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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...

Chemtrix Available on Apple devices Chemtrix is an exciting molecule building game app which as you work through the 24 levels you learn more about how atoms bond and the structures and properties of the molecules that you make. Screenshots Screen Recording Criteria E ase of Us e – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Accessibility – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Graphics – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐⭐ Performance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐ Content – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Relevance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ User Reviews – 4.5 / 5 SCART notes: We have found this app to be a very fun and addictive game to have on your phone. With its simplistic yet effective layout and its speedy boot up and performance speeds it is far from a nuisance to mess about with. Although it thrives in these aspects of the app, it falls short in the scope and depth of content involved. The levels do get harder from the start and the app does introduce more complex organic molecules however we feel there is a point in this app where the difficulty d...

Chemical Detectives Available on iOS and Android Free Chemical Detectives is a spectroscopy quiz app in which you are given the spectroscopic data for a molecule and you have to work out the molecule being represented. Screen Recording Screenshots Criteria E ase of Us e – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Accessibility – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Graphics – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Performance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Content – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Relevance – ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ User Reviews – 4.7 / 5 SCART notes : The app contains the spectroscopic data of over 100 molecules. For each question you are given the carbon NMR, hydrogen NMR, infrared and mass spectroscopy as well as the elemental percentage mass breakdown. With this data you have to work out the molecule that is being represented. On the main page of the app you can alter the quiz by setting a time limit or number of questions asked. The difficulty of the questions asked can also be changed between easy, medium and hard with easy g...

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...