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The Elements by Theodore Gray vs Periodic Table

An honest comparison based on real user reviews. Both are popular Periodic Table apps — but which one do users complain about less?

The Elements by Theodore Gray

Main Weakness

Chronic instability, crashes constantly, and 1.7GB bloated file size from excessive video content

"The HUGE issue here is the app crashes everytime. Yes everytime."
"HUGE: 1.7GB for high resolution images that rotate that could be just as easily shown in 1-4 images each (instead of the 40+ of each object)."

Periodic Table

Main Weakness

No iPad Pro split-screen support and broken network-dependent features

"Good app with lots of info, but you cant open it side by side with other apps on the iPad Pro which can be pretty annoying at times"
"I now get a message telling me that the app needs network connectivity, but nothing ever loads. Videos are broken, too"

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