Wolframalpha App Reviews

So great to evaluate quick queries. Also, being able to type fractions and definite integrals in Latex format is awesome.

Just installing this has made Siri much more useful as you can now ask very long and specific questions and get a meaningful answer. Every time i open it i seem to find new fun things to do, like it has a built-in QR code and barcode generators!

Very helpful app as I work through online courses in math and statistics.

I’m really glad I got this. My professor, for whatever reason, wants all solutions in y=mx+b format, but then assigns us a book that has the solutions in the back in Ax+By+C=0 format. Sometimes, it’s obvious that my solution is the same as what’s listed. Other times, it’s really not. This app helps me to check if I’m right or not and walks me through the steps to solve equations so I can see where I went wrong if my answer was incorrect. Sometimes it doesn’t understand my input. I really don’t find the input suggestions in the app to be helpful — they’re not specific enough. I wish that aspect of things were fixed. Otherwise, it’s a great resource.

Need info? Bing/Yahoo it. Need a math program that doesn’t fail without WiFi? Try MathStudio or PocketCAS. Just remember Wolfram=Worthless. Whatever you choose after that will give you better performance.

Great app. Does everything I’ve ask it to do. Nothing to difficult

The developer’s name should be enough.

Need info? Google it. Need a math program that doesn’t fail without WiFi? There are others in the App Store. Just remember Wolfram=Worthless. Whatever you do after that will give you better performance.

information on the process of getting a beautiful day and my phone:-)

The title says it all. It bought it accidentally, but I’m glad I did.

The fact that I can use the app to see step by step solutions for only a fraction of the price to see them on the website is GODSEND. Unfortunately I downloaded this app near the end of my class and I only wish I’d thought to do it earlier. Highly recommend for checking your work for integrals and derivatives.

This app is incredibly useful in so many domains. It captures a remarkable fraction of the world’s knowledge in mathematics, as well as the basics of physics, chemistry, etc. And you can ditch your calculator as this can do most anything you can imagine.

Using this app for my college physics and calculus classes and it is a huge help. Gives more information on subjects and explanations than I can find on any other math calculator or search engine. I highly recommend for anyone with lots of questions that normally nobody understands! Also, I love the depth of information and intuitive view given on EVERYTHING. My go to app for questions!!

Awesome app for a returning student

I love this app! It is so intuitive.

Wanted to use to help with calculus work. Using an iPad, and there isn’t any intuitive way to enter a fraction. What’s the point if you cannon use a fraction? Highly recommend not wasting your money on the app like I did.

I have written to the developers about their “analyze image” faults for literally years. No improvement so far. I do not know why I seem to be the only one suffering from these issues. This app may be for great for generalities but my recommendation is steer clear with the app if you’re interested in photo analysis

I’m going through a Physics text book and I’m using this app instead of a super expensive graphing calculator. I wish I would have had the option ten years ago when I was in college last.

This app is amazing now that it works with the new update! Stop reading reviews and buy it. It truly is worth it!

This app is incredible it does not only help with math but with other classes which I find very useful but the only thing I wish is that you could change languages for the notes if your writing it down in another language other than inglish but other than than that this app is amazing and so useful another thing I LOVE is that not only does it give you the answers(its like having a tutor it’s not cheating😂) but it walks you through the process so you can learn step by step

This is one of my favorite apps, but the most recent update has caused it to crash on data entry, on my iPad2. Hope this gets fixed soon. I really love this app.

Wolfram=W^3, Worthless Without WiFi. Need info? Google it. Need a math program that works wherever your device is? Try MathStudio or PocketCAS. Whatever you do, don’t use this worthless Wolfram, which is a new kind of fail.

This program did all the Calculus and ODE that I couldn’t. I passed!

Without question, this app deserves a place on the home screen of anyone who occasionally needs a thorough answer to a technical question. What’s more, WolframAlpha is a dictionary, a fast calculator, a mathematics teaching tool, a de facto tutor, a superior substitute for Photo Math, and a great place to type in numbers for copy/pasting in other apps. If they’d add 3D Touch support, I will deem this app truly flawless. The service could use a spell check enhancement, but if you know how to type, you should be fine.

Sadly, I never, ever looked up anything for which I received much useful information, and most of the time a word, or partial phrase, was taken from my input and I was asked whether this was what I wanted — E.g., enter “Caudal Syndrome.” The app proves pretty useless and you are better off with a Google search.

Sadly, I never, ever looked up anything for which I received much useful information, and most of the time a word, or partial phrase, was taken from my input and I was asked whether this was what I wanted. The app proves pretty useless and you are better off with a Google search. Also, on the iPad it's really ugly with lots of empty real estate that the Examples panel tries to fill up.

