# XtraMath

> Adaptive math fact fluency program for students to improve recall and higher-level math skills. (iPhone/iPad app by XtraMath.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xtramath/id882931712 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [XtraMath](https://appshunter.io/developer/882931715)
- Category: Education
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 2.40/5 from 1,433 App Store ratings · 21 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 84 MB
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and 1 more
- Released: 2014-06-08
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xtramath/id882931712/reviews.md

## What is XtraMath?

XtraMath is a math fact fluency program that helps students increase their math fluency and recall in order to succeed in fractions, decimals, and other higher-level math concepts. XtraMath student activities are simple and straightforward and take about 10 minutes each day. The program uses sophisticated methods to present your child with the right problem at the right time to maximize the effectiveness of practice. Students earn a certificate of achievement when they complete an operation as well as receive trophy awards as they hit program milestones. 
You will receive a weekly progress report via e-mail. The report shows how well your child knows their math facts and the progress they are making toward mastery. More detailed reports can be accessed via the web at any time. Additionally, there is a user guide you can download that will walk you through the program and the reports. 
Many educators choose XtraMath to supplement their regular math curriculum in the classroom. XtraMath does not have any advertising within the app, and we comply with applicable data privacy laws, such as FERPA, COPPA, and GDPR, as well as have signed the Student Privacy Pledge. User data and information is never sold or given to third parties.  
XtraMath® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to math achievement for all. Our goal is to develop effective, efficient, adaptive, and intrinsically rewarding supplemental math activities.

## Key features

- Math fact fluency building
- Adaptive practice
- Daily 10-minute activities
- Certificates of achievement
- Trophy awards
- Weekly progress reports
- Detailed web reports

## What do users think of XtraMath?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Helps with memorization of math facts
- 📈 Tracks progress and provides analytics
- 🏆 Motivates kids to improve their scores

**Cons**

- ⏱️ Timed nature causes anxiety and stress
- 🤖 Impersonal and lacks human interaction
- 📚 Does not teach concepts, only drills

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Incorrect answers not always marked properly
- Compatibility issues with older devices

**Most requested features**

- Ability to write answers instead of using keypad
- More relaxing practice activities without time pressure
- Personalized feedback and advice from the app

## Recent user reviews (10 of 21)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xtramath/id882931712/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Too Much Pressure (but it did make me better)

*2023-07-24*

If you ever ask me whether I like XtraMath, this is what I would say:	On one hand, it helped me remember facts I forgot because of lack of practice. It also helped me keep an momentum when practicing facts. On the other side, it is really frustrating that I need to use the keypad to click the answer. It would be nice if you can have a choice where you could write it. Plus, you should add more activities to practice. Some that you don’t get timed, so it could be more relaxing and be a nice break. It gives me pressure when I have to do one race after another. Mr. C (I think that’s the name of the red-shirt guy who is also bald that users see before and after  activities) can also give more advice, such as writing the facts down on paper to help memorize. All in all, Xtra Math is a great resource but has space to improve.

### 1/5 — An anxiety inducing nightmare.

*2023-06-05*

I grew up using this and felt pressured to get every question correct and get them all right in time. From my memory, this program was used first for my class in either first or second grade, and then again in 4th. The emphasis on time made me panic, trying to put in the right answer as quickly as possible, before moving onto the next one an repeating the process. And when I got a question wrong? 

I felt dumb. Like I had failed this test, and that I wasn’t doing good enough. I eventually got a specific play my hand would be in, as to answer as fast as possible, while also being correct. After all, that was the only way I’d succeed. That’s the only way I’d get those green smiles instead of thumbs down or neutral faces.

The fact the creators smile never leaves doesn’t help either.

This app may have even worsened my ability to take my time on tests, which has messed with me in the past. Heck, it might have even made a afraid of math as a subject, thinking if I try it on my own I’ll do something unacceptable and fail.

My mom used to have me use this at home to, back when we first had to. Until she watched me use this program, that is.

Also, please be aware I instilled the ‘Failure = bad’ into myself, and my parents never contributed to that.

So all in all, please don’t have your child or school use this. 
Why my school did is beyond me, considering the reviews.

