Elemental Reviews – Page 3
4/5 rating based on 35 reviews. Read all reviews for Elemental for iPhone.
Elemental is free iOS app published by Dotmatics Limited
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OrgProf
Curved arrows are a must! Those would make this app so much more useful for online lecture creation!
Nothing like portable chemistry!
Frankdudepa
Great work on making this tool accessible on the go and sending ideas to my notebook page while I'm on a lunch break or on the campus shuttle!
Fix the bug
Justincaseyphillippi
The current version would have received 5 stars except I am still only able to have one reaction arrow at a time on screen. This is absolutely ridiculous, I waited to post a review until the upgrade thinking this would be fixed and it was not. You cannot show multistep reactions with this app. Clearly the ball was dropped somewhere. All of the other operations with this app are great. If they ever fix this bug I will rate 5 stars.
An Organic Chem Student Must Have
Onelovelola
Elemental not only allows you to build molecules, it auto-protonates your heteroatoms depending on the bond it is assigned. I can easily write reactions, save those reactions to my camera roll, and insert the image into my notes or presentations, which is more than I can say for the expensive apps that only allow one to build a single molecule. I would suggest making a paid version where one can push electrons and write mechanisms, however. Otherwise, I am very pleased.
An Amazing Sketch Utility
Mashara!
What an extraordinary surprise! Hoping to find an app that would allow one to "sketch" molecular structures, I stumbled upon Elemental. After watching the short video tutorial I was able to easily start using the app and learning the ins and outs of its functionality. It didn't take long before I was able to sketch a decent looking triglyceride structure having sixty-three atoms . . . on my iPhone! There are built in functional groups including a variety of carbon rings having straight carbon, or carbon-nitrogen or carbon-oxygen atoms. You can easily replace any atom using a common atom set, but the app offers the functionality to add any element in the periodic table by typing in the atomic symbol. You can rotate groups of atoms or functional groups to improve your sketch. There are configuration options the allow the user to: display atom numbers, warn when valence is exceeded, and display tips. The app allows the standard iPhone zoom in and zoom out functionality. You can easily add or modify a charge number for any atom. There are undo and redo options if you make a mistake. You can save your work as an image, add it to Dropbox or email it. I could go on, but will summarize by attesting that this app allowed me to do exactly what I wanted in a very short period of time. There were no crashes or unexpected behavior. The interface is clean and well built. You will be happy with Elemental if you need to sketch any structure seen in an organic chemistry class. Well done Dotmatics. You've hit this one out of the park!
An amazing tool! A few fixes and additions needed.
SlugShotSniper
This is an excellent little tool for learning about molecules or simply playing around. I can finally figure out if it's possible to make Boron-based proteins! MUCH NEEDED: The ability to delete custom molecules from molecule list, and the option for partial bonds and three-center two-electron bonds. MUST BE FIXED: I saved three molecules successfully. I tried to save more, and at first they were saved, but then I closed the app and opened it later and they were gone. It has been doing this since.
Frustrating
Pacoel52
Let me start with the positive: only free app and it can draw some basic molecules ok. Manipulating parts is frustrating. The drop down menus are very unresponsive. I would like to see a polymer chain capability and also ability to show C in some bonds (e.g. the isocyanate group). I can use with some patience.
We're is the "periodic table" button on iPhone
Miraclern
Were is it? I looked for the button an it wasn't there, can you update it so i can click on the button I was looking for
Some utility but needs some work
Kekuna
Wanted to have something for my organic 1 semester nursing students to use. It is fine except it is not always responsive to every screen touch. It often selects items as if to copy text rather than selecting function. Also, most chem sketch types of programs allow one to clean up length and angle of bonds. I can't find this function.