Wolfram = W^3: Worthless Without WiFi. Apps that are stand-alone or work with standard connection beat this hands-down. Deleted.

I am a physicist. When I am away from my computer, this app allows me to carry out complex math on my iPhone. Highly recommended.

Very helpful app as I work through online courses in math and statistics. However, why are all of the statistics examples in Chinese? I've even tried deleting and re-installing the app and it doesn't help.

I’m going into high school and I’ve used this app for both 7th grade (Algebra) and 8th grade (Geometry). It has helped me immensely in regards to understanding graphing and geometric concepts, as well as in other projects, like programming. I’ve used Wolfram Mathematica in the past, mainly on Raspberry Pi. Most of the functionality of Mathematica is transferred over to this app (and for a mere $3!!). I can’t recommend this app enough!

Please update the app. I just bought it a week ago and haven’t been able to use it once. It just keeps crashing every single time I try to search something! I’m on an IPad Pro.

IPad 2018, constantly crashes.

App crashes constantly on my iPhone X. Please fix.

I’ve always liked using alpha to get stats on first names. Oddly enough, if I search for “Donna”, the app crashes. Every time. I’ll reinstall and see what happens.

Great app usually. Bought the full after using the viewer via Siri. However the money version crashes a lot. Tried reinstalling, but no joy.

This is your once in a lifetime opportunity

Crashed 4 times in a row when I input “zip 72541”. The information loads half way and then boom. Crashes each and every time. An apparent bug. Update: it’s crashing during most searches and loads. Uninstalled/ reinstalled several times. Memory is not an issue. Running apps is not an issue. Bug! Bug! Bug!

Generally, this app is stellar. Sometimes interpretation of search term can be unusual. But, certain name searches will crash the app. For example: Dana, Gerald, & Michael, to name a few. The search starts okay. Then the app crashes and a black screen appears. On an iPhone 6+, the device reverts to Home after the black screen. Even restarting the device or doing a name search hours or days later results in a crash. Lastly, the iPhone was checked out to be 100% at an Apple store.

What more could an idiot ask for.

Type in"William" and it crashes. Rebooted and got the same result. Tried on multiple iPads - same result.

Persistent crashes as noted elsewhere; bug fixes urgently needed

As of late on the iPhone 8 the app crashes as soon as results are loaded

App crash when inputting egg on IPhoneX

I’m having trouble with the step by step part. It’s like it doesn’t download completely, it doesn’t scroll down or anything. I really need that fix ASAP

This app worked perfectly for one day. Now every time I search the app crashes to a black screen then my home screen. I paid $2.99 for this. No response to emails. I bought the app to look up food and it’s calories/macros.

This app worked perfectly for one day. Now every time I search the app crashes to a black screen then my home screen. I paid $2.99 for this.

I have 3 iOS devices and this app. will not run anymore. It opens but then quickly closes when I type in the search box. I have been using this app for a very long time and have come to depend on it. Quit working within the last week. I have recommended it too many people in the past. I also purchased an app for my Windows PC and it is exhibiting the same issues.

Now crashes within seconds of performing a search on my iPhone X. Behavior persists after killing and restarting the app, and rebooting the phone

Not worth the money. It’s trying and advertising to be more than it is. Disappointing.

This is an app that I don’t mind paying for but today it crashed every time I searched for a country (Iceland, Venezuela, etc.). It performed calculations and other searches fine. I couldn’t figure how to contact the developer.

Every time it’s about to give me an answer the app closes on its own and exits. One star because it’s not even useable

It does everything you want and more, definitely recommend it

It would be really nice if you could type in a 3D function to graph and be able to manipulate the graph with multitouch. WolframAlpha is an amazing product. It’s right up there with IBM Watson and other incredible feats of computer science that I can have such a versatile and useful knowledge resource on my phone. Which makes it that much more shocking that you only get a single view of a 3D graph with whatever range and graph angle that Alpha chooses for you. Make a button to go into a detailed graph viewer. I don’t understand what is stopping Wolfram from implementing this. I hope that they read these and incorporate feedback into the product.

This app is great, AT ONLY TELLING YOU THE ANSWER! You can’t even use full sentences in this when asking questions like “what is the boundary of Europe and Asia”. Do not recommend and only buy if you want answers with no explanation of the problem. PS, want my money back. Such a rip-off

This app is a very powerful tool when working on tough algebra and other math. I really like the feature that allows to test your password strength.

It always says Computation time out, I can’t use it.

