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Learn all the elements on the periodic table with these top apps.
The Elements: A Visual Exploration
iPad |iOS 5.1 | £9.99/$13.99 | v1.1.1
An adaptation of the award-winning book, explore high-resolution, rotating images of the elements.
— 5/5
NOVA Elements
iPad |iOS 4.3 | Free | v1.71
Includes an interactive periodic table, game and, for US users, a two-hour film.
— 4/5
Elements App
iPad |iOS 3.2 |Free | v1.4
Includes quizzes to test your knowledge of the world’s building blocks with links to Wikipedia articles.
— 4/5
Oresome Elements
iPad | iOS 3.2 | Free | v1.0
A colourful game in which you match up the elements abbreviated names with their full titles and locations on the periodic table.
— 3/5
The Elementals
iPhone+ | iOS 3.0 | Free | v2.1
A cutesy, child-friendly periodic table where every element is given its own unique personality.
— 3/5
