This app has been worse for my mental health than my drug abuse
No functionality. No documentation. Awkward as can be. Lost hours of work multiple times due to inexplicable reversions of my notebooks to earlier states. I am amiss as to why this app even exists given the power of current gen iPads - using it has been a net negative. The developers should be ashamed and humiliated.
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Not functional
For the week I tried this app, it has been unable to connect to Wolfram Cloud, reporting a helpful operation could not be completed error. This does not appear to be well tested software.
Locked to wolfram cloud
The inability to open files stored locally on device, or in other cloud storage services is insane. Whoever made that software decision should be summarily fired.
Finally the iPad external keyboards work.
I have given bad reviews in the past to this app. Since the external keyboard issue was fixed I am now happy with it. I can actually use the app for useful work. I wish the interface were more like the standard front end notebook interface, e.g., you can not do 2-dimensional input, or use control characters for Greek letters, subscripts, superscripts, etc. Also, I wish it were easier to move data files between Wolfram Cloud and the iPad. Sometimes the latency from the server is pretty high. Otherwise, I can now see the possibility of ditching my laptop and just using my iPad Pro. Thank you to the Wolfram developers, this is great.
Followup (November 26, 2022)
There has been no attention paid to this app, as far as I can tell from the version I reviewed above. Perhaps, Wolfram believe the app has been superseded by Wolfram Online. It has not. Wolfram Online is buggy on mobile devices, like the iPad Pro, and it’s interface design is more Web 1.0 or whatever the current standard is. The app is actually better, but lacks so much versatility. Now that the iPad Pro has the M2 processor there is no reason for such poor performance, even in a client server model.
Followup (November 26, 2022)
There has been no attention paid to this app, as far as I can tell from the version I reviewed above. Perhaps, Wolfram believe the app has been superseded by Wolfram Online. It has not. Wolfram Online is buggy on mobile devices, like the iPad Pro, and it’s interface design is more Web 1.0 or whatever the current standard is. The app is actually better, but lacks so much versatility. Now that the iPad Pro has the M2 processor there is no reason for such poor performance, even in a client server model.
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Latest version works great
Contrary to early reviews, the latest version works fine, even on an iPhone. The keyboard interface takes a minute or two to learn to use, but once you get the hang of it, it’s fine.
