SFU Snap vs MoleculAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SFU Snap
Plan your campus life with ease. Access your course schedule, find room locations, track shuttle buses, and discover campus services like dining and libraries. This student-created app simplifies your university experience.
- Personalized course schedule
- Room location finder
- Shuttle bus tracker
- Campus services directory
- Dining and library information
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SFU Snap was created by students, for students. It provides you with the information you need to easily plan your campus experience in a snap. Access your personalized course schedule, find room locations, locate the shuttle bus, and explore campus services like dining and library. You can provide us direct feedback at http://www.sfu.ca/apps/feedback.html.
MoleculAR
Explore molecular geometry through augmented reality. Visualize complex chemical structures and understand difficult concepts without physical models. Request new molecules to be added to the learning experience.
- Augmented reality visualization
- VSEPR molecular geometry learning
- Interactive molecule exploration
- No physical models needed
- QR code integration
- Molecule request system
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MoleculAR is an educational augmented reality app, designed to help students easily learn VSEPR molecular geometry, visualize complicated molecules, and learn difficult-to-imagine aspects of chemistry! We seek to have a streamlined approach to Augmented Reality in Chemical education. Simply print out the QR codes on our website (https://chagunda.github.io/moleculAR/), download this app, and your students can quickly interact with the molecules, with no physical models required. We are always excited to add new molecules as they are requested, to request new molecules be added to the app, see our contact details on the website (https://chagunda.github.io/moleculAR/).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MoleculAR at 5.0 against SFU Snap's 1.0. MoleculAR also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MoleculAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of SFU Snap's written reviews are positive against 67% of MoleculAR's.
SFU Snap ships an update every 2 months, MoleculAR every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SFU Snap | MoleculAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Fraser University | Julian Levy |
Customer experience
SFU Snap
MoleculAR
In-app purchases
SFU Snap
No in-app purchases
MoleculAR
No in-app purchases
