. Id give it a bit of a higher note for the encyclopedia part but it usually crash after a few second on my admitedly deprecated iphone5.Version: 1.8.1

Nice idea, less powerful than the online version.I use this to just do sanity checks of definite integrals as I work. The app constantly computationally-times out before it can produce the result I need. However, the website has no problem analyzing the same quantity. I find myself coming back to this app less and less as it doesn't seem to handle very basic mathematical. I highly recommend the website. Especially since this is not a free app..Version: 1.7.3

EditEdit.Version: 2.0.1

New version is trashThe new version sucks, now you have to pay way more in order to get step by step solutions. It's now a monthly subscription where in the previous versions it was a one time payment..Version: 1.8.5

Mixed feelings about this appThis is a review as a hobbyist; I’m not sure how well this app would be suited for professional use (it’s definitely priced for that use, though). I’ve used the WolframAlpha app and website for many years and always thought it was a good start, but could be so much better. It has not advanced the way I thought it could, however AI (generative transformers) have and are making apps like this obsolete..Version: 2.1.3

Used to be goodBut, sadly, recent updates have become very keen on pushing a subscription (I already paid for the app thanks) and getting you to log in, presumably for surveillance purposes. And it now fails to interpret queries it used to be fine with. Oh well..Version: 2.0.2

Give me back my privilegesPaid for this app years ago when it was just starting out on the app store. Always had access to full step-by-step solutions, as detailed in the description for the [then] paid version. Recently updated and got downgraded to basic privileges. What a slimy thing to do, the developers have no respect for those who helped get them off their feet. Since they replied to another review saying the same thing, let me say this to the devs: I will change my review back to 5 stars if you *choose* to make things right. If my review is still 1 star while reading this, then steer clear of the subscription and just use the free version — I paid and got downgraded anyways, so you might too. 100% comes back down to greedy devs, do better. I’ll bet my bottom dollar they’ll ignore this review too. So disappointed.Version: 2.0.7

Ok but flawedThere is a good deal that is useful in this app, but it is flawed, the most serious being that it includes errors in its data base (e.g. Under the definition of weight it states that this quantity is a scalar when in fact it is a vector quantity). If there errors in this level of data how an the more advanced material be trusted. Provided that you use it as a first point of query but find corroborating sources before drawing any important conclusions then it's easy interface is useful. If you are also a non USA resident then you may also find its clear US bias frustrating; I do..Version: 1.4.0.3051985

No tide data from british columbiaNo tide data from british columbia the marketing screenshots in the app store show ability to view tides.Version: 1.8.5

Warning to non-US citizens!I can only repeat my feedback to the developer: "Whilst I love the concept of your app, and am trying to temper my remarks in proportion to the comparatively low cost of the app, I have to say that my initial use leads me to say that you really should be open in your app information about how USA-centric the raw data held by the app is. I live in the UK and found answers given to simple queries like 'average UK salary' extremely annoying. If you are going to market this app worldwide, then PLEASE recognise that there ARE other communities outside the USA! For now, some sort of warning for non-US residents should be given in the marketing information. Having said that, I acknowledge that for 'pure' data manipulation, it is brilliant!" Three years on and several updates later, and the query “Average UK salary” STILL gives the average US salary as the result! But now, it helpfully also converts this to UK pounds!! 🙄.Version: 1.7.4

Good for everything else except transportThe American app has never heard of the United Kingdom so information about local stuff is near non existent. Apparently flights to one of the busiest airports in the world- Heathrow- have not happened in the last century. Useless for transport in the U.K, meant for Americans..Version: 1.7.3

Used to be perfectAs a maths degree student this app used to be absolutely perfect for me, but the latest update has meant that I no longer have access to step by step solutions. I paid £2.99 for the app and now have to pay an additional £6.50 per month to access the features I have always used? Why?? I had become reliant on this and didn’t mind paying £3 but to suddenly lose all the features I have paid for is disgraceful..Version: 2.0.5