Solves all sorts of interesting science and engineering problems. Also a great application to play with when stuck in a departure lounge.

[Review for WolframA] Amazing how far technology has progressed in the last decade (think 2008) IMO, This is an amazing app. I won’t get into why, only because other 5 star reviews have said it better. That being said. It’s obviously not for everyone, but, to give it 1 star if it doesn’t work flawlessly on your AppleWatch? 1 star? (Although I believe the 1 star review speaks more about the person leaving the review than the app itself...spoiled brat growing up?L👶🏼L) Anyway, when I think about what this app can do, then what this phone can do, then...well, we don’t need to get into all that. This app flexes the technology available to the layman. (The developers 🛸might be hybrid-alien-ninjas from the future) L👽L

This elegant computational machine isn’t just for math majors. Its emphasis on organizing and displaying the road to its answers (try checking the inflation-adjusted amount the next time you see a “it only cost $2 in 2000” sort of comparison), and its broad subject coverage, make it a treasure for everyone.

Good app but image input will revert to stock image if you press more

Wolfram's products have always been top-notch and Alpha is no different. From spline functions to history and even corny science jokes, Alpha covers it all. Inexpensive and always useful, this app actually influenced me to stay with Apple products.

Well worth the price. One of the best apps out there. Very impressive.

I think this was a good app. I do wish that you could look up the exact paper you are stuck on. Overall this is a great app and I recommend this app for anyone. 👍🏼👍🏼

This app look like really useful for me. I like math very much, very..very much.

Just slightly inaccurate on some topics on South Africa but otherwise the most powerful piece of software for Applied maths and in general. The topics covered are broad and even if it is not covered it is in development. Download it now!!

I find Wolfram products are very good and useful as Mathematica is. High quality. This app has many uses from math, unit conversions, general information.So much for my phone. Very highly recommended Lynn Robbins

Love this app for quick access to random facts

This is still an excellent app, with some improvements to how it runs on ios 11 and optimization for higher end iphones (8 8+ X) so that it can take full advantage of the phones processing power this app could easily earn my 5 stars (6 if the team decided to throw in a grammar auto-corrector)

Awesome App!

Algebra math general knowledge. It’s all there

Check out the YouTube on what this app can do; it's truly profound!

I loved this app...I even paid an extra $.99 last night for the camera feature. I’m not so sure why though. Thought I’d be able to take a picture of the problem and it would solve it, no such luck. Now the app won’t even open! Thanks a lot for nothing WolframAlpha!

This app is amazingly good for STEM majors (science, technology, engineering, math). It is not a search engine like google as some of the other reviewers seem to believe. If you want to know what it’s like, the website by the same name is almost identical. Paying for the app lets you see step-by-step solutions to math problems, but does not give you access to the website’s same premium feature. You should know the step-by-step solutions are sometimes not helpful (e.g. often uses reduction formulas to solve trigonometric integrals, when students are generally taught to use those as a last resort). Still an amazing app though. I think many people that would like it would be content with just the free part of the website.

Not only does it do complex calculations, but it also interfaces with many databases of useful statistics ... like census and economic information. A particularly wonderful but is the way it parses a question, displays the results of the parsing, and extrapolates to answer a number of similar questions with tables and graphs. So much fun for a data junkie.

Indispensable for anyway with a science or math background or curiosity.

Suggestion: create a standalone keyboard app with all the math symbols. It would be perfect for teachers who use an iPad to teach Calculus but can’t type the math problems without an advanced keyboard like the one in this app. Hope this becomes a reality and helps teachers. -AP Calc AB Student, huge fan of this app

The only app you’ll ever need. Just a little patience and thought and it can retrieve amazing results. In a civilized world this would replace Google.

It’s exactly a browser that open wolfram-alpha’s website and U don’t have premium access and options and to analyze photo you should pay 0.99$ 😑

Anyone who gives this ap less than five stars is an ignorant fool. Absolute must have for anyone seriously committed to mathematical education by actually learning the material and actually working through textbook problems. This ap basically gives you the ability to automatically factor polynomials as you develop proofs thereby getting you to the end result step by step. Not for fools this is a tool for learning and man aid to developing formal proofs by allowing you to troubleshoot each step as you go without having to constantly reference tables of identities. Basically an abstract algebra calculator much cheaper than their full product Mathematica.

Not a day goes by in Calculus where I don't use this app. Great UI and it does a great job of handling user error and understanding what I'm trying to find. A+++

For anyone that needs to do math and does have the time to do the working this app is fantastic.

This software cannot even get Taiwan’s definition correct. What is “Chinese Taipei”? It is clearly a country but this software choose instead use some vague definition to confuse its users.

