Mobile app · Education & science

ChemSearch

Search compounds, structures, reference and use practical chemistry tools.

Free, with trade-offs
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by F-Droid
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: FurtherSecrets24680
Latest version: 1.16.5 (4 November 2026)
Latest activity: 4 November 2026
Source code: github.com/FurtherSecrets24680/chemsearch-android

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: offline use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Search for a compound, check its formula and identifiers, view 2D or 3D structures, read safety data, save results for offline use or use one of the built-in chemistry tools.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

ChemSearch is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service and it depends on one specific server to work.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service
Flagged by F-Droid: depends on the publisher’s online service

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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