Comparison

Periodacity vs Science 8

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

Head to head
About

Periodacity

This app provides comprehensive reference information for all known elements on the periodic table. It's designed for chemists and chemistry students seeking quick access to element data.

Highlights
  • Complete periodic table data
  • Information on all known elements
  • Designed for chemists
  • Aimed at chemistry students
  • Reference tool
Features
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Periodacity contains reference information for all known elements on the periodic table. It is intended to be used by chemists and chemistry students.

About

Science 8

This app offers interactive tools and practice tests to help middle school students visualize and understand key science concepts. It includes simulations for density, molecular activity, and population dynamics, along with practice tests covering various science subjects.

Highlights
  • Interactive molecular activity demonstration
  • Density and buoyancy simulation
  • Comprehensive science practice tests
  • Category building exercises
  • Statistics exploration tool
  • Food web population dynamics simulation
Features
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These are a few tools for helping visualize middle school science. I spent a year volunteer tutoring middle school (grade 8) science students. While doing that, I created an app with a few simple demonstrations and practice tests to help them. The modules included were those that illustrated or helped practice the concepts my students had trouble either understanding or remembering. The test module contains every test the students took. Hot Molecules is an interactive demonstration of the effects of heating and cooling on molecular activity. Will it float? is an interactive lab simulation for determining density. Questions is a test-practice module for all subjects thus far covered (phase changes, heat transfer, density, atoms, molecules, reactions, atmosphere). Buckets is a category builder to help understand grouping of like things on arbitrary traits Which is Bigger? is an interactive statistics exploration, showing how much overlap there is between categories and how important sample size is. How do population dynamics of the species populations in a food web interact? Play with the simulation and ecological and human-introduced factors. Watch out for natural disasters! Other demonstrations and test topics are added periodically.

Screenshots

Periodacity1 screens
Science 84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Science 8 at 5.0 against Periodacity's 3.7. Science 8 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.1). Periodacity's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

Science 8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Periodacity ships an update every 3 weeks, Science 8 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Periodacity versus Science 8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeriodacityScience 8
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJesse SpencerIdeateGames

Customer experience

Periodacity

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Science 8

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Periodacity

No in-app purchases

None

Science 8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Periodacity free?
Periodacity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Science 8 free?
Science 8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Periodacity or Science 8?
Science 8 is rated higher. Periodacity averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Science 8 averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Periodacity or Science 8 have ads?
Neither Periodacity nor Science 8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Periodacity or Science 8?
Periodacity ships an update every 3 weeks, and Science 8 every 3 months. Most recently, Periodacity was updated on June 5, 2026 and Science 8 on August 19, 2026.

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