most expensive apps – Gadget Teaser https://www.gadgetteaser.com Tracking the gadget and tech revolution Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:47:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Wolfram Alpha’s still trying to sell that iPhone app https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2010/02/07/wolfram-alphas-still-trying-to-sell-that-iphone-app/ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:47:59 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=2705 Wolfram Alpha recently released an update for its overpriced iPhone app. The update includes some new keyboards, graphics, and tables. The one thing it didn’t improve on was the price. The app still runs $50, back up from the $19.99 it cost during the holidays. It’s not that the app blows everything else out of […]

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]]> Wolfram Alpha logo.Wolfram Alpha recently released an update for its overpriced iPhone app. The update includes some new keyboards, graphics, and tables. The one thing it didn’t improve on was the price. The app still runs $50, back up from the $19.99 it cost during the holidays.

It’s not that the app blows everything else out of the water. An app called BarMax runs a full thousand dollars. But BarMax isn’t available on the web. Wolfram Alpha is. All of it. They removed the iPhone-optimized version of the site some time ago, presumably to encourage sales for the app. You can still get everything out of Wolfram Alpha, though, if you just visit the website on your phone. The only thing you’re missing is screen specific formatting.

If you really need that kind of formatting and have $50 laying around, maybe this is for you. Personally, I’ll keep my Wolfram calculations on my laptop.

Source: TechCrunch

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]]> Wolfram Alpha turns free service into $50 app https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2009/10/19/wolfram-alpha-turns-free-service-into-50-app/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:21:07 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=2128 Wolfram Alpha just released an iPhone app that differs in one major way from the web engine – it costs $50. And the WA guys think people will buy it, though they aren’t sure how many. A rep for the company contacted Gizmodo and said the following: How many people will buy it? We’re not […]

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]]> Wolfram Alpha on the iPhone.Wolfram Alpha just released an iPhone app that differs in one major way from the web engine – it costs $50. And the WA guys think people will buy it, though they aren’t sure how many.

A rep for the company contacted Gizmodo and said the following:

How many people will buy it? We’re not sure, but looking at the other apps that are $50+, we think that we’re of at least comparable in utility and functionality, if not more. And, part of what the company is also doing is making a statement about the non-trivial nature of WolframAlpha’s capabilities, and how much the system has matured since launch.

So what does that mean for the future of the web version of WA? Does the company really expect users to pay $50 to take that free service mobile?

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