Molecules by Theodore Gray

Seeing realistic molecular motion while reading about the real world implications was much more satisfying that my high school chemistry classes. This entertaining app is divided into chapters about common chemical classes (lipids, acids, organic) and properties (color, smell) that combine quirky dad humor with interactive molecular models, 3D images, and videos. It’s the most effective educational app I’ve used with and I hope it’s the future of textbooks. The intuitions built here would be a excellent catalyst in learning how atoms behave and interact in a classroom setting.

10/10 molecule physics! This app is awesome

The latest update has caused the touch input to be off when interacting with the molecules on iPhone XS Max Update: I saw the developer response and I have emailed them with the requested information and details and am awaiting a response or update. I have changed to 3 stars for good customer support and will update back to 5 stars when the bug is resolved.

Honestly, it feels like the dev copy/pasted info from Wikipedia, put it in an app with a cool color scheme and overpriced it shamelessly. It's essentially a trivia app full of info you could get elsewhere but priced as though it were a professional/educational tool.

Wonderful! Accessible and educational while also very interesting. Well done!

Absolutely fantastic app. The book is well written, and the interactive simulations are fantastic. I love how they are integrated with the book. I use NAMD (which is actually running the simulations) for my research. Being able to interact with these molecules on through the touch screen is incredible. The app has style. It's fast, intuitive, and altogether awesome. A hell of a lot of work went into this app and it shows. Highly recommended for all.

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I DO LOVE THE STORY “MOLECULES” TELLS AND THE GRAPHICS ARE VERY NICE INDEED. THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS I SAW WITH THE APP. ONE IS THAT THERE ARE SOME MOLECULES THAT ARE TOTALLY WRONG IN HIS LIBRARY. TETRAHEDRANE, THE CHLOROPHYLLS, CYANOCOBALAMIN AND POSSIBLY OTHERS HAVE INCORRECT MOLECULAR STRUCTURES. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THEY WERE GENERATED BUT THEY CERTAINLY WEREN’T EDITED BY A CHEMIST. I AM CONCERNED THAT SINCE THESE OBVIOUS ERRORS WERE NEVER EDITED AND FIXED THAT THERE MAY BE MORE IN THE FILES OF MOLECULES THAT HAVE INCORRECT MOLECULAR STRUCTURES. THE SECOND CRITICISM I HAVE IS THAT THE INORGANIC MATERIALS ARE REPRESENTED AS A SET OF ATOMS IN THE EMPIRICAL FORMULA IN SOMETIMES A RANDOM ORDER AND NOT THE SOLID STATE STRUCTURES (FROM THE X-RAY STRUCTURES) WHICH CAN BE SHOWN QUITE NICELY IN THREE DIMENSIONS. IF THESE ITEMS WERE FIXED I WOULD CHANGE MY REVIEW TO 5 STARS.

Most molecules apps I’ve seen don’t make things nearly this digestible or as fun. They usually have cold/dead models of molecules, but the interactive, living, dynamic models this provides completely changed how I viewed molecular structure and made it so much more fun and interesting.

This app is amazing! If you want this app for the interactions, don't get it. The book, on the other hand, is amazing! It is very informative and interesting. I'm not sure I would pay $14.99 for it, but I got the sale price of $2.99. Sooo worth it!