Comparison

Elementem vs Symbols

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

Head to head
About

Elementem

This app serves as a beautifully designed periodic table reference with detailed properties for all 118 elements. It also includes a flashcard trainer to help students study and identify elements for tests and exams.

Highlights
  • Interactive periodic table
  • Detailed element properties
  • Electron configuration diagrams
  • Flashcard learning mode
  • Sortable element data
  • Color-coded elements
Features
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Periodic table and Flash card trainer. A handy beautifully designed periodic table reference app. Now its easier than ever to quickly grab useful elemental properties. Elementum has been built for ease of use, with references for all 118 of the known elements right at your finger tips. The Flash card trainer is perfect for students studying for tests and exams. Elementum displays some key information about the Element, and you need to identify the name. Sound simple? See if you can identify all 118 elements! ------- You can easily sort elements by Name, Atomic number, Symbol or Series. Each element is color coded for quick identification. All elements display useful atomic and physical properties alongside all the essential properties. We've even included helpful Electron configuration diagrams for all elements, and a short description for most. What are you waiting for, Grab Elementem right now!

About

Symbols

Learn symbolic logic through interactive exercises and visual study cards. Master rules of inference, evaluate arguments, and translate everyday language into formal logic. Progress through various activities to build and solidify your understanding of logical reasoning.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive Studycards with clear explanations
  • Interactive activities for skill mastery
  • Validity: Evaluate pre-solved arguments
  • Justification: Deduce missing argument steps
  • Inference: Build valid arguments
  • Translation: Convert statements to logical form
Features
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Learn logic with Symbols, the app that teaches natural deduction and the rules of inference in an intuitive, accessible way. Our unique Studycards feature visual pictographs and interactive, step-by-step exercises that allow you to grasp each rule easily and quickly. Then, challenge yourself with activities specifically designed to practice those rules, building your skills progressively, and cementing them in your memory with every level completed. Why Symbols? Comprehensive Studycards: Learn essential rules like Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, Disjunctive Syllogism, and many more through clear explanations and examples. Perfect for students and anyone looking to understand formal logic. Engaging Activities for Skill Mastery: Validity: Sharpen your critical thinking by evaluating pre-solved arguments. This unique activity provides the benefits of repetition without the tedium, helping you apply, recognize, and grow familiar with the rules of inference. Justification: Challenge your understanding with puzzle-like scenarios where you deduce missing argument steps. This deepens your comprehension and refines your application of logical rules within complex arguments. Inference: By this stage, the training wheels are off, and the student has to draw on everything they've learned so far. Their task is to mentally build a valid argument from what’s provided—or to recognize that no valid argument can be formed. What would normally be worked out slowly on paper is now done at the speed of thought. Translation: Translation helps students practice turning statements with indicator words and phrases into logical form. These indicator words, commonly found in logic books and courses, give students a sense of how to translate everyday language into formal logic. Translation breaks this process into levels, allowing students to track their progress and earn new scores as they build proficiency. Download Symbols for free and begin your journey into formal logic. Your free access includes the first level of every activity and the Modus Ponens study card, a must-have for getting started. For more advanced content and features, simply use our in-app purchases to continue building your logic skills. Start your journey of mastering the rules of inference now!

Screenshots

Elementem4 screens
Symbols4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Symbols at Free against Elementem's $1.99. Symbols also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months). Elementem's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Symbols is free to download; Elementem costs $1.99 up front. Symbols sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Elementem asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Symbols holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Symbols has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elementem ships an update every 9 months, Symbols every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Elementem versus Symbols: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElementemSymbols
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings210 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSweetP Productions, Inc.Matthew Rayes

Customer experience

Elementem

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Symbols

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Elementem

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Symbols

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
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  • Three Month Subscription$18.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Elementem free?
Elementem costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Symbols free?
Symbols is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elementem or Symbols?
Symbols is rated higher. Elementem averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Symbols averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Elementem or Symbols have ads?
Neither Elementem nor Symbols shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elementem or Symbols?
Elementem ships an update every 9 months, and Symbols every 6 weeks. Most recently, Elementem was updated on November 2, 2026 and Symbols on November 3, 2026.

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