# Happy Atoms — user reviews > 55 indexed App Store user reviews of Happy Atoms by Schell Games, rated 3.90/5 from 132 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/happy-atoms/id1160336637/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/happy-atoms/id1160336637.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 83 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 28 ## What do users think of Happy Atoms? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💡 Educational and fun - 👍 Highly recommended - 🤩 Amazing game - 💯 10/10 rating - ✨ Interactive learning - 👨‍🔬 Great for learning chemistry - 🚀 Well-thought-out app - 👨‍🏫 Excellent for kids - 😃 Fun to play with - ✅ Manual correction feature **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🤔 Some elements missing - 🤷‍♀️ Repetitive gameplay - 😠 Atom limitation - 😵 Confusing at times - 🚫 Not fun if scanner fails - 😩 Annoying characters/tutorials - 📉 Limited scan accuracy - 🪲 Inconsistent scanning **Commonly reported bugs** - Bugs with specific compounds (Syn-propanethial-s-oxide, gamma-aminobutryic acid) - N 4 is weird, has nothing on it - Robot covers the whole screen - Camera gets the atom wrong (though manual correction exists) - Atom limitation - Atom detector marking points are too big - Some molecules are locked - CH8 molecule has bugs (no name, render, copied from methane) - L-ascorbic acid compound bug (screen opens and closes) - Cannot make one molecule in oxygen land - Scanner doesn't interpret atoms right - App crashes - App not scanning at all - Doesn't scan regardless of light level - Terrible programming - Scanner has difficulty distinguishing between Silicon and Phosphorus - Scanner is particular about selection point - Scan feature is very limited - App doesn't scan - Crappy execution - Identifies atoms incorrectly - Bug: Camera error screen appears for CH8 - Bug: CH8 has no name, render, and element listing is copied from methane - Bug: L-ascorbic acid compound cannot be opened - Bug: Cannot make one molecule in oxygen land - Bug: Scanner misinterprets atoms - Bug: App crashes - Bug: App not scanning - Bug: Scanner issues with Silicon/Phosphorus - Bug: Scanner issues with selection point - Bug: Scanner is limited - Bug: App doesn't scan - Bug: Incorrect atom identification - Bug: CH8 molecule issues - Bug: L-ascorbic acid issue - Bug: Oxygen land molecule issue - Bug: Scanner misinterpretation - Bug: App not working - Bug: Scanning not working - Bug: Incompatible with latest iPad Pro - Bug: Terrible programming - Bug: Cannot scan at all - Bug: Crashes - Bug: Not compatible due to lack of updates - Bug: App doesn't scan - Bug: Nothing else to do if scan doesn't work - Bug: Scanned oxygen app eight times, kept getting errors - Bug: Identified atoms incorrectly **Most requested features** - Include iron atom - Expansion set for atom limitation - Make atom detector smaller - Add more atoms (e.g., Boron, Aluminum, noble gases) - Add more quests - Add more continents for new atoms - Voice option for molecule names - Better camera controls - Add a manual for element placement - Option to not delete data when switching sets - Add more molecules - Add noble gas compounds - Add ammonium compounds - Add Iron, Aluminum, and Boron to atom sets - Add more explosive atoms - Add a 'disable tutorials' button - Create own lab in spaceship - Add quests to save the atom world - Add all elements of period 4 (excluding transition elements) - Add noble gases to molecules - Add more atoms and molecules - Add more content/continents - Add more atoms like Lithium, Beryllium, Sodium, Magnesium - Add Boron and Aluminum with specific ionic bonds and colors - Add 2 more arms to Helium and 8 to Argon - Add specific noble gas compounds - Add more elements to complete first two rows - Add more molecules to fill the map ## Newest reviews (14 of 55) ### 4/5 — Two small bugs…and some advice *2025-09-01, version 1.2.8* There are some bugs with the compounds Syn-propanethial-s-oxide and gamma-aminobutryic acid. These bugs can be fixed by scanning the amount of atoms shown by the formula. For example, with gamma-aminobutryic acid, because the formula is C4H9NO2, you could scan 9 hydrogen, 4 carbon, 2 oxygen, and a nitrogen. ### 4/5 — Great! *2025-08-22, version 1.2.8* N 4 is weird, has nothing on it?? Everything else is good… ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2025-07-31, version 1.2.8* It’s good but Please make