Comparison

AIChE Student Handbook vs Functional Groups

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

Head to head
About

AIChE Student Handbook

Access essential chemical engineering data, formulas, and fundamental concepts on your mobile device. This pocket reference provides critical information for solving a wide range of chemical engineering problems.

Highlights
  • Technical facts
  • Fundamental data
  • Formulas
  • Chemical engineering principles
  • Safety data
  • Mathematical data
Features
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Put a Chemical Engineering expert in your pocket with AIChE's handy reference to technical facts, fundamental data and formulas. The AIChE Pocket Handbook makes available some of the more important chemical, biological, physical, safety, and mathematical data and concepts that are fundamental to the practice of the chemical engineering profession. With these principles you should be able to solve many chemical engineering problems.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

AIChE Student Handbook4 screens
Functional Groups4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AIChE Student Handbook at none against Functional Groups's 1. AIChE Student Handbook also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Functional Groups's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Functional Groups sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AIChE Student Handbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AIChE Student Handbook against 4.9 for Functional Groups. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Functional Groups has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AIChE Student Handbook versus Functional Groups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAIChE Student HandbookFunctional Groups
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings223 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAIChEClarity Applications

Customer experience

AIChE Student Handbook

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Functional Groups

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AIChE Student Handbook

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Functional Groups

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99

Questions

Is AIChE Student Handbook free?
AIChE Student Handbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Functional Groups free?
Functional Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AIChE Student Handbook or Functional Groups?
AIChE Student Handbook is rated higher. AIChE Student Handbook averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Functional Groups averages 4.9 from 23 ratings.
Do AIChE Student Handbook or Functional Groups have ads?
Neither AIChE Student Handbook nor Functional Groups shows ads.

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