Comparison

ReactionFlash vs Chemical Balancer & Elements

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

Head to head
About

ReactionFlash

This app serves as a comprehensive flashcard-style learning tool for named chemical reactions. It provides detailed information on reaction mechanisms and examples from scientific literature, with a quiz mode to test user knowledge.

Highlights
  • Learn named chemical reactions
  • Understand reaction mechanisms
  • View literature examples
  • Quiz mode for knowledge testing
  • Flashcard interface
Features
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Want to refresh your memory on named chemical reactions before an exam or a group meeting? Get all the details with ReactionFlash(R) as a great way to learn named reactions, understand their mechanisms and view examples published in peer-reviewed literature. Designed and developed in consultation with Professor Dr. Erick M. Carreira of ETH Zürich, the app covers 1'266 named chemical reactions, by far the largest collection of Named Reactions. Professor Carreira has helped ensure that we have all the fundamental reactions that should be part of every chemist’s toolkit: from the best-known ones to the ones only Nobel Prize winners remember! The app is designed like a set of flash cards so it can be used as a learning tool as well as a reference. Each ‘card’ shows the reaction, its mechanism and examples from peer-reviewed, published literature. It also has a quiz mode that lets you test your knowledge. Linking into Reaxys enables you to find the most recent examples of each reaction, many with experimental details. Reaxys delivers experimental facts from the literature, enabling researchers to find the best synthetic routes and conditions. Find out more at https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/reaxys Download the app now and see if you know all the named reactions! Summary: - Learn named reactions - Review and understand mechanisms - Explore examples published in peer-reviewed literature - Take the ReactionFlash quiz and see how much you know If you need support, please contact us at reactionflash@elsevier.com. Reaxys and ReactionFlash are trade marks of Elsevier Limited, used under license.

About

Chemical Balancer & Elements

This app helps balance chemical equations and provides detailed information on all 118 periodic table elements, including atomic and physical properties, discovery details, and isotopes. It offers a user-friendly interface for entering equations with charges and groups.

Highlights
  • Balance chemical equations
  • Supports elements with charges
  • Detailed periodic table information
  • Atomic and physical properties
  • Isotope data
  • Element discovery information
Features
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Balance your chemical equations with the Chemical Balancer. Just enter the equation and get the coefficients for it. It supports elements with charges. Also includes the full list of periodic table elements. Get detailed info about all of the 118 elements. For every element you can see; - Atomic properties such as electronegativity and oxidation states... - Physical properties such as boiling and melting points, heat of vaporization... - Basic info for the elements such as discovery year, and whom it's discovered by... - A brief description of the element - List of isotopes. and lots of other info like CAS number and radioactivity... How to use? Enter your terms separated by the + symbol. A term can be consist of elements, groups, or a single electron. Element names must start with an uppercase character and continue with a lowercase character. For example, Fe is a valid input, but fe is not. Use parenthesis to group your elements, e.g., (OH). You can specify the count of the elements, groups, and terms with using a number after them, e.g., Fe2, (OH)3. You can set the charge of the term with the ^ symbol, the value of the charge and the sign, e.g. Fe^2+, F^1-, (OH)^1-. Electrons in the equations is represented with the e letter. The left side and the right side of the equation must be separated with the = symbol. Some equations cannot be balanced. And some equations have multiple independent solutions, means they are a combination of more than one equation. And some equations can be balanced by adding electrons to the left of the right side. You can use the Sample button to see some examples to help you enter your own equations.

Screenshots

ReactionFlash4 screens
Chemical Balancer & Elements4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ReactionFlash at 4.8 against Chemical Balancer & Elements's 4.2. ReactionFlash also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Chemical Balancer & Elements's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price, ratings volume, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ReactionFlash holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of ReactionFlash's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chemical Balancer & Elements's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ReactionFlash versus Chemical Balancer & Elements: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReactionFlashChemical Balancer & Elements
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (41 ratings) — better4.2 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.4
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElsevier LimitedFaruk Sinopluoglu

Customer experience

ReactionFlash

All ratings41 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative12.9%

Chemical Balancer & Elements

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ReactionFlash

No in-app purchases

None

Chemical Balancer & Elements

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReactionFlash free?
ReactionFlash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chemical Balancer & Elements free?
Chemical Balancer & Elements is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ReactionFlash or Chemical Balancer & Elements?
ReactionFlash is rated higher. ReactionFlash averages 4.8 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Chemical Balancer & Elements averages 4.2 from 15 ratings.
Do ReactionFlash or Chemical Balancer & Elements have ads?
Chemical Balancer & Elements shows ads; ReactionFlash does not.

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