Comparison

Even or odd Mental calculation vs Tchisla

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Even or odd Mental calculation

Test your mental math skills by quickly determining if the result of an on-screen operation is even or odd. Earn more points for faster answers and challenge friends to see who has the quickest mind. The difficulty increases as you progress.

Highlights
  • Timed mental calculation challenges
  • Score tracking for personal bests
  • Speed-based scoring system
  • Increasing difficulty levels
  • Multiplayer comparison
Features
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Solve the calculation and choose: is the answer even or odd? Par o Impar combines addition, subtraction and multiplication with short sessions and two large answer buttons. Practise at your own pace or test your speed across five modes: - Classic: answer before time runs out and try to beat your record. - Sprint 60: get as many answers right as you can in one minute. Each mistake costs three seconds. - Daily Challenge: 20 calculations each day, with one official attempt and unlimited practice afterwards. - Training: choose addition, subtraction, multiplication or a mix. Play without a timer and see an explanation after each answer. - Challenge Route: complete 30 levels involving calculations, accuracy and memory, and earn medals. A short tutorial explains the controls. Pause your game, adjust sound and vibration, and check your records. Progress is saved on this device and all game modes work offline. The game interface is in Spanish. The app contains advertising. If you previously bought ad removal on iOS, you can restore it from Settings (Ajustes).

About

Tchisla

This app challenges you to represent numbers as arithmetic expressions using only digits 1-9. It offers various operations, including roots, powers, and factorials, to find optimal solutions. Improve your mental math skills through engaging puzzles and competitive modes.

Highlights
  • Represent numbers as arithmetic expressions
  • Use digits 1-9
  • Standard arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /)
  • Advanced operations (√, ^, !)
  • Practice mode with tutorial
  • Competitive modes with leaderboards
  • Gallery for tracking progress and solutions
Features
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Tchisla is a really absorbing number puzzle from the creators of Euclidea. Explore the magic world of numbers and train your mental arithmetic skills. All you need is to represent numbers as arithmetical expressions using only one of the digits from 1 to 9. This can be done in various ways. You gain more points if your solution uses fewer digits and sometimes your way to the optimal solution looks like an exciting quest. You can use standard arithmetic operations +, -, *, /, and brackets, extract square roots (√), raise to a power (^), and apply factorials (!). The factorial (n!) is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to n. For example: 96 = 99 - √9 96 = 4 * 4! 96 = 2 * 2 * (22 + 2) 96 = 111 - (1 + 1)^(1 + 1 + 1 + 1) + 1 2048 = ((5 + 5) / 5) ^ (55 / 5) The idea is easy but it can be very hard to find the shortest solution. Try to solve 64#4 using 2 digits or 71#7 with just 3 digits. Here 64#4 means that you need to express 64 using only 4. When the solution is found, you can stop for a moment to take a look at the received formula and to enjoy and appreciate all the beauty of the mathematics. *** More than just a calculator *** Tchisla looks like an ordinary calculator but it is designed to help you in your fight with the problem. It proposes you autocomplete variants that can lead you to the goal. You choose the way and the app calculates and performs all the menial job for you. In short time you suddenly discover that you know a lot of numbers and their properties: factorials, squares, cubes, prime numbers, roots and others. Tchisla imperceptibly helps you to improve your calculating skills. *** Game modes *** * The Practice mode consists of a short tutorial and the most interesting problems to solve with numbers from 1 to 100. * 2016 is the number of the year and one more mode. You need to express it with each digit from 1 to 9. Can you reproduce the world record? It uses totally 48 digits. * In the Gallery, you can find a table of numbers and the count of digits used in solutions. You can solve new problems here and find solutions that can be improved. This will help in future challenges since they can be based on the levels that are already solved. You can extend the standard Gallery up to 10000 (via in-app purchase). It will help you to track your progress and the current records and to get quick access to any number or solution. The Extended Gallery contains 50 sections with 200 numbers each (1800 exercises). * The Contest mode is a regular competition between players. A number to be expressed is announced and you have just 24 hours to find the shortest solution for each digit. You win the gold medal if you have used the minimum number of digits. Do not lose your chance to become the first in the rating! *** Gestures and controls *** - swipe to the left to erase the expression - swipe to the right to restore an existing solution - double tap on the solution to switch between alternative variants - yellow square with digit count means that nobody has found a shorter solution. Maybe, it is you who will break the record? *** Why Tchisla *** "Tchisla" is the Russian word for "numbers". With our app you will find out a lot of dependencies between numbers, discover their secrets, learn a lot of tricks to tame them or even become their friend. Numbers will become not just sets of digits for you. *** Questions? Comments? *** Send in your inquiries and stay up-to-date on the latest Tchisla news at http://www.euclidea.xyz/ and http://www.twitter.com/tchisla.

Screenshots

Even or odd Mental calculation4 screens
Tchisla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tchisla at none against Even or odd Mental calculation's shown. Tchisla also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Even or odd Mental calculation's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Even or odd Mental calculation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tchisla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Even or odd Mental calculation ships an update every 23 months, Tchisla monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Even or odd Mental calculation versus Tchisla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEven or odd Mental calculationTchisla
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (154 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—154 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIker VazquezHORIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Customer experience

Even or odd Mental calculation

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tchisla

All ratings154 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive87.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.2%

Bugs and requests

Even or odd Mental calculation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Tchisla

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Daily contest server not working
  • Incorrect score recording in contests
  • Solutions not recorded in contests
  • Yellow marks on solutions revoked after reinstallation
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  • Results not loading from Game Center after reinstallation
  • App crashes when entering 'golden' solution on iPhone 13
  • Tutorial levels are confusing and lead to giving up

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add sound effects for gamification
  • Option to turn off hints
  • Harder modes for gallery puzzles
  • Sync solutions across devices (iCloud, Game Center)
  • Allow multiple solutions to be displayed
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  • Add cube roots and logarithms as operations
  • Display created numbers in hints

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Even or odd Mental calculation

One-time1
  • Full version upgrade$0.99
1 purchases

Tchisla

One-time1
  • Extended gallery$1.99

Questions

Is Even or odd Mental calculation free?
Even or odd Mental calculation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tchisla free?
Tchisla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Even or odd Mental calculation or Tchisla have ads?
Even or odd Mental calculation shows ads; Tchisla does not.
Which is updated more often, Even or odd Mental calculation or Tchisla?
Even or odd Mental calculation ships an update every 23 months, and Tchisla monthly. Most recently, Even or odd Mental calculation was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tchisla on November 2, 2026.

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