Numerade Educator vs Functional Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Numerade Educator
This app allows educators to create STEM video content and earn money. Teachers can register, use a whiteboard to explain concepts, answer textbook questions, and help students. Payments are issued for completed work.
- Register as an educator
- Create STEM videos with whiteboard
- Answer textbook questions
- Assist students with questions
- Get paid for content creation
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Numerade pays teachers to create STEM content. Use our educator tool to: -Register -Create videos using our whiteboard -Answer textbook questions -Assist with student asked questions -Get paid for your work
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 review sentiment: Functional Groups at 100% against Numerade Educator's 40%. Functional Groups also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and device support (3 vs 1). Numerade Educator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Functional Groups sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Numerade Educator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Functional Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Numerade Educator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Functional Groups's.
Numerade Educator ships an update monthly, Functional Groups every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Numerade Educator | Functional Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (67 ratings) | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Numerade Labs Inc | Clarity Applications |
Customer experience
Numerade Educator
Functional Groups
In-app purchases
Numerade Educator
No in-app purchases
Functional Groups
- Lifetime Access$9.99
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