Comparison

OrgoQuest vs Spectromaster

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

Head to head
About

OrgoQuest

Features
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OrgoQuest is the ultimate gamified app for mastering organic chemistry. Built by chemists for students, it turns complex concepts into fun, interactive challenges that stick. FEATURED MODES: • Mechanism Theater — Watch, fix, then drive detailed 3D mechanisms with real-time electron pushing and hydride shifts • Arrow Attack — Master arrow-pushing in E1/E2, SN1/SN2, and more • Reagent Rush — Timed reagent selection for oxidations, reductions, and epoxide openings • Product Predictor — Choose the major product with regio- and stereochemistry • FG Blitz — Lightning-fast functional group identification • Retro Road — Build multi-step synthesis routes (Williamson ether, etc.) • Spectra Sleuth — Solve IR, 13C NMR, MS, and clue-card puzzles • Name It — Perfect your IUPAC nomenclature Track progress with XP, levels, and a personal reagent sheet. Built-in hints and step-by-step explanations help you learn why reactions work. Perfect for: • University organic chemistry students • Pre-med, pre-dent, and MCAT prep • Anyone who wants to finally "get" mechanisms and spectroscopy No ads. No login required. Offline play. Accurate to standard curricula (alcohols, epoxides, carbonyls, aromatics, and beyond). Download OrgoQuest and turn orgo from nightmare to quest!

About

Spectromaster

Features
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Spectromaster reads a spectrum from a photograph of a plot, or from an instrument's own data file, and helps you work out what your sample might be. Every measurement and every interpretation happens on the device in your hand. WHAT IT READS • ¹H and ¹³C NMR, from a photograph of a printed or on-screen plot • COSY, HSQC and HMBC correlation maps • JCAMP-DX (.jdx, .dx) and Bruker folders, at full instrument resolution • UV-Vis absorption and emission, IR, Raman and mass spectra • Boiling point, melting point, density, logP and optical rotation A vial collects every measurement of one solution — its ¹H spectrum, its IR bands, its melting point — and the app ranks reference compounds against all of them together. A compound consistent with three measurements is a far better hypothesis than one consistent with any single one. A ranked candidate list is a shortlist to check against your own data, not an identification. The reference library built into the app is small — 586 compounds. Type a SMILES string or draw a structure and get an estimated spectrum, drawn over the one you measured so you can compare them by eye. Estimates are labelled as estimates and never enter matching or scoring. No account, no login, no server, no analytics. All the reference data is compiled into the app. The only thing that can cross the network is your own records: switch on iCloud sync and your vials and their photos move between your own devices through your private iCloud database. It is off until you ask for it, we cannot read it, and the app is complete without it. FREE, AND PRO The free version keeps three solutions at a time. Pro removes the limit, and searches a shift table you supply — your group's own measurements — beside the shipped library. Reading, analysis, interpretation, refusals, export, backup and iCloud sync are identical in both versions and always will be. For laboratory interpretation by a trained operator. Not for diagnostic, forensic, safety, regulatory or GxP use. SUBSCRIPTION Spectromaster Pro — $2.99 per month, renewing automatically until cancelled. Your Apple Account is charged at confirmation and again each month unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://qemica-lab.com/legal/spectromaster-privacy/

Screenshots

OrgoQuest4 screens
Spectromaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OrgoQuest at none against Spectromaster's 1. On price, ads, 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. Spectromaster sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. OrgoQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
OrgoQuest versus Spectromaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrgoQuestSpectromaster
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan Flores172968924571Hyuk-Yong Kwon

In-app purchases

None

OrgoQuest

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spectromaster

Subscriptions1
  • Spectromaster Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is OrgoQuest free?
OrgoQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spectromaster free?
Spectromaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OrgoQuest or Spectromaster have ads?
Neither OrgoQuest nor Spectromaster shows ads.

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