Atoms-World — Press kit
Facts, texts and images for articles, reviews and teaching material.
Fact sheet
| Name | Atoms-World |
|---|---|
| Tagline | Play with real molecules |
| Platform | iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 or later |
| Price | Free — no ads, no in-app purchases, no account |
| Category | Education (a puzzle, a two-player hot-seat game and a music visualiser) |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish |
| Privacy | No data collected. The microphone is used only in Sounds of Nature, analysed on the device, never recorded. |
| App Store | https://apps.apple.com/app/id6817741046 |
| Publisher | Alexandre Tkatchenko, Luxembourg |
| Developers | Igor Poltavskyi, Sergio Suárez-Dou, Miguel Gallegos Gonzalez, Alexandre Tkatchenko |
| Science | SO3LR machine-learned force field — A. Kabylda et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 33723 (2025), doi:10.1021/jacs.5c09558 |
| Press contact | contact@atoms-world.online |
Downloads
- Complete press kit (zip) — icon, all screenshots at App Store size, fact sheet and description
- App icon — 1024 × 1024 PNG
- Fact sheet — plain text
- Social preview image — 1200 × 630 PNG
Permission: the Licensor allows the screenshots and the icon on this page to be used, unaltered, in articles, reviews and educational material about the app, credited "Atoms-World © 2026 Alexandre Tkatchenko". This is the written permission referred to in Section 2 of the licence agreement; any other use still needs our prior agreement.
In one sentence
Pull intruder atoms out of real molecules, win a two-player docking duel and watch a molecule dance to your music, all computed live on your device.
Description
Atoms-World turns real chemistry into three games. Every frame is computed live on your iPhone or iPad by SO3LR, a machine-learned force field from current research. What you see is real physics, not animation.
FIX THE MOLECULE A real molecule has been sabotaged: one to three intruder atoms were bonded into it. Compare it with its name and formula, then pull the intruders out with your finger while the force field relaxes everything around them. Fix it and learn what the molecule is and what it is used for.
BINDING DIMER DUEL Two players, one device. Dock a small molecule onto a bigger one, find the pose where they attract most, lock it in and let the pair relax. The stronger binding energy wins.
SOUNDS OF NATURE Every molecule vibrates in its own set of ways, its normal modes, the same ones infrared spectroscopy measures. Play music in any app or on a speaker nearby and watch the molecule dance to it: the sound the microphone hears drives its vibrations. You can also paste a YouTube link.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Real physics: energies, forces and vibrational spectra are computed on your device • 490 molecules in 37 families, from water and caffeine to amino acids, sugars and 115 medicines, each with a short note on what it does • Works offline • No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collected • English, French, German and Spanish • Made for curious students, teachers and anyone who likes molecules
Atoms-World is an educational tool. Its results come from an approximate model and are not meant for laboratory, medical or safety decisions.
Screenshots (iPad)
iPhone versions of the same scenes are on the home page; full-size files of both are in the zip.