DisappointedPurchased this and a subscription only to find out it can’t compute simple integrals so I can check my university work. Was hoping for step-by-step instructions with the paid $9.99 a month subscription but even the $9.99 subscription a month does not have enough ‘computation time’. So, just a fore-warning for anyone subscribing to this service. The step-by-step instructions issued by the cloud are a maybe depending on how many steps there are, no matter how much you pay. It’s a cool gimmick and definitely has some amazing science behind the scenes. But for me the $4 for the app and $10 for a subscription only to be told ‘sorry you haven’t paid enough but you can roll the dice again with our more expensive subscription’ is a little disappointing..Version: 2.0.7

Pro issuesI’m frequently unable to sign in to the app or the site. Step by step solutions won’t load, hang infinitely, or tell me to sign in when I have or when I’m unable to. I pay for the service, so to have it frequently unavailable is disappointing..Version: 2.0.8

Doesn’t work on iPad with Pro AccountBuying this was a waste of money. Takes an eternity to login, doesn’t show results, can’t even see any of them. It just doesn’t work. I bought this to have ease of access to my pro educator account, but the web app does that already. This iPad app was a waste of money..Version: 2.0.8

There are better apps for freeThis app not only costs money, but you must pay extra money just to unlock a ‘camera scanner’. A free alternative is photomath (which is pretty much the same without the complexity)..Version: 1.8.3

Not worth it for mathsThe picture system is busted. Symbolab is a better alternative for me personally. FOR MATHS USE !!! I have not used the other functionalities.Version: 2.0.8

Very USA biasedYes its a smart service but very biased to the U S of A, I would get a refund if I could..Version: 1.7.3

Not worth the money without a pro subscriptionScam is the first word that comes to my mind: Same features as the free version or the web version! I was hoping by paying I’d be able to upload Mathematica files for computation. Alas, it doesn’t allow uploading files from your device. I asked about “comoving distance” and it doesn’t provide any definition or clarification, yet it does output that value in examples of cosmology. Google + any other free algebraic computing system, e.g. Sagemath, can do the same if not more..Version: 2.1.0

Its like WikipediaJust google what you want. No need to use this app. If u wanted physics? BUY the other app?.Version: 1.6.2.2015011603

Great product, but overpricedThe product is undeniably brilliant and I would rate it 5 stars, however, including price, only 3 stars. It is also somewhat US centric for quite a lot of the information but that is a small issue. Given that users can opt to set up a page on wolfram alpha on safari on homescreen for free, the price seems excessive as the app is essentially a mobile version of this. Given how much other apps are going for, users should seriously think about whether they want to shell out that much for a smoother interface to an essentially simple interface already. If you are a power user, the cost is worth paying as it is easier to read from this than from safari. If you are a casual user, I would probably suggest either setting it up on safari as a bookmark or even homescreen..Version: 0

Absolutely positively frustratingly uselessAs the subject says, takes every opportunity to misinterpret locations no matter what brackets, commas, parentheses or other ways I try to make the bleeding obvious.... It's capacity for Australian locations is absolutely nill so I doubt outside of US you'll fare much better. So your self a favour, give this a miss and save your self days of frustration. I tried feedback a few times all to no avail..Version: 2.0.7

Needs easier design and Apple Watch interfaceSearching with this app should render some great results based on what Wolfram Alpha's website states. Yet, it is not easy to search for information or get results that help to enhance my life. It seems like it requires a certain way to speak to it, in order to get a certain usefulness. While that may seem great for certain cases, putting the customer at the center of the product's usefulness will greatly enhance its reach and potential. I feel there is some real limits with this app. Especially with the inability to get detailed information using Siri and from Apple Watch. The app just isn't intended to provide a usefulness. You would think that chatbots would help to make the user experience even easier. But that may point to the lack of the company's willingness to play with creative ideas in expanding its usefulness..Version: 1.7.3

Not as good as I thought it would beIt can’t answer even the slightest of broad answers.Version: 2.0.7

I bought this app why do I have to pay for subscription again。I already paid for this app and why does the app keep linking me to the new useless app or urges me to subscribe and pay again?.Version: 2.1.0

