Solve the Outbreak vs goREACT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solve the Outbreak
Become a Disease Detective and solve simulated outbreaks by analyzing clues and data. Make critical decisions to contain diseases and save lives, earning badges and climbing ranks. Learn about real-world disease investigation in an engaging, game-like experience.
- Solve simulated outbreaks
- Analyze clues and data
- Make critical decisions
- Earn badges and ranks
- Learn about diseases
- Challenge friends
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get clues and analyze data to solve the outbreak and save lives! In this fun app, you get to be a Disease Detective. Do you quarantine the village? Interview people who are sick? Run more lab tests? The better your answers, the higher your score - and the quicker you’ll climb the ranks to become a decorated Disease Detective. In level 1, you’ll start as a Trainee and earn badges by solving scenarios — with the goal of earning the top rank: Disease Detective. Unlock Level 2 by mastering all the 12 outbreaks of Level 1. Then earn honors by solving new and more challenging scenarios. Earn recognitions like Surveillance and Treatment Honors. New outbreaks happen every day and CDC's Disease Detectives are on the front lines — working 24/7 to save lives and protect people. When a new outbreak occurs, Disease Detectives are sent in to figure out how the outbreak started before it spreads further. In this app, you'll also: • Learn about diseases and outbreaks in an engaging way. • See how CDC's Disease Detectives save lives around the world. • Have the option to post your scores on Facebook or Twitter and challenge your friends to play!
goREACT
Explore chemistry by virtually mixing elements to create hundreds of reactions. Discover element properties, view molecules, and follow guided experiments. Educational resources are also available.
- Nearly 300 virtual chemical reactions
- Drag-and-drop element mixing
- Molecule visualization with images/videos
- Interactive Periodic Table with facts
- Guided and free play modes
- Themed reaction menus
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With goREACT, you can become a virtual chemist. Whether you're a novice or expert, the free play and guided modes make it fun and fascinating. - Initiate nearly 300 virtual chemical reactions by dragging elements into the Reaction Area. - Amazing images and videos illustrate the molecules you create. - Select alternate views of the Periodic Table to discover different aspects of the elements’ chemical properties. - Touch any of the Periodic Table's 118 elements to see an image and fun fact about it. - With helpful hints about reactions to try, there’s always something exciting to explore. - “Featured Reactions” menus guide you through themed sets of chemical reactions related to particular applications, such as the environment, beauty products or cars. - Learn more about how the Periodic Table is organized, and follow links to additional educational resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Solve the Outbreak at 96% against goREACT's 18%. Solve the Outbreak also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.2). goREACT's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Solve the Outbreak holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 99 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Solve the Outbreak's written reviews are positive against 18% of goREACT's.
Solve the Outbreak ships an update every 5 months, goREACT every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solve the Outbreak | goREACT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (61 ratings) — better | 2.2 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 18.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 | 99 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Centers For Disease Control and Prevention | Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago |
Customer experience
Solve the Outbreak
goREACT
User reviews
Solve the Outbreak
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging gamification of learning epidemiology
- 📚 Educational and informative content about diseases
- 🧩 Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking challenges
- 👨🏫 Great tool for classroom and educational settings
- 🎯 Realistic case studies based on actual outbreaks
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Limited replay value due to memorizable answers
- 📖 Heavy text-based content without visual aids
- 🖥️ Text too small on mobile devices
- 🎮 Linear gameplay with no branching outcomes
- 😴 Can become repetitive after completing cases
goREACT
From 99 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Informative and engaging
- 👍 Simple interface
- 💡 Creative and educational concept
- 🔬 Useful for learning science
- 🤩 Used to be awesome
Room to improve
- ⚫ Persistent black screen issue
- ⏳ Extremely long load times
- ❌ App doesn't work
- 🗑️ Garbage application
- 📉 Broken after updates
Bugs and requests
Solve the Outbreak
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when attempting to reset scores in settings
- Old scores and progress remain after reset attempt
- Accidental question selection due to bottom screen placement
Requested features
10 requests- Add more outbreak cases and scenarios
- Create harder difficulty levels for advanced players
- Include visual aids and images for better understanding
- Add background music and sound effects
- Implement branching storylines with different outcomes
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- Create Level 3 with more complex cases
- Add ability for users to create custom outbreaks
- Improve text size and readability on smaller screens
- Release app on iPhone in addition to iPad
- Include more historical and special plague scenarios
goREACT
Reported bugs
9 issues- Black screen on launch
- App won't load
- App crashes on opening
- Information pop-up too short
- Wrong atomic symbol for Terbium
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- Incorrect formula for Zirconyl hydroxyl chloride
- Cannot make certain compounds (e.g., NO2, H2O2, cocaine)
- Categories are bizarre
- App doesn't work on newer iOS versions
Requested features
12 requests- Display reaction on the same page
- Include organic reactions
- Allow multiple elements to be moved at once
- Add better instructions
- Add history feature
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- Implement a points system for challenges
- Add more reactions
- Featured reactions with chemical name search
- Toggle for timed vs. manual pop-ups
- More apps like this for biological molecules
- Allow creation of ionic molecules
- Longer list of reactions
In-app purchases
Solve the Outbreak
No in-app purchases
goREACT
No in-app purchases
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