Comparison

Molecules vs CloudLabs Cell Types

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

Head to head
About

Molecules

Explore and interact with 3D molecular models on your device. Rotate, zoom, and pan structures using intuitive touch gestures. Visualize molecules in different modes and load custom structures from various sources.

Highlights
  • 3D molecule rendering
  • Finger-based manipulation (rotate, zoom, pan)
  • Ball-and-stick visualization
  • Spacefilling visualization
  • Load custom molecular structures
  • File sharing and iCloud import
Features
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Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them using your fingers. You can rotate the molecules by moving your finger across the display, zoom in or out by using two-finger pinch gestures, or pan the molecule by moving two fingers across the screen at once. These structures can be viewed in both ball-and-stick and spacefilling visualization modes. Molecules can be stored on your handheld device for later viewing and are loaded via a standard document-based file browser. Custom molecular structures can be downloaded to the application via file sharing or iCloud, and obtained via sources like the RCSB Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb), an international repository of biological molecules and their 3-D structures, or NCBI's PubChem (http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), a public database of compounds. For more details, please visit our website. Molecules is a BSD-licensed open source project.

About

CloudLabs Cell Types

Features
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This simulator recreates a laboratory bench with scale models of an animal and a plant cell, which only have the cytoplasm. To carry out this practice, it is necessary to identify the organelles corresponding to each type of cell and locate them in the scale model. The functions performed by each of the organelles should also be indicated.

Screenshots

Molecules4 screens
CloudLabs Cell Types1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CloudLabs Cell Types at 9.0 against Molecules's 16.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Molecules versus CloudLabs Cell Types: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoleculesCloudLabs Cell Types
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (166 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings166 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSunset Lake SoftwareJiovany Orozco

Bugs and requests

Molecules

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when switching between views
  • Molecules disappear after reopening the app
  • Search function is unreliable and limited
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to build and edit molecules
  • Implement a color key for atom types
  • Include more basic molecules (H2O, CO2, etc.)
  • Allow sorting/organizing downloaded molecules
  • Integrate with databases like PubChem and RCSB

CloudLabs Cell Types

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Molecules

No in-app purchases

None

CloudLabs Cell Types

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Molecules free?
Molecules is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudLabs Cell Types free?
CloudLabs Cell Types is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Molecules or CloudLabs Cell Types have ads?
Neither Molecules nor CloudLabs Cell Types shows ads.

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