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KingDraw Chemical Structure Editor Available on iOS and Android Free KingDraw chemical structure editor is a chemical molecular drawing app that allows users to view and create molecular structures and reactions on the go. Screen Recording Screenshots Criteria Ease of Use – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Accessibility – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Graphics – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Performance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Content – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Relevance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ User Reviews – 4.7 SCART notes: The app is clean, simple and laid out well. It includes a short tutorial the first time you open the app explaining how to use all of the features. The app looks and feels similar to ChemDraw (a popular molecule editor used by chemists) and shares many useful features such as the clean-up structure feature and a feature to add pre-made molecules. The app advertises that it has a cloud function along with a desktop program so you can edit molecules on your mobile device and view them on your desktop and vice ver...

Periodic Available on Android Free Periodic is a periodic table app for android devices that is simple and easy to use. Video Screenshots Criteria Ease of Use ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Accessibility ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Graphics ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Performance ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Content ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Relevance ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ User Reviews – 4.5 / 5 SCART notes: When the app is opened a vertical list of all the elements is shown instead of the normal periodic table. For each element the number, symbol, name and atomic mass is shown. There are three toggle buttons, which when pressed show the melting and boiling point, the electron configuration of the element and the electronegativity values for each element. At the bottom of this screen there is a switch-view button which changes the list into the conventional periodic table layout. Due to its minimalistic look and feel, the app is fast and easy to use. The app has an optional dark mode in the setting which turns the app from...

Chemistry World Available on iOS and Android Free Chemistry World is an app created by the Royal Society of Chemistry which allows RSC members to read Chemistry World magazine on their mobile device. The monthly magazine includes the latest news in both the research and business side of chemistry, a few featured articles, interviews and book reviews as well as a puzzle section. Screenshots Criteria E ase of Us e – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Accessibility – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Graphics – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Performance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Content – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Relevance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ User Reviews – 4.2 / 5 SCART notes: The app has a large back catalogue of issues to read from. These issues can be downloaded individually on to your device for offline reading. Unlike some other magazine reader apps where the whole page is just scanned in, the Chemistry World app has each individual article as a new page of the app. This makes reading each article easy as there is no sc...

Hey SCARTies! Here is our first app review to get you through those monday blues💙 Enjoy! Chemistry Available on iOS and Android Free This app has options to search for some well known equations of simple molecules along with lists of electronegativities of atoms, solubilities of ions, strength/pKa of acids and more. There is also a feature which allows you to calculate molecular mass of any given molecule and an added periodic table feature with links to Wikipedia pages for elements. Criteria 1. Ease of use   ⭐⭐⭐ 2. Accessibility   ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3. Graphics    ⭐⭐ 4. App Performance    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5. Content    ⭐⭐⭐ 6. Relevance    ⭐⭐⭐ 7. User Reviews   4.5/5 SCART notes: The purpose of this app is a bit unclear initially but the tab feature makes it easier to navigate and explore its different functions. The graphics are pretty poor, its clear there hasn’...