It has been so long and there seems no new features in this app.

The step by step feature is not functioning properly.

Where was this when I was in Engineering School! Stunningly great app. Easily a 6 ⭐️ app!

When you buy anything from Wolfram, you are feeding the world’s largest ego. In 2001 Wolfram self-published ‘A New Kind of Science.’ It is the most expensive vanity press publication to date. In it, Wolfram claims to have discovered rules of cellular automata that explain the entire universe. LOL! And now Wolfram presents this “Google killer” of math/search app. LOL! Doesn’t even work without WiFi. A New Kind Of Fail...

Much of the data is 4 to 8 years old. Nice to play with but not to useful for meaningful real world use beyond the mathematical functionality. ( which is good) stick with google for most queries

I love this app so much you can find so much two dollars and ninety nine cents you'll ever spend

This is probably one of the best apps I have ever owned. Try to imagine Wikipedia, but 100 times easier, and only the info that you want. Totally worth the 3 bucks!

The last update to this app broke the whole thing on ios 11.

Recommend for engineering students

Not user friendly at all. Cannot enter complex algebra problems. I feel like I just wanted 3.99

Exactly what the title says

Square root of (3^2+4^2) ⭐️! What is the megaton equivalent explosive power of converting three solars masses to energy via m c-squared? I have no idea, but this app does. Far more power than I can utilize!

The instant you add this to your phone, your searches are much more rewarding. It adds a depth of knowledge that you just don’t get with the basic search engine.

I recommend that people ignore the one star reviews, those people have no idea how to use the app. They think this is some search engine like google but it’s more suited for running calculations. If you’ve heard of Mathematica and know what the wolfram alpha website is then you are basically getting full support with this app for peanuts compared to what the website charges. It’s not as mathematically powerful as Mathematica but for running quick calculations on the fly, this is indispensable.

The best app you can have. Amazing

Amazing

Much of the data is 4 to 8 years old. Nice to play with but not to useful for meaningful real world use beyond the mathematical functionality. ( which is good)

This was the first app that I downloaded on my iPhone 4. 8 years later I’m still using it. Can’t say that much about that many developers that quit supporting their apps.

you can’t it’s an image? UGH

Truly one of the best app / innovative products to date.

Compared with the app for pc, this mobile app is much cheaper. However, I strongly urge that the rotation function should be added in 3D plot.

Was forced to move over to an iPhone for work and repurchase this app but it's worth ever penny.

Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation when using this it’s really cool.

It really does basically do everything you need in a calculator. Now on iPhone! It’s a real life saver for someone who needs to do real computations real fast.

Best app ever for all your math computations

It’s perfect for me

...delivered by a gaggle of geeks who clearly have no clue about lexicography, textbook/encyclopedia writing, and more generally the consistent structuring and polishing of any kind of human knowledge in a form that is not damaging to normally operating human brains. All this thing delivers is unpredictable splatters of data, computation, bits of disjointed information, mostly in series of stranded items devoid of hyperlinks for easy navigation. The raving inconsistency, coupled with the absurd user experience, is enough to make the crude, uneven, argumentative crowdsourcing of Wikipedia look superior by contrast, which is no small feat. If Wolfram Alpha were a restaurant, after ordering you would see a bowl of spaghetti flung at the nearest wall and then proudly framed in place. I suggest two groups of searches for a quick sizing-up of this embarrassing failure (which goes a long way, incidentally, toward explaining why Siri is such a mess). One is a legal concept, the other is from psychology. Start with these, then dig for context and finally ask yourself if this is how you would like a bright kid to learn: “aggravating circumstance” and “chunking.” The former had me gaping in disbelief within seconds; the latter had me pining for the good old days before personal computing, the Internet, and the invention of Stephen Wolfram’s eponymous, vainglorious vehicle for vapidity.

This app is AMAZING. It will solve any of my tough algebra equations or tell me the origin of any word. I would highly recommend it!!!

Any information you want to know...at your fingertips. Might take a minute to learn how to use to its fullest extent but it is worth the $3.

Without an internet connection, this app is only capable of the most rudimentary computations. Because of this there is pretty much no point in using the app over the web app. Do not waste your money on this and just use the web app.

I use this app for school and it works great for math and stuff like that it will give the answers for most algebra and pretty much any simple math questions. Mathway is better if you need the steps to “show your work” but its a significantly more expensive app thats paid annually or monthly. Wolfram has a one time payment for the paid version so if your a student I would recommend it for sure.

Settles all dinner table arguments ! Jay STEWART SEZ.

Really useful