### 2/5 — Updated review

*2020-11-21, version 20.0.0*

I go back and forth between hating and loving this app, but now my mind is made up. My daughter passed her addition and subtraction facts with this app, which I thought was great and I thought meant she knew her math facts. Then, we switched from Rod and Staff math to Singapore Dimensions and my daughter definitely does not know all of her addition math facts! And when I say she doesn’t know all, I really mean she pretty much doesn’t know any of them without counting. So, she pretty much wasted her time on an app she hated anyways and from which she learned very little. We’ll just stick to flash cards and speed drills from now on, and skip Xtramath. Definitely frequently assess your child to make sure she/he is actually learning her/his facts and able to solve addition problems presented to her/him in various ways if you plan on using this app or any math program that focuses on drill and rote learning. Unfortunately, this app only presents the problems in one way, so if your child is later confronted with an addition problem written in a different way, she may not understand how to solve it, which I didn’t think about until we started Singapore math, which wonderfully does present problems in multiple ways and expects children to actually think about the problems (I’ve learned that this is important for solving novel and unfamiliar problems!). And now I’m kicking myself for being lazy and leaving my daughter’s math facts learning to an app.

**Developer response:** Hi, I'm sorry to hear about problems you've run into with your daughter deleting her account. Making changes to a student account is only possible through a parent or teacher account. Most likely your parent sign-in is "remembered" on your device, which means you (or she) can sign into your parent account without your password. If you have questions (or need us to restore a recently removed student account) we are most happy to help! You can reach us at erika@xtramath.org.

### 5/5 — A great app for kids to become comfortable with basic arithmetic

*2020-11-20*

Xtra Math has helped my children excel at mathematics. If you want this app to be effective you have to encourage your kids to use it as often as possible, preferably daily.  If you do this, it should be impossible for your child not to grow. This app does not teach the concepts, it is exactly what the name suggests: “extra” practice. Your child should already have learned the concepts before sitting them down with this app.

I like this app for my kids because it’s no nonsense, no fluff, just straight up timed addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. With reading, we expect our children to move on from sounding out each word to “sight reading”; this app basically does same thing but for mathematics. My kids are no longer calculating each answer in their heads, they now sight read the problem and spit out the answer super fast.

At first, it was a bit of a grind trying to get the kids into the habit of using the app but after awhile they started to enjoy it and loved that they would receive a score at the end of each session and would use that to challenge themselves and each other. Often they would proudly tell me how many happy faces they were awarded at a time.

This app gets results and I highly recommend it.

### 5/5 — Another way to do flashcards

*2020-11-02*

Just started homeschooling and had my first and third grader start this program to help with math facts after having them do assessments for other math programs.
I was a little surprised by their initial assessments and realized I could help if I was more consistent with flashcards for repetition. 

A few things to note:

1. It is not a curriculum

2. It is a tool to help with memorization.

3. It tracks progress and gives a weekly summary with it of your individual students. 

4. You have the ability to remove the teacher during when it quizzes you or races.. I admit that my third grader didn’t like that, but I framed it for him to say that I wanted him to crush the teacher and it didn’t require seeing the teacher visibly. There’s a function that takes the visible teachers body language away so it’s just the flashcards.

 It’s been super helpful and to see him triple their accuracy rate and has given me time to help my newborn when they tackle it as flashcards at a consistent time. I really really enjoyed telling them that they have a numerical value with their progress that they can understand their improvements with memorization.

I also remind them that they are in different grades so trophies come and go based on them as individuals. It has helped tremendously.

### 3/5 — Not a teaching tool!

*2020-09-04*

I can see the benefit of using this tool once math facts are already established in a student’s mind, but using this tool to teach math facts is missing the mark. This should be a tool to refine speed rather than teach facts and I think school districts that use it are missing this important step! 

Teach FIRST, refine LATER. Use of this app without teaching the facts beforehand is similar to quizzing a child on facts about the Constitution prior to teaching the child what the Constitution is. It is incredibly frustrating and disheartening to watch a student have to fail over and over again to get an answer rather than simply giving them a flash card, teaching them the answers and how the math works, and then quizzing them over the problems with repetition and positive reinforcement.

The app itself works just fine, but use this tool for what it is!

