Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant

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Waste of $5. The interface isn't very intuitive. Considering this is just a modified interface for accessing wolfram alpha(or so it seems), it would be nice if it at least made things more accessible than within the regular wolfram alpha application. I couldn't tell that it did anything that couldn't be done with the regular wolfram alpha app. It's just a skin for it with limited features available. It wouldn't be too bad, but wolfram's chemistry capabilities aren't great. It has lots of information, but it doesn't do too great when you venture beyond surface level.

I suspect the negative reviews are from people trying to take short cuts, i found this to be a very useful program, however you need to have basic understanding of chemistry to use it. I think it was well worth the money. I use to check my college chem homework. Once again it is NOT for short cuts. I need to understand what it is you are doing, and this programs allows you to check it. Kudos Wolfram

This is a clever app designed by folks who have not taught chemistry. It does have a periodic table tucked away if you want to balance an equation. Probably most useful in lab report writing. Maybe too much to expect an app to teach strategies for solving chem problems. Serious disadvantage that you need to connect to the Wolfram server - Wolfram should know there are some places cell phones or tablet computers.

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I thought this app was going to be useful but it is not. The user interface is not great, and there is a lack of useful features. Ex: I couldn't find the option for this app to create Lewis structure of molecules. It only shows the electron configuration of single element. That is a joke! Also there is no option for predicting reactions which makes this app useless in my opinion.

But it may do everything else ... looks as if this will be an essential addition to a student's collection of tools to master chemistry.