the camera better. I want to build methane, not hydroxidathonane. ### 4/5 — Voice (audio) option *2025-07-10, version 1.2.8* I wish there was a voice option ### 4/5 — Awesome *2025-03-26, version 1.2.8* This was awesome to mess around with and I enjoyed it. Granted, I am only 11 so I might have a childish opinion. ### 3/5 — Please add more!!! *2024-01-29, version 1.2.8* I am a huge fan of Happy Atoms, but it does bug me that you did not add Boron and Aluminum (Aluminium)! Why did you not add the 3rd row as well, as it is more related to the world than the 16 that you chose!!! Please have 36 elements. I really want the 3rd row and the finished 1st and 2nd row. ### 4/5 — Great app. Needs audio for name’s of molecules *2023-12-28, version 1.2.8* My kid loves the app and enjoys creating bonds and finding out what his creation makes. We can tell a lot of hard work went into making this app and we really appreciate that hard work. One area that it is lacking is an audio recording of how to pronounce the molecules. Please don’t use Siri, but actual voice actors or scientists that can pronounce them correctly. ### 5/5 — To cool *2023-09-07, version 1.2.8* It is the best so much fun ### 5/5 — Love it 😍…but *2023-02-01, version 1.2.8* First of all,I really love your game, but it could use and update.#1 some of the atoms are really big and it makes it super hard to scan and get them all right, if you can make so you can correct the atoms if it got one wrong it will be helpful.#2 I wish y had my own lab in the spaceship, and I could do my own research and be able to edit it and decorate it,#3 it is a little boring to just go around and scan atoms… if you can add a quest to save the atom world or something, it would be great. And that is all, thank you. ### 4/5 — We NEED this *2022-12-20, version 1.2.8* People of happy atoms: PLEASE put in a manual for which elements go where (This is for when you put away the setup) it is just JAMMED when I put it in my closet. I also want to know why you have it delete all data when you switch sets, for example: What if you have the starter set and want to upgrade, You would have to do everything you have done AGAIN! I am very disappointed with this! I’s like you deleted the app then downloaded it again- IT’S SUCH A PAIN! So Please please please PLEASE fix this 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 ### 5/5 — Great, but a bug. *2022-01-03, version 1.2.8* This app is great, I have done all the atoms in Oxygen Expanse but there is one compound i cannot do. It opens the screen up to set it up for less then half a second and then closes it. It is L-ascorbic acid. (C6, H8, O6) I cannot finish oxygen expanse because i cannot open up this atom. Is there any way to get past this bug? ### 5/5 — Just one bug *2021-11-11, version 1.2.8* I can’t make one of the Moluccan in the oxygen land at the bottom ### 5/5 — Pretty decent *2021-11-07, version 1.2.8* It’s pretty decent nevertheless. The only thing I don’t like about it is that there are molecules that are locked. But anyways, pretty decent app. ### 5/5 — Good but needs more *2021-09-27, version 1.2.8* I want more, please it will help. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad app *2024-02-19, version 1.2.8* I don’t recommend ### 1/5 — It’s boring sorry. But new sleep app discovered *2023-12-23, version 1.2.8* Ok I guess it’s an okay way to learn about atoms but it’s still annoying and confusing and it doesn’t scan my atoms correctly like 70% of the time. It was SO ANNOYING to get the atoms to sit straight without rolling everywhere so that the camera could ACTUALLY SEE THE NAME. It’s also really repetitive with the whole “scan, identify, repeat” kind of thing. I was really confused at the start because it didn’t teach me all the controls to the app. So maybe if it became a more exciting experience it would be decent but honestly? It’s boring. It’s just not really fun. There’s probably many other ways in this world to learn about atoms than Andee and Harper who are probably pngs off of google. It’s giving “10 year old science project” so just try to make this whole idea a lot more fun and interesting. Sorry if it came out as mean but I mean like it’s constructive criticism bestie westie 🥰😃 this was boring and I was bored you play this and you will sleep like I did. If you’re trying to create a new way to get people to sleep then you’ve achieved that, all you have to do is stare at the app while