Comparison

ChemLab AI vs Kimiya

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

Head to head
About

ChemLab AI

Features
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What happens when you mix hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide? Just pick the two substances and find out. **ChemLab** uses AI to predict what happens when any two chemicals meet, and to solve any chemistry problem from a photo — delivering the balanced equation, observable effects, hazard information, and a full step-by-step worked solution. **Mix Any Two Substances** Choose from 36 common chemicals — acids, bases, salts, metals, oxidizers, and organic compounds — and tap React. ChemLab instantly returns the balanced equation, reaction type, observable effects, hazard level, safety precautions, and a surprising fun fact about the reaction. **Solve Chemistry Problems** Take a photo of any chemistry question and get a full step-by-step solution — topic, given data, key formula, worked calculations, and final answer. Powered by Google Gemini AI. **Experiments, Flash Cards & History** Explore 8 interactive simulations across pH and titration, gas laws, solution chemistry, and electrochemistry — all with live sliders and real-time visualisations. Study with 44 built-in flash cards and revisit saved reactions in your personal history anytime. **Perfect For** • High school and university chemistry students • Anyone curious about what chemicals do when mixed • Students preparing for exams or lab reports • Teachers looking for quick, visual chemistry demonstrations **About Chemical Reactions** ChemLab covers the reactions found in a standard chemistry curriculum: acid-base neutralisation, redox reactions, precipitation, combustion, and gas-forming reactions. Results are generated by Google Gemini (via Replicate) and are for educational reference only. Never attempt real chemical reactions without proper supervision, safety equipment, and training. **Privacy First** All reaction history is stored locally on your device. Photos and substance selections are only sent for AI analysis and are never stored on any server.

About

Kimiya

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Kimiya is a real chemistry laboratory in your hand. Put any of the 118 elements and hundreds of compounds into a beaker, flask or test tube. Add water, heat, light or electricity. Then watch: bubbles rise, solutions change colour, precipitates settle, metals burn with their own flame colours, and the balanced equation appears with the energy released or absorbed. EVERY ELEMENT, IN 3D • The full periodic table with animated Bohr models • Atomic mass, electronegativity, density, melting and boiling points, electron configuration, oxidation states, discovery and uses • Flame-test colours for every metal that has one A LAB THAT UNDERSTANDS CHEMISTRY • More than 100 curated textbook reactions with the observations you would actually see • A rule engine for everything else: ionic synthesis, the activity series, solubility rules, neutralisation, combustion, thermal decomposition, electrolysis and dissolution • Exact equation balancing and reaction enthalpy from standard formation data • Temperature and pH readouts, safety notes, and a clear explanation when nothing happens LEARN • A searchable reaction library you can run with one tap • Quizzes on symbols, equations, reaction types, colours and energy • A molar-mass calculator and a bilingual glossary KIMIYA PRO (one-time purchase) • AR: place the bench on your table • Electrolysis cell, spectroscope, round-bottom flask, thermometer and pH meter • 3D ball-and-stick molecule viewer for every product • Stoichiometry: limiting reagent and theoretical yield • Lab notebook to save and replay experiments • Timed expert quiz Fully in English and Arabic with true right-to-left layout. No account needed. The free version shows ads; Kimiya Pro removes them. Kimiya is an educational simulation. Never attempt these experiments outside a supervised laboratory.

Screenshots

ChemLab AI3 screens
Kimiya4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChemLab AI at none against Kimiya's 1. ChemLab AI also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Kimiya sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChemLab AI asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ChemLab AI versus Kimiya: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChemLab AIKimiya
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer阳 郑Tariq Al-aqrabawi

In-app purchases

None

ChemLab AI

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kimiya

One-time1
  • Kimiya Pro$4.99

Questions

Is ChemLab AI free?
ChemLab AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kimiya free?
Kimiya is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChemLab AI or Kimiya have ads?
Kimiya shows ads; ChemLab AI does not.

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