Requires Internet connection :(Useless without internet.Version: 2.0.8

A reviewThe last paragraph is my previous review. With this app switching to a subscription model, it makes me think, why should I? There are plenty of free options out there and I probably to write my own app that does everything this app use to do without a pesky need for a subscription. This app has become a complete waste of my money and time. 1 star for basic functionality. WolframAlpha is a product that's a throwback, in a good way, to database searches. As long as the user sticks to keywords, the experience is enjoyable, and direct. There are search examples to learn from. Wolfram isn't going to be like google; but, if you know your keywords, it can be a lot more useful..Version: 2.0.4

App No Longer OpensThe app immediately crashes as soon as I click on the app to open it. The app worked perfectly before, but now I can’t even access it..Version: 2.0.5

Horrible updateServes me right for updating apps. They will always find a way to try and squeeze more money out of you. Now the steps to the solution have random blue boxes that hide answers and prevent you from seeing steps. I’m sure the Pro version clears it up right? I already paid for this app, it’s disgusting that Wolfram decides to screw us all over by trying to charge more for functions that previously existed. Sleazy bait and switch. What a shame..Version: 2.0.2

Frustrating user experienceThe technology behind WolframAlpha is amazing and it’s a great tool to check your work against as a way of confirming your understanding of a mathematical concept. Typing equations on mobile is made so much easier with the in-app keyboard. Unfortunately the app constantly forgets my pro subscription and computations seem to take much longer than they do on the website. On the site the step by step tool is incredibly useful, but in the app it’s a slow, buggy mess. In its current state, the app’s only useful to me for typing in equations. If the keyboard was accessible outside the app then I would be happy just using the mobile site. At the moment I copy-paste from the app to the site, which works but is kind of annoying. Given the glaring bugs here, the app itself seems more like a channel to increase subscriptions rather than a tool providing better mobile access to WA..Version: 2.0.7

Requires Internet ConnectionI didn't realize this app requires an internet connection to be useful. Sure, it can do simple stuff like 1+2=3 without an internet connection. But I can do that in my head. I thought I would be able to use it to calculate derivatives and integrals offline, when I don't have access to the WA website. That would have been useful and I would deserve a 5-star review. But the simple fact that it needs an internet connection is kind of bogus. I can just pull up the WA website whenever I have an internet connection, why should I use this app??.Version: 1.7.3

Subscription is a COMPLETE waste of moneyThe app was working completely fine before i bought the pro version. Now, all it does when i write in a problem is say ‘computing...’ and after waiting, it’ll say ‘the request timed out’. So now after buying the full app, not only can i not get the step by step solution it promised, but also an actual answer. I suggest you get the app, it is very useful, but the pro version is actual garbage, and definitely not worth your money or time..Version: 2.0.8

Not as good as I'd hopedInteresting app, but I'm having problems asking the question to get results. I also got the second party guide. Trying to find "Philips Vue lights" ( without the quotation marks), for instance, tends to break up the words and ask which word I want to look up. This does not get me shopping advice (as it is supposedly should) - just definitions of each word. Some queries are easy ( eg. "Highest Montain" gets to detailed info about Everest), but even after watching several videos and reading the guide I can't always get the expected results. I'm hoping to learn more about how to ask the question properly, but I wish there was a help area in the app itself that could help. Siri seems like to understand questions better than this app. When a search brings up a picture it's often very small and you can't zoom the screen or make the picture larger. Overall, it's a good app but it still needs some upgrading..Version: 1.7.3

!!! Subscription Warning !!!I would have give this app 5-star a couple months ago. However, I was only able to give it 2 (I originally want to give it 1, but at the mercy that it helped me a lot in the past). I paid for this app many years ago as it can request longer computation time and show step-by-step solution than the web version. However, this additional feature is curtailed after a recent update, and there is practically little difference of using this app now and the web version (maybe the UI is a little bit cleaner and user friendly, but remember this is a paid app, and now you have to pay for the subscription to use those features as you do with the web version). If this app is not for free, PLEASE DON’T BUY IT !!! Use the web version and it doesn’t cost you anything, your one-time payment makes no difference. If this is app is free, I would wish them to refund my money back, and I will probably give it a 4-star..Version: 2.0.4

