Engage School vs NumBots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Engage School
This app provides parents with secure access to essential school information, including timetables, notices, fee details, and student reports. It streamlines communication between schools and parents with features like click-to-call and push notifications for critical messages.
- Timetabling access
- School notices
- Parent fee information
- Student reports
- Click-to-call/email
- Push notifications
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The Double First Engage School App, enables quick and secure access to vital school information. The Engage School App can be used by parents, providing access to key areas such as timetabling, school notices, parent fee information and student reports. The Engage School App will significantly improve the flow of information between schools and parents. Simple features such as click to call and click to email through the App speed up contact between the school and parents, with push notification available, parents have no reason to miss school critical messages even when on the move. A customised school specific version of the Engage App is also available to those schools wishing to add a more bespoke and professional touch to their Engage School App. This includes the addition of the school badge, colour scheme and images where required, making your school stand out from the crowd. The Engage School App can only be used in conjunction with Double First’s Engage Management Information system and if your school is using the Parent and Staff Portals.
NumBots
This platform helps children master mental addition and subtraction, moving them from counting to calculating. It focuses on building understanding, recall, and fluency in these core math skills. Designed for early learners, it offers an engaging way to achieve mathematical proficiency.
- Master mental addition
- Master mental subtraction
- Build understanding
- Develop recall
- Achieve fluency
- Transition from counting to calculating
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Addition & Subtraction. Solved. From the innovators who bring you Times Tables Rock Stars, comes a highly engaging platform for learning to add and subtract… NumBots! NumBots is all about every child achieving the “triple win” of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating. Suitable from Year 1 (UK) or Kindergarten (US) upwards. Younger players will be able to access the early stages from a mathematical point of view but will find it increasingly harder to reach the level of fluency required to make continued progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NumBots at 66% against Engage School's 4%. NumBots also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (304 vs 7). 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.
NumBots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NumBots has 304 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Engage School's written reviews are positive against 66% of NumBots's.
Engage School ships an update every 3 months, NumBots every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Engage School | NumBots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (304 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.6% of reviews | 66.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 304 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Double First Ltd | Maths Circle Ltd |
Customer experience
Engage School
NumBots
Bugs and requests
Engage School
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NumBots
Reported bugs
5 issues- Coins and stars not tracking correctly
- Login issues across devices
- Keyboard not showing up on tablets
- Levels randomly locked or missing
- App crashing and freezing
Requested features
5 requests- More advanced levels and content
- Ability to skip to appropriate level
- Less emphasis on speed, more on accuracy
- Family account support
- Improved login and persistence
In-app purchases
Engage School
No in-app purchases
NumBots
No in-app purchases









