MATHCOUNTS Trainer vs AMC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MATHCOUNTS Trainer
Prepare for MATHCOUNTS competitions with thousands of practice problems from past events. Learn from detailed solutions, track your progress, and compete with others on the leaderboard. This free tool is designed for aspiring mathletes of all skill levels.
- Thousands of practice problems
- Problems from past competitions
- Full solutions provided
- Progress tracking
- Leaderboard competition
- Practice for all levels
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Train your way to Nationals with the free MATHCOUNTS Trainer presented by Art of Problem Solving! With thousands of problems from previous School, Chapter, State, and National MATHCOUNTS competitions, the Trainer is great practice for aspiring MATHCOUNTS Mathletes of all levels. Full solutions are provided for every problem so players can learn how to approach even the toughest questions. Track your progress, compete against others, and see if you can climb to the top of the Leaderboard on the new MATHCOUNTS Trainer today! MATHCOUNTS Trainer only supports Guest mode on iOS. Play online at aops.com/mc for the full training experience. MATHCOUNTS® and Mathlete® are registered trademarks of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation.
AMC
Access a comprehensive collection of past exam questions and solutions for AMC 8, AMC 10, and AMC 12 competitions. Review problems from 1999 to 2019 to prepare for your math contests.
- AMC 8, 10, 12 questions
- Solutions included
- 1999-2019 archives
- Math competition preparation
- Offline access to questions
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The AMC(American Mathematics Competitions) Questions and Solutions, includes AMC8 AMC10 and AMC12 from year 1999 to 2019.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AMC at 4.8 against MATHCOUNTS Trainer's 4.2. AMC also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). MATHCOUNTS Trainer's advantage is ratings volume (102 vs 8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AMC holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MATHCOUNTS Trainer has 102 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of MATHCOUNTS Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of AMC's.
MATHCOUNTS Trainer ships an update every 3 months, AMC weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MATHCOUNTS Trainer | AMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (102 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Art of Problem Solving | 建平 刘 |
Customer experience
MATHCOUNTS Trainer
AMC
In-app purchases
MATHCOUNTS Trainer
No in-app purchases
AMC
No in-app purchases
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