Chirality vs Functional Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chirality
This game makes learning first-year university organic chemistry engaging through interactive puzzles and questions. It covers topics like functional groups and intermolecular forces, offering fun facts upon completion. Compete with friends and earn medals for high scores.
- Interactive organic chemistry puzzles
- Covers functional groups and intermolecular forces
- Fun facts about chemical structures
- Medal-based scoring system
- Social media sharing of scores
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Learning Chemistry can be challenging. Chirality is a short iOS based game that aims to teach some fundamental concepts in 1 st year University level organic chemistry in a fun and innovative way, using drag and drop and touch based interfaces to solve puzzles and answer questions. Topics covered include functional groups, structure classification, and intermolecular forces and when you finish a question you will get a fun fact about the structure you were looking at. Chirality also lets you compete with your classmates on social media. As you progress you’ll earn medals; the higher your score, the better the medal. Get a high score; Why not post it to Facebook, and/or tweet to your friends? Can you get the elusive blue-diamond benzene medal for the perfect score?
Functional Groups
Master organic chemistry functional groups through an engaging and interactive learning experience. Ideal for students in introductory or advanced courses, MCAT prep, and A-Level chemistry, this app covers dozens of essential groups with practice modes and progress tracking.
- 25+ basic and advanced functional groups
- 300+ organic compounds
- Multiple practice modes
- Customizable study groups
- Personalized review
- Reference table and definitions
- Progress tracking with achievements
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Ready to ace organic chemistry? Learn the functional groups you need to know - all in an engaging and interactive format. The app is ideal for introductory or advanced organic chemistry classes, MCAT prep, A-Level chemistry, and more. You’ll quickly become familiar with alcohols, esters, amides, amines, and dozens of other important functional groups. The app features: • 25+ basic and advanced functional groups • 300+ organic compounds • Multiple practice modes • Customize which groups to study • Personalized review • Reference table and definitions • Achievements to track your progress Along the way, you’ll learn interesting facts about pharmaceuticals, biomolecules, dangerous compounds, unique molecular structures, and more. With the Functional Groups app, learning organic chemistry is easy, straightforward, and, dare we say… fun? Give it a try and let us know what you think!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Functional Groups at 4.9 against Chirality's 1.0. Functional Groups also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 1). Chirality's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Functional Groups sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chirality asks for nothing beyond the download.
Functional Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Functional Groups has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Chirality | Functional Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michelle Spencer | Clarity Applications |
Customer experience
Chirality
Functional Groups
In-app purchases
Chirality
No in-app purchases
Functional Groups
- Lifetime Access$9.99
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