TechCrunch has just reported and confirmed that Apple has purchased mobile app Workflow for an undisclosed sum. It’s a clever little utility that allows you to string together different actions on the iPhone and iPad. It’s the closest thing iOS has to the customization options you get on a full desktop OS like Mac or Windows, and now it’s owned by Apple.

Typically these acquisitions are as much about the talent behind the app as they are about the app itself, which often means that the app gets shut down. But Apple is not only going to keep Workflow in the App Store, TechCrunch notes that the app will be made free later today — it used to cost $2.99.

There’s another thing that’s unusual about this acquisition: Apple is commenting on it…

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