WolframAlpha hits the App Store for a whopping $50

Seth Weintraub
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October 18, 2009
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WolframAlpha, the computational searchable database that went live as a website a few months ago is now an iPhone app.  "Fantastic!" you might say.  You'll take it?  Just one thing though:  It is $50!  And it doesn't do much that the Web page doesn't.  Is there something we dont understand here?

WolframAlfa $50 App Store link - via TechCrunch.

 

Comments (8)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 18, 2009 - 9:21pm

Gotta be a mistake

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 18, 2009 - 9:37pm

I don't know, Stephen Wolfram is pretty full of himself

the Cappy (not verified) | October 18, 2009 - 10:22pm

To be fair, if you go to their site, they show some pretty interesting things you can do with the app. Obviously, if the above screenshots show the breadth of your imagination, then you have no use for a tool like this ;-)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 18, 2009 - 10:50pm

Did you buy the app?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 18, 2009 - 10:57pm

Well, the "Big Mac + fries + coke" is a search from Wolfram|Alpha themselves. I have no idea if that lessens or boosts the imagination of 9to5.

Also, my own imagination is failing miserably when trying to comprehend how the customized keyboard that the iPhone app adds compared to the website (on Safari/iPhone) can be worth $50.

Maybe you can enlighten us all? :-)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 19, 2009 - 12:04am

Decimal point in the wrong place.
Might get some good money before they correct it!

mooseworks (not verified) | October 19, 2009 - 12:04am

Decimal point in the wrong place.
Might get some good money before they correct it!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 19, 2009 - 6:59am

Probably not a mistake... Steven Wolfram is reputed to have a very large ego (according to one of my math professors, who had worked with him) and is most likely fairly out of touch with reality.