ChemLens
Coding Minds, Inc. Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
ChemLens is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Coding Minds, Inc. Requires iOS 13.0. Updated May 30, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 21 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- May 30
- 2026 · v1.0
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About ChemLens
ChemLens turns your camera into a chemistry lens. Point it at any everyday object — a wooden chair, a plastic bottle, a glass cup, a metal coin — and ChemLens identifies what it is and shows you the materials, elements, and environmental footprint behind it. Curious students, science teachers, and anyone who loves learning will find ChemLens a friendly way to connect the chemistry they study with the objects they touch every day. WHAT YOU GET FROM EACH SCAN • Object identification — name, category, and a one-line composition summary • Chemical composition — the main constituents and their estimated percentages, shown as a clean bar chart • Elemental breakdown — the key chemical elements (O, Si, C, Fe, S, and more) with short, plain-language notes • Environmental impact — rough carbon footprint, water use, and recyclability estimates • Material origins — where these materials typically come from and a bit of history • Suggested reading — curated links (mostly Wikipedia) so you can dive deeper into anything that catches your interest KEY FEATURES • Scan with your camera or upload a photo from your gallery • Bilingual interface — English and Simplified Chinese, switchable any time including on the login screen • Personal scan history with search and material filters • Bookmark any scan to revisit it later • Cloud sync — your scan history follows you across devices once you sign in • Privacy-first camera — the camera is off whenever you leave the Scan tab, so your privacy indicator stays off • Account control — full account-delete option built right into Settings EDUCATIONAL, NOT A LABORATORY ChemLens is a learning tool, not a chemical analyzer. Every result is the AI's educated guess from a single photo — useful for sparking curiosity and reinforcing classroom topics, but not a substitute for lab analysis, safety information, or medical advice. The model is told to be conservative, and we always show you the source disclaimer.
App privacy
The developer, Coding Minds, Inc., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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