Comparison

Classlist vs NumBots

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

Head to head
About

Classlist

Connect with other parents in your child's school community. Organize school runs, plan events, and share information securely. This app helps foster a friendly and useful school network.

Highlights
  • Connect with classmates' parents
  • Organize school runs and carpools
  • Plan and manage school events
  • Share information and ask questions
  • PTA event management and fundraising
  • School marketplace for item exchange
  • Secure and private communication
Features
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Meet your child's classmates, plan the school run and invite friends to parties. Classlist is the award-winning app that brings parents into the heart of their school community. In schools in 33 countries. - See who's who at school. Put a face to a name! - Ask the parents in your child's class a question and share info - Organise a parent meetup for your class and see what PTA events are coming up - Find families nearby to share lifts with on the parent map - Exchange items on the marketplace and ask for recommendations It’s safe, secure and kind. You're in control of how much information you choose to share and what notifications you want. Classlist is fully GDPR compliant, private and secure. It’s moderated by parents for parents to keep your community friendly, welcoming and useful. It’s inclusive — easy for all new parents to sign up. Download the app to join your school’s Classlist or set up Classlist for your school With additional features to support the PTA and Class Reps: - Arrