Organic Nomenclature vs Functional Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Organic Nomenclature
Master chemical nomenclature with interactive lessons and quizzes covering various organic compound classes. Practice naming compounds and receive intelligent feedback to improve comprehension. View compounds in skeletal or condensed form.
- Interactive naming lessons
- Practice quizzes
- Intelligent quiz grading
- Skeletal and condensed compound views
- Alkanes, alcohols, aromatics naming
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What's in a name? Your name will be MUD unless you learn how to name organic compounds! Organic Nomenclature will help you master chemical nomenclature. It features clear, concise, interactive lessons on how to name the compounds commonly encountered in an organic chemistry course. Each lesson includes a quiz for you to practice what you've learned and evaluate your level of comprehension. Includes naming lessons and quizzes covering: • Alkanes • Cycloalkanes • Alcohols • Aromatics • Ketones Other features include: • An innovative quiz engine that allows you to quickly generate complete names with no typing • Intelligent quiz answer grading that awards partial credit and provides feedback so you can learn from your mistakes • View all compounds in either skeletal or condensed form • Created by an award winning professor of chemistry Additional lessons and quizzes can be purchased that cover over 20 different functional classes! Be sure to check out our other apps for learning reactions and for visualizing organic chemistry! If you have questions or suggestions contact us at: learnorgchemistry@gmail.com
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 update cadence: Functional Groups at every 4 months against Organic Nomenclature's every 21 months. Functional Groups also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Organic Nomenclature's advantage is ratings volume (659 vs 23) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Organic Nomenclature sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Functional Groups sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Organic Nomenclature against 4.9 for Functional Groups. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Organic Nomenclature has 659 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Organic Nomenclature's written reviews are positive against 100% of Functional Groups's.
Organic Nomenclature ships an update every 21 months, Functional Groups every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Organic Nomenclature | Functional Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (659 ratings) | 4.9 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 659 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron M. Hartel | Clarity Applications |
Customer experience
Organic Nomenclature
Functional Groups
Bugs and requests
Organic Nomenclature
Reported bugs
2 issues- Buttons not working
- Frequent crashes
Requested features
5 requests- More practice questions and quizzes
- Explanations for incorrect answers
- Support for advanced naming (isomers, stereochemistry)
- Expanded set of functional groups
- Ability to track progress and performance
Functional Groups
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Organic Nomenclature
- Nomenclature 1$1.99
- Nomenclature 2$1.99
Functional Groups
- Lifetime Access$9.99
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