Comparison

Nuclides vs KAGAKU

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Nuclides

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Nuclides is a professional reference and calculation toolkit for nuclear technology, radiation protection, nuclear medicine, reactor data, and education. Key features: 1. Look up elements and nuclides, including half-life, decay modes, parent and daughter nuclides, radiation energies, and emission probabilities. 2. Explore extended nuclear data, including excited levels, gamma transitions, electron data, fission yields, nuclear moments, and ENSDF evaluation information. 3. Simulate gamma spectra from nuclide gamma-ray data with controls for live time, energy resolution, background, dead-time loss, and related detector parameters. 4. Run decay calculations, activity estimation, dose-rate estimation, effective dose estimation, radiation dose comparison, and unit conversions. 5. Use theranostics dosimetry tools for time-activity data, cumulated activity, and simplified MIRD relationships. 6. Consult radiation safety atlas entries, radiopharmaceutical references, material densities, physical constants, binding-energy charts, toxicity information, and the INES scale. 7. Browse nuclear power plant data, operating records, advanced reactor references, and small modular reactor information. Nuclides is designed for professionals, students, and users who need fast nuclear data lookup, radiation calculations, and clear technical references. Premium subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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KAGAKU

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KAGAKU is an interactive app for learning how atoms, molecules and reactions work through moving visuals. How electrons fill shells, how bonds form, why molecules have their shapes, what makes reactions fast: ideas that are hard to grasp from textbook pictures become clear when you change the conditions yourself. Developer: Fuji Bit Inc. 12 simulations in 3 categories: Atoms & elements: - Periodic Table: Compare all 118 elements colored by category, block (s, p, d, f) or electronegativity. Tap an element for its details. Pinch to zoom. - Atomic Structure: Raise the atomic number one step at a time and watch electrons fill the shells in a Bohr model, following real electron configurations (potassium is 2, 8, 8, 1). "Excite" lifts an electron, which gives off light as it falls back. - Flame Test: Compare the flame colors and emission spectra of lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, strontium, barium and copper. The photon energy (E = hc/λ) of the main line is shown too. - Chemical Bonds: Pick two atoms and see ionic, covalent and metallic bonds form. The electronegativity difference gives the ionic character and polarity (δ+ / δ−); ionic bonds show formulas such as MgCl₂ and Al₂O₃. Molecules & matter: - Molecular Shapes: See the seven shapes set by electron-pair repulsion (VSEPR) in 3D: H₂O, NH₃, CH₄, CO₂, BF₃, PCl₅, SF₆ and more. Lone pairs and bond angles show why. Drag to rotate. - Organic Chemistry: Ethanol, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, acetone, methylamine, phenol and more, with the functional group (hydroxy, carboxy, ...) highlighted and its family and properties explained. - Gas Laws: Choose Boyle's, Charles's or Gay-Lussac's law; the quantity it keeps fixed is locked, and particles plus P–V, V–T or P–T graphs show the relationship. Values use real units: kPa, L and K. - Changes of State (new): Heat or cool 1 mol of water from ice to steam and watch the heating curve and the molecular arrangement side by side. See why the temperature stops at 0 °C and 100 °C (heats of fusion and vaporization). Reactions & change: - Balancing Equations: Change coefficients with + and − until the atoms match on both sides. Bars compare the atoms of each element, and the app tells you whether the ratio is the simplest. Seven reactions. - Titration & pH: Titrate hydrochloric acid (strong) or acetic acid (weak) with NaOH. See the titration curve, equivalence point and indicator ranges, and whether phenolphthalein, methyl orange or bromothymol blue suits the titration. - How Batteries Work: Choose two metals from Mg, Zn, Fe, Ni, Pb, Cu and Ag, change the ion concentrations and read the voltage. Potentials come from the Nernst equation, with the negative and positive electrodes and half-reactions shown. The same metal on both sides makes a concentration cell. - Reaction Rate (new): Watch reactions happen through particle collisions. Change temperature, concentration and catalyst and compare the share of collisions above the activation energy and the product graph. Features: - Dark and light themes - Home screen organized by category, plus an "All modes" list - Tips and a play button in the control panel - Results update in real time as you move sliders and choices - An info sheet with formulas and terms for every simulation - In landscape and on iPad, the canvas and controls sit side by side - Supports larger text sizes - VoiceOver reads out each screen's results (pH, voltage, element details, ...) - 73 languages including English and Japanese (follows the device language) - No sign-in; start right away Price and purchases: - Price: free - In-app purchases: none - Subscriptions: none - Ads: a Pangle banner ad at the bottom of the screen The "-raku" education series: - SUUGAKU: Mathematics - BUTURAKU: Mechanics - DENRAKU: Electromagnetism - HARAKU: Waves - KORAKU: Optics - RYORAKU: Quantum mechanics - KAGAKU: Chemistry

Screenshots

Nuclides4 screens
KAGAKU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KAGAKU at none against Nuclides's 2. Nuclides's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nuclides sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. KAGAKU asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nuclides ships an update every 2 weeks, KAGAKU every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Nuclides versus KAGAKU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNuclidesKAGAKU
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer建锋 宋Fuji Bit Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nuclides

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription · Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription · Yearly$9.991 Year
None

KAGAKU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nuclides free?
Nuclides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KAGAKU free?
KAGAKU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nuclides or KAGAKU have ads?
KAGAKU shows ads; Nuclides does not.
Which is updated more often, Nuclides or KAGAKU?
Nuclides ships an update every 2 weeks, and KAGAKU every 3 months. Most recently, Nuclides was updated on October 26, 2026 and KAGAKU on October 29, 2026.

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