BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs vs MolAR Augmented Reality
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs
Access a vast collection of curated biological pathway and genome databases on your mobile device. Explore gene and protein information, metabolic pathways, and regulatory diagrams. Connect to other online databases for comprehensive research.
- Browse and search biological databases
- View gene and protein information
- Explore metabolic pathway diagrams
- Access Gene Ontology terms
- Save favorite genes
- Connect to external databases
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The BioCyc app provides mobile access to the BioCyc collection of 14,000+ pathway/genome databases, including MetaCyc, HumanCyc, YeastCyc, and many more. The BioCyc app includes the highly curated EcoCyc database for E. coli K-12, with content distilled from more than 36,000 publications. Use BioCyc Mobile in the laboratory, in the classroom, at a conference, or in the library. BioCyc Mobile can also connect to other Pathway/Genome Databases around the web that are running Pathway Tools software version 23.5 or newer. Features: • Browse, search, and save your favorite genes • Gene and protein sequence information, protein feature annotations • Regulation summary diagrams describe regulatory influences on a gene • Metabolic pathway diagrams • Gene Ontology terms • Links to other popular biological databases
MolAR Augmented Reality
Explore molecules and proteins in augmented reality. Visualize structures from online databases or draw your own. Scan real-world objects to see their molecular composition.
- Augmented reality molecule visualization
- Visualize PubChem molecules
- Visualize Protein Data Bank proteins
- Draw and visualize chemical structures
- Scan objects to see molecules
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MolAR lets you visualize molecules and proteins through augmented reality (AR). - Augmented reality: Place a molecule or a protein in a real-world surrounding. No marker needed. - Visualize any molecule on PubChem - Visualize any protein in the Protein Data Bank - Draw chemical structures and visualize them in AR - Scan objects such as food and see molecules inside them Created by Sukolsak Sakshuwong, Umberto Raucci, and Hayley Weir from the Martinez Group at Stanford University
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MolAR Augmented Reality at every 2 months against BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs's every 7 months. MolAR Augmented Reality also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2). BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.4). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs against 4.9 for MolAR Augmented Reality. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively.
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs ships an update every 7 months, MolAR Augmented Reality every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs | MolAR Augmented Reality |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SRI International | Sukolsak Sakshuwong |
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BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs
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In-app purchases
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs
No in-app purchases
MolAR Augmented Reality
No in-app purchases
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