Hit the Button Math vs Make a Choice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hit the Button Math
Develop mental math skills with this engaging app for children aged 5-11. It offers 166 game modes covering essential arithmetic topics, with options for timed or untimed practice. Track progress with player profiles and earn rewards.
- 166 game modes
- Timed and untimed practice
- Covers times tables, division, squares, number bonds, doubling, halving
- Supports addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Up to 30 player profiles
- Local data storage
- Bronze, silver, gold star rewards
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Hit the Button Math is an app designed to help develop mental math and calculation skills. The app is aimed at 5-11 year olds. There are 166 different game modes of varying difficulty so it is useful throughout grades K-5. Answer as many questions as possible in minute-long games, or you can now practice without the pressure of a countdown timer. Questions are randomly generated which means it is very replayable. The game has been carefully designed for children, with large, widely spaced buttons. We recommend that young children play on a tablet. Six main topics are covered: * Times tables - up to 10 or 12 * Division - up to 10 or 12 * Square numbers * Number bonds * Doubling * Halving Between these topics, the four standard arithmetic operations are covered: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can create up to 30 player profiles per device to track an individual's scores. If you prefer there's also the option to play as a guest. All data is stored locally on your device so you don't have to worry about privacy issues. We've also made it very easy for children to quickly switch between profiles after playing a game, if they're sharing a device. After each game, the score achieved is displayed along with the child's high score. Bronze, silver or gold stars and trophies are awarded depending on the score achieved in each game.
Make a Choice
This app helps individuals communicate choices using customizable boards with text, images, or recorded voice. It's designed for ease of use, especially for those with motor difficulties or communication challenges.
- Customizable choice boards
- Text, image, and voice options
- Large, easy-to-use buttons
- Supports two or four buttons per board
- Shareable choice board configurations
- Lockdown mode for configurations
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Designed in co-operation with a Speech Pathologist, parents and carers describing what they need, Make a Choice is a simple to use, and yet flexible tool for people who need to communicate a choice. Make a Choice can be used on its own, however it is also great as an adjunct to your other favorite AAC tools. People with motor problems will find that the button sizes make it easier, providing direct access via fingers or fist, etc. Make a Choice is great for people working with various forms of Dyspraxia, (also known as Motor Learning Difficulties, Perceptuo-Motor Dysfunction, and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)). By providing a small number of choices, the communicator is better able to focus, and express themselves clearly. Make a Choice can also be used for “First and Then” two and four step schedules, or in situations where a client needs to express an opinion (“I Like” / “I don’t like”). In fact, the versatility of Make a Choice allows you to use it in all sorts of situations. Make a Choice provides the ability to configure Choice Boards of two, or four buttons on the screen with text, an image, or both. When a button is pressed on the main screen, the text of the button is spoken by your device, or, if your prefer, you can record your own voice and that will be played instead. Buttons may be further configured to have their own background color, ensuring your ability to create buttons that are easy to see, and respond to. Images can be easily be imported direct from your devices camera, the Photos app, or from the internet via copy-paste. There are no limits to how many Choice Boards you can create, and there are no limits to the number of buttons. Make a Choice has been built with speed and ease of use in mind. If you are in an emergency situation and you need to help someone communicate their choice about something, just create a couple of new buttons, and in less than a minute you can have them on screen. Do you want to create a new Choice Board with a different combination of buttons that you’ve already created? That’s easy! Every button you create is there for you to pick and re-use, any number of times. For communication ovation partners, this is a great tool to help your cared one express her or his self through choosing one action, over another. Make a Choice allows you to share your Choice Board configurations with others via iCloud Drive, DropBox, and any other iOS compatible file sharing service. This allows you to backup your data, share it amongst your devices, and with clients and friends. Make a Choice allows you to lock down the Choice Board configuration, preventing unwanted changes to the Choice Boards you’ve created. Make a Choice uses nice large buttons to better facilitate use by people with motor difficulties. Button sizes have been crafted to make them large and well spaced, improving usability further. Make a Choice works on all iPad and iPhone devices running iOS 9 or later. There are NO in-app purchases, and there are no limits on how many buttons or Choice Boards you can create. Feature summary: * Unlimited number of buttons. * Unlimited number of choice boards. * Configuration can be backed up or shared via iCloud Drive, Dropbox or similar. * Configuration can be locked. * Easy to use. * Fully accessible via Voice Over and Accessibility Switches * Supports recording your own voice for buttons. * Uses in-device text to speech when no voice recording is provided. * Buttons support text, images, or both. * Button background color is configurable. * 2 or 4 button Choice Boards supported. * Great for “First and Then” use. * Print your choice boards to your AirPrint printer! * Localized in English, French and Spanish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Make a Choice at 4.8 against Hit the Button Math's 3.7. Make a Choice also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 22 months). Hit the Button Math's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Hit the Button Math costs $3.99 and Make a Choice $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Make a Choice holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Hit the Button Math's written reviews are positive against 100% of Make a Choice's.
Hit the Button Math ships an update every 22 months, Make a Choice every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hit the Button Math | Make a Choice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Topmarks Online Ltd | pkclSoft |
Customer experience
Hit the Button Math
Make a Choice
Bugs and requests
Hit the Button Math
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game freezes constantly
- Scores and high scores disappeared
- Keyboard not aligning or working
- Mouse not working correctly
- App does not launch
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- Sound does not work on iPad version
- Cannot select child after adding
- Buttons do not work on touch
- Player name typing issues
- Game rigged
Requested features
9 requests- Add daily ten as a separate app
- Include 15 and 17 times tables
- More levels/exercises
- Ability to see trophies earned for each exercise
- Improve graphics and layout
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- More encouraging feedback mechanisms
- Increase the number of player profiles
- Fix sound issue on iPad
- Limit multiplication tables to ten
Make a Choice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hit the Button Math
No in-app purchases
Make a Choice
No in-app purchases
Questions
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