Don't waste your expectationsI wouldn't guess in 3-4 weeks why it has high ratings, does really nothing, and I'm not even saying better or different from regular search, gives you some silly mostly useless stat. Furthermore, inputting can't perform any 2- or multiple-word search, if its not already inputted I mean, gets you an error with mean options to choose one of words from many inputted, combine couple and you get error again. Several other things, not even worth mentioning, no zoom, etc. And, its pricey too and in-app purchases to add photo check, etc. Not worth having on your phone, I'm deleting it.Version: 1.7.3

Keeps on quittingWorked fine to begin with now every time I try to search for something, it half loads then closes the app. iPhone7 and totally up to date.Version: 1.8.1

Don’t buy outside of USAHas no specific data outside USA which is disappointing.Version: 1.7.4

Crash..Can’t open the app after the new release update 2.0.11 (iPhone 13).Version: 2.0.11

Forget it if you don’t live in the USAIt’s a very clever app, and useful for mathematical, and some technical topics, but for much other information stick with Google/Siri if you don’t live in the USA. An example of US bias is that when I wanted some statistics relating to Scotland I was offered data relating to several US cities called “Scotland”, but no way I could find to obtain results for the country. I wish I had read some reviews rather than allow myself to be impressed by the trial version; £2.99 wasn’t a great outlay, but I wish I hadn’t made it. The description in the App Store ought to include a warning that the data is very heavily US-biased. Even the maths is in places flawed; I have found that it tries to interpret some trigonometric expressions that out to either be invalid (eg involving x/0), or should produce a zero answer to provide odd results..Version: 1.8.5

Took my money now telling me i need to subscribe for the same features I already paid forI already paid you guys my money for the app. You took away my access to it and now telling me I need to Pay for a subscription. GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY THEN!!! What did I pay you guys for the first time? How can you take my money and then take away the product that I paid for. This should be illegal. If you buy a pair of shoes and then Nike makes a subscription service they dont take the shoes away that you already paid for. This is absolutely ridiculous and I will never trust this company or their products every again. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE!!!.Version: 2.0.2

Ugly and slowThis is a terrible app. It’s poorly designed, returns results ridiculously slow and overall just a major disappointment. Would not recommend considering the price..Version: 1.8.2

Not User FriendlyThis is not user friendly. Purchased it for only 1 reason, and I can't make heads or tails out of this app. Instructions would have been helpful..Version: 2.0.9

No composite function calculatorDecent app but no composite function calculator or limit calculator using the limit definition :(.Version: 2.1.3

Very outdatedMany things are not there. For example, can’t inform me about anything related to Machine Learning, Data Science or even Gestalt Theory. It doesn’t return anything related to Settlements in Palestine. I found my free friend Google a much better aid in my research..Version: 1.7.3

Brilliant, but silly priceYou'd have to use it incredibly frequently to justify the price. The website can be accessed for free, and if you get an app like iCab, you can add it to your search engines and view it without the popup (and then search for the same thing in google, yahoo, wikipedia, IMDB etc all without leaving the app), so effectively all you're paying for is a slightly larger font and marginally improved formatting (and it is only a marginal difference). The only reason to pay, really, is to support the project. It's awesome, so I have. But there are probably more worthy causes!.Version: 0

No step by step solutionsWhat happened to the step by step solutions? Why does this requires a subscription now?!.Version: 2.0.7

WofframAlphaI use it for Maths. It works for lots of things but there is not much information available on inputing format. This means I spend a lot of time typing in mathematics to get Wolfram doesnt understand or a formatting different from what I intended. Using logs to bases onthere than e is an example. I have not had success in entering such expressions. Its good but users need more guidence..Version: 0

New update made accounts/pro literally unusableI love this app/program, but this new update made the app literally unusable for me. I tried to contact their support, but long story short, this review is the only other way I can think to contact them. The issue: the app works perfectly fine until I try to sign into my account, then the screen sits on loading for minutes and after you’re “signed in” literally nothing, not any query, your account, or even app information will load. DO NOT GET THIS UNTIL THE ISSUE IS FIXED IF YOU INTEND TO USE PRO. This is a major issue that needs to be fixed immediately.Version: 2.0.8