thinking about all the better things you could do. SORRY IF THAT WAS MEAN. NO OFFENSE BUT I DONT THINK 17 YEAR OLDS WOULD EVEN GIVE UP 1 MINUTE OF THEIR TIME TO PLAY THIS- BYE POOKIE BEARS OHHH by the way you should listen to a song by Adele called remedy really good. ### 1/5 — It’s fun but… *2023-06-26, version 1.2.8* …it’s not fun if the game never interprets the atoms right. I position my molecule to the right, it says my carbon atom is oxygen. I position my molecule to the left, it says my hydrogen atom is carbon. I flip my molecule, it says my oxygen atom is sulfur. With this happening, I can never find any molecules. I try a million times forever just to wait for the scanner to get it right. What do you know? It’s never right. What’s the point of playing this “fun, exciting, high quality, good for kids, amazing” game if it can’t do what it’s supposed to do? I’m just disappointed. ### 1/5 — Bad *2022-05-23, version 1.2.8* Won’t download ### 1/5 — Doesn’t scan *2022-03-13, version 1.2.8* Doesn’t matter the level of light. It’s not scanning. I have the latest iPad Pro so it’s not the camera. This is just terrible programming. I wish I could return the set. ### 1/5 — This is bad *2021-11-15, version 1.2.8* Get this kicked off the App Store ### 1/5 — Eh *2020-03-12, version 1.1.0* I wasn’t impressed. Had to resort to playing coc ### 1/5 — Great while it worked needs to be updated *2019-01-21, version 1.0.3* Please get it working again. We are not able to scan at all. We have installed and uninstalled and it crashes. We have the latest software but it may not be compatible anymore since the app has not been updated in a while! Please please get it working again! ### 1/5 — Why o why, no path forward. *2018-11-20, version 1.0.3* As other reviewer said, crappy execution. The app doesn’t scan and there is literally nothing else to do in the app if scan doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — DOES NOT WORK - buggy *2018-07-14, version 1.0.3* Scanned oxygen app eight times kept telling me woops and identified the atoms incorrectly. Cool idea crappy execution. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cool and fun *2026-05-09, version 1.2.8* Educational, fun, and interesting! Maybe iron should be included. ### 5/5 — Please add more! *2026-03-11, version 1.2.8* This game is amazing! They are teaching me chemistry, and it’s fun, despite the bugs. The only thing that I am unhappy about is the atom limitation, I want an expansion set! ### 5/5 — Happy atoms *2026-01-19, version 1.2.8* This is fun game and educational game. Definitely reccomend 10/10 . But one issue, please make the atom detector smaller. When you scan a big molecule, its hard to select the atoms since the marking points are too big. ### 5/5 — I LOVE THIS but why did the robot cover up the whole screen?????? *2025-02-28, version 1.2.8* YAY! ### 5/5 — I’m so glad you added this *2024-05-24, version 1.2.8* I’m so glad you added when the camera gets the atom wrong, you can change it! THANK YOU SO MICH HAPPY ATOMS!!!! ### 5/5 — ¡¡WOW!! *2024-05-21, version 1.2.8* This game is the best!! absolute infinity/10¡¡WOW!!😃😃😃😃😃😎😎😎😎😎😇😇😇😇😇😝😝😝😝😝🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 ### 5/5 — I love this, but………. *2024-05-06* Hi! I’m one of the people who have finished every molecule in the atom world in 3 days. Yay, but please add more atoms and new atoms. Also add more quests from Andee and Harper because I’ve finished all those too. Add new atoms like aluminum and boron, and create more continents for those two and li mg etc. thank you and pls read this!! ### 5/5 — note: set not required *2023-12-27, version 1.2.8* turns out using normal molymods works too, you just gotta be smart with the verification to fool it. also there’s a secret continent because single-atom scans exist for some reason but yeah, utterly AMAZING game ### 5/5 — Awesome *2023-10-29, version 1.2.8* This is an amazing game for children who love to learn! 10/10! ### 5/5 — Amazing set- definitely recommended! *2023-09-21, version 1.2.8* With my Honors Algebra math class, we went to a math/science fair at the Kennedy center. I was happy to receive a starter kid, with 2 magnetic hydrogen molecules and 1 magnetic carbon molecule. I have NO concerns whatsoever! I showed it to my brother and we were playing with it all night. 10/10, I HIGHLY suggest you get the lots and the app! 🫶🏼 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*