ACD/ChemSketch Alternatives

ACD/ChemSketch is described as 'Chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications' and is a digital painting tool in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ACD/ChemSketch for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best ACD/ChemSketch alternative is Chemaxon Marvin, which is free. Other great apps like ACD/ChemSketch are ChemDraw, Avogadro, ChemDoodle and JChemPaint.

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  1. Chemaxon Marvin icon

    Chemaxon Marvin

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    Marvin suite is a chemically intelligent desktop toolkit built to help you draw, edit, publish, render, import and export your chemical structures and as well as allowing you to convert between various chemical and graphical file formats.

    18 Chemaxon Marvin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    The co-factor NAD in 2D format in Marvin.
     
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    • Most users think Chemaxon Marvin is a great ACD/ChemSketch alternative.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ACD/ChemSketch.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular free alternative to ACD/ChemSketch.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is Free and ProprietaryACD/ChemSketch is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. ChemDraw icon

    ChemDraw

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    ChemDraw is a communication suite for managing, reporting and presenting Chemistry research. Produce precise chemical structures with our premier chemical drawing solution.

    17 ChemDraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • ChemDraw is the most popular commercial alternative to ACD/ChemSketch.

    • ChemDraw is Paid and ProprietaryACD/ChemSketch is Free Personal and Proprietary
  4. Avogadro icon

    Avogadro

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    Avogadro is an advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for cross-platform use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    A simple molecule in a small Avogadro window.
     
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    • Most users think Avogadro is a great ACD/ChemSketch alternative.

    • Avogadro is the most popular Open Source alternative to ACD/ChemSketch.

    • Avogadro is Free and Open SourceACD/ChemSketch is Free Personal and Proprietary
  5. ChemDoodle icon

    ChemDoodle

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    If you are looking for a chemical sketcher or an alternative to your current chemical drawing application, there is no better choice than ChemDoodle. ChemDoodle works on all operating systems (both 32 and 64 bit), has one of the largest feature sets in the industry, has the most...

    9 ChemDoodle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Most users think ChemDoodle is a great ACD/ChemSketch alternative.

    • ChemDoodle is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to ACD/ChemSketch.

    • ChemDoodle is Paid and ProprietaryACD/ChemSketch is Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. JChemPaint icon

    JChemPaint

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    JChemPaint (or JCP for short here) is the editor and viewer for 2D chemical structures developed using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. ChemistryLab icon

    ChemistryLab

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    ChemistryLab is a chemical laboratory simulation application designed for the Android platform. It serves as a derivative version of the original ChemistryLab, developed by Tran Thanh Tùng, maintaining the same functionality while introducing modifications to the user...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    • ChemistryLab is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to ACD/ChemSketch.

    • ChemistryLab is Free and Open SourceACD/ChemSketch is Free Personal and Proprietary
  9. BKchem icon

    BKchem

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    BKChem is a free (as in free software :o) chemical drawing program. It was conceived and written by Beda Kosata and is currently maintained by Reinis Danne.

    15 BKchem alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. ChemCanvas icon

    ChemCanvas

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    A very intuitive, new 2D chemical drawing tool (Qt-based).

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Windows
    • Python
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  11. MedChem Designer icon

    MedChem Designer

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    "MedChem Designer 3.0 is a free chemical structure drawing program. MedChem Designer can open SMILES, SDF, MOL, CSK, and RXN file types. Up to 32 compounds can be displayed in one window. Images can be exported in SMILES, SD, MOL, CQF, bitmap, JPG, or PNG formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    speciolab

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    speciolab is a modern yet easy-to-use chemical drawing software that is aimed at helping students, companies and other users to draw clean and orderly chemical structures for reports, theses and presentations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  13. ChemJuice Grande icon

    ChemJuice Grande

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    What's your favorite molecule? With ChemJuice, chemical structure drawing is now at your fingertips.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  14. ChemApp icon

    ChemApp

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    ChemApp is a powerful tool that will help you to solve everything from the simplest to the most complex of chemistry problems - from balancing chemical reactions and finding molar masses to solving reaction stoichiometry problems.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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