### 1/5 — Just don’t like getting timed

*2020-01-20*

So when I was talking to my mom my mom just got the idea about downloading the XtraMath but it was optional and I was in Hazelwood elementary and I don’t like this much I do have a small complaint about it but also do you have another thing that you can see on the title I just don’t like it and kind of stresses me out and sometimes I even cry but sometimes I’m like hey this is not that bad very sarcastically bro no that’s just no no no no and every time you get a question wrong and you’re doing a race the teacher the teacher takes away literally all of your stars and I don’t like that I don’t like that I mean happy faces were yeah and I just don’t really like it also now on and if I could actually choose I would say no no no oh and also I had to I did it before I even downloaded it on my iPad and he yeah that’s cool I didn’t like it I kind of like my friend Oliver but it’s just not comforting me I just goodbye have a nice day right of you if you want and you can look at the other ones mine was kind of based on the one that was titled zero stars if I could

### 5/5 — Great application for kids

*2019-10-02*

First let me say that Parent5234 seems to coddle their children too much and is obvious by the review given. The teacher on screen is a guide to whether the child answered correctly or not and can be turned off if a child cries about a computer image on screen, the world is not all cupcakes and rainbows, wait till that child gets a job and has a boss telling them what to do. Second thing, yes the app is timed, but is by no means prohibits the child from learning, if your child is slow, then work with them instead of ignoring the true problem, your kid. Okay, now for my personal review. My 3rd grader is learning what is demanded of kids in 3rd grade and she is doing great. She may struggle, which is shown on her progress report, but it is all about practice. The progress reports are great because it shows their improvements. I am extremely satisfied with this application that I will now set up an account for my kinder child. That is the other positive things about this app, it has settings for different grade levels. Customer support is also a plus when questions come up.

### 1/5 — Horrible approach to learning math

*2019-08-27*

Xtramath is an abysmal stress bomb of an app that seems to serve a primary purpose of discouraging a genuine appreciation for math. I initially thought the horrid reviews must be from parents who never challenge their kids, and that my high-performing math loving competitive child would appreciate this app. NO. I was completely wrong.  My child hates it and this was the first time in his youthful education that I’ve heard him literally say, “Dad, I hate this.  This app stresses me out. I don’t want to do math because of it”.  I was shocked and did my best to encourage him to press on. My wife is an engineer and my background is econ / finance. Point being is we understand the mission critical role math plays in long-term success.  However Xrtramath offers a short path to discouraging a sincere interest in the subject. We will be reverting to flash cards regardless of how much the school may encourage the use of this waste-of-money app as the last thing I want is for my child to lose interest in math.

### 5/5 — What a wonderful app for educators

*2019-04-26*

I use Xtramath ALL the time with my students. I run a tutoring company and Xtramath is hands down the most efficient way to solidify basic arithmetic facts with my students. I often use it as a warm up at the start of each session just to get the mental gears running which gives me a few minutes to gather my materials and plan out what we’ll be doing later, all while they can slowly but sure get their facts down. I even use it with older students in JHS and beyond if I feel they need help with facts. It saves me time and effort not finding/creating fact sheets and it’s more dynamic than simply having them fill out addition or multiplication charts as it emphasizes speed and accuracy of the fats that they struggle with. Not to mention their analytics are extraordinarily useful as well giving me a solid insight to their progress. 10/10

**Developer response:** Thank you so much for your review! We're glad to hear that the program has been helpful for your students. We'd love to ask a few followup questions if you'd be willing - just email us at erika@xtramath.org.

## Frequently asked questions about XtraMath

### What does XtraMath do?

XtraMath is a math fact fluency program designed to help students improve their recall of basic math facts. This foundational skill is crucial for success in more advanced math concepts like fractions and decimals. The program offers adaptive practice to ensure students are challenged appropriately.

### How does XtraMath help students learn?

The app uses sophisticated methods to present students with the right math problems at the optimal time, maximizing practice effectiveness. Activities are designed to be simple and straightforward, taking about 10 minutes per day. Students are motivated through certificates of achievement and trophy awards for reaching milestones.

### Is XtraMath free to use?

Yes, XtraMath is a free program. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, its goal is to make math achievement accessible to all students. There are no advertisements within the app, and user data is protected.

### How can I track my child's progress?

You will receive a weekly progress report via email detailing your child's math fact knowledge and progress towards mastery. More in-depth reports are available at any time through the program's website. A user guide is also available for download to help navigate the program and reports.

### Who is XtraMath for?

XtraMath is suitable for students who need to build their math fact fluency and recall. Many educators also utilize XtraMath to supplement their classroom math curriculum. The program is designed to be effective for a wide range of learners.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 20.0.0 — 2020-08-18

Back to school updates and more! XtraMath has added engagement and motivation features so kids (and families) can track their progress and earn trophies along the way. And families, we now have user guides that you can download or view online on our latest Resources page! The new user guides walk you through getting your child online, whether they are using the program in school, homeschool, or for extra practice at home, as well as provide detailed report descriptions. The resources page also features our new Printables! You can now print out trophies, certificates, large fluency matrixes, and classroom progress charts to help you hold classroom or individual contests throughout the school year!

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