Comparison

Smart Math Flashcards vs Mathvo

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

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About

Smart Math Flashcards

This app helps users master math facts through personalized practice. It tracks your progress, identifies areas needing improvement, and offers various activities like timed drills and fill-in-the-blank questions. Supports basic operations and negative numbers for all K12 levels and adult review.

Highlights
  • Personalized math fact practice
  • Progress monitoring and feedback
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Customizable number ranges and operations
  • Timed practice and mastery levels
  • Handwriting recognition for answers
  • Visual flashcards and animated character
Features
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SMART MATH FLASHCARDS is a smart math app that monitors what you know and where you still need practice. Choose the most valuable skills for you: review math facts, timed practice, find the missing number, practice all the facts, and mastery of quick math.  Quickly see where you need more practice in a color-coded format. All basic operations are covered: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (+, −, ×, ÷). Go from simple math facts like 0+1=1 to more difficult equations such as -14 x 13=-182, with the app showing you the correct answer if you make a mistake. Full customization is possible: choose the numbers and operations you want to review or practice. The Mastery skill starts simple and works through total mastery, monitoring your progress and repeating questions answered incorrectly. Excellent for beginners in K12 or a quick review for older students. Great for kids, middle/high schoolers, and adults. Simply the best way to learn the multiplication table and more. Learn faster than using simple big math flashcards. Many different skills are included. Now with handwriting. Basic flashcards are free. FEATURES ► Visually appealing flashcards for rapid recall ► Operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division ► 0-15 Number Families + Make it as easy or hard as you want ► 5 Separate Activities: + Flash Cards (with answers) + Practice Cards (without answers) + Timed Answers (average time per answer) + Fill in Blank (e.g., ? x 8 = 56) + Mastery with 10 separate levels of increasing difficulty ► Complete Customization + Individual or mixed operations + Specific number choices for operands + Negatives (top operand, bottom operand) + Speed entry (no need to type = sign) + Sounds/vibrations ► Intelligent + Remembers mistakes and helps practice for mastery + Mastery levels designed to prove competency ► Handwriting Recognition + Write your answers or use number buttons ► Talking animated character for encouragement + 3 different voices ► Feedback / Monitoring + Positive/Negative sound reinforcement + Fact Table summary of right/wrong answers + Easy for student/parent/teacher to monitor progress ► No Ads.

About

Mathvo

Practice mental math skills using voice commands. This app presents math questions on cards and requires spoken answers, offering a fun and interactive way for elementary students to master foundational math concepts.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated math questions
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
  • Focus on addition basics
  • Supports iPhone, iPad, iPod
  • One-time purchase
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For anyone who wants to sharpen their mental math. The app presents a math question on a card; use your voice to answer.  Way back in elementary school we used to be sent out into the hallway to practice math flashcards with parent volunteers. Fast forward into the 21st century and we can do this with speech recognition and an iPad or iPhone. Designed with your primary grades elementary student in mind, this handy tool can make learning foundational math fun. The app presents one question at a time from a set of cards. Use your voice to answer the question. If the answer is correct, another question on a card is presented. For example, if your device or the app is configured for English and the question presented is 2 + 1, say "three", and the next card will be presented. If the app does not hear the correct answer, you will get a visual indication that the answer is not correct and you can try the question again. The next card is only displayed if the card is answered correctly. Cards are grouped into sets of questions arranged by difficulty level. The question sets automatically get more difficult as questions are correctly answered. The question sets automatically get easier if the questions appear too difficult. At any time, the card difficulty can be manually adjusted to a previously accessed level. The screenshots shown are samples of questions from various difficulty levels that may or may not appear during actual use of the app, (i.e. the app questions are randomly generated). Have an older iPad or iPhone or iPod touch? We've tried to make the app work with as many devices as possible that can do speech recognition. The app runs in landscape mode, and each question card fills the screen. There are two important device features that the app will require access to: the microphone (to hear your spoken answer), and speech recognition (to understand your spoken answer). The app will walk you through a very short setup sequence the very first time you open the app. The app comes pre-loaded with levelled questions focussing on addition. This helps the student focus on mastering the absolute basics first. Tap a card's upturned corner to access an option to switch topics to multiplication. From the back side of a card, select the desired multiplication table to practice. Occasional incorrect answers due to wrong-word or "sound-a-like" substitutions may occur due to the inherent limitations of speech recognition. Over time, with continued use of speech recognition, errors due to these substitutions may decrease. No in-app purchases. A one-time purchase provides access to the entire app for all your supported devices. Whether it's new material for learners or not yet ingrained for reviewers, all will find this tool useful. Questions, issues, or comments? Contact support@zymbiotic.com.

Screenshots

Smart Math Flashcards4 screens
Mathvo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Math Flashcards at Free against Mathvo's $8.99. Smart Math Flashcards also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 21 months). Mathvo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

Smart Math Flashcards is free to download; Mathvo costs $8.99 up front. Smart Math Flashcards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mathvo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Math Flashcards holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Math Flashcards has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Smart Math Flashcards's written reviews are positive against 75% of Mathvo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Math Flashcards ships an update every 11 days, Mathvo every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Smart Math Flashcards versus Mathvo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Math FlashcardsMathvo
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPROGRAMIS PRIME LLCZymbiotic Technologies

Customer experience

Smart Math Flashcards

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mathvo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Math Flashcards

One-time1
  • All Features$3.99
None

Mathvo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Math Flashcards free?
Smart Math Flashcards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mathvo free?
Mathvo costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Math Flashcards or Mathvo?
Smart Math Flashcards is rated higher. Smart Math Flashcards averages 4.7 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Mathvo averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Smart Math Flashcards or Mathvo have ads?
Neither Smart Math Flashcards nor Mathvo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Math Flashcards or Mathvo?
Smart Math Flashcards ships an update every 11 days, and Mathvo every 21 months. Most recently, Smart Math Flashcards was updated on September 29, 2026 and Mathvo on September 22, 2026.

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