Turned uselessI paid for the app years ago and understand the need for devs to monetize their work, but since I’ve used it so little I’ve hardly realized much value. For those of us who actually paid for the app initially, the ability to “go back” and see step-by-step solutions for say, the first X queries would be appreciated. I don’t need more than that. I recently discovered something was missing when I was sure this thing provided solving info and checked the reviews and discovered it had been changed. No need to keep this in its current form when I can just go to the website..Version: 2.0.7

Good information + Bad Subscription = WolframAlphaGood information + Bad Subscription = WolframAlpha Please value the early adopters who supported WolframAlpha in the beginning by purchasing the app. The switch to a subscription model that limits the information available (i.e., step-by-step problem solving) is a bit disappointing to those who find mathematics interesting and paid to support the app. I used to be excited because app updates used to be upgrades. But like so many others, WolframAlpha has downgraded the app by pushing a subscription. I keep auto-update off all the time now since so many apps get worse each update. 😕 If you don’t mind forking over money each month via a subscription, then WolframAlpha is nice. If you just occasionally like to play with numbers, I can no longer recommend it..Version: 2.0.6

Not working greatWon’t compute certain integrals on the app but when I type in the exact integral the same way on the website, it works.Version: 2.0.7

Subscription hellOh no....Version: 2.0.0

Sometimes usefulThe handful of topics that it knows about are reasonably covered, but it doesn’t know about very much..Version: 1.8.5

Good for scientists, but not a "Star Trek" computerContrary to what they said, this app can't understand natural language queries. In other words, you can't ask it questions like you would a human. I asked it how many vegans there were worldwide, for example, and all it came back with was a load of figures about "worldwide" (i.e. all countries in the world), such as the global population. Then I typed "vegan" to see what it'd do, and it came back with dictionary definitions, and crossword clues, but no actual figures. I asked if it the number of smokers in the UK was declining, and it came back with details about the UK. I managed to get the number of smokers in the UK via a different question (and also Canada, even though I hadn't mentioned it), but nothing else. In other words, the app just picks out things it thinks it can answer from the question, and doesn't actually answer the question. There might be a knack to asking it questions but if there is then it's nowhere near as intuitive as Google. I suspect the developers believe people should learn how to use their app, rather than trying to make the app more intuitive..Version: 1.3.1

Money stealersI expect that when I buy an application I don’t need to pay more for access to the services I wish I could refund it :(.Version: 2.0.5

Too US-centricI really like the idea of this app and it does give some great information, but it's way too US-centric. For example if you put in any first name it shows some interesting statistics about numbers of people with that name, but they're all based on US statistics. I also tried looking up E numbers (for food) but it just returned mathematics related information and didn't give any alternative results (it does sometimes allow you to pick alternative results if there are other things it thinks you might have wanted to see), so it obviously doesn't know about E numbers as they're a European thing. It can use your location to tailor the results but this obviously doesn't work for everything. I'm sure there will be plenty of things that I'll find to look up using this app, but until they improve it to return more localised results (and also allow you to choose what location the information is based on if you do want to see info related to another country) I think it will be quite limited..Version: 0

GarbageApparently this turned into some kind of graphing calculator that does your homework for you when I wasn’t looking. Stephen Wolfram had this TED talk where he claimed this was something else entirely. That’s why I paid around $5 for this, but it has NEVER done what was claimed. Now it’s marketed as some kind of homework cheating machine, I guess. I still wish it was the thing that Stephen Wolfram got up on stage and lied about. Every once in a while I think just maybe it’ll actually do that and I try. Nope! So I come here to recreate this grumpy review which gets repeatedly deleted when they update the app..Version: 2.0.7

ScamCompletely waste of money.i wish i could give it zero star..Version: 2.1.3

Just use googleIt's pretty much an app that does half the job of what google can do. A lot of stuff I need I can't find and just end up searching for it on google..Version: 1.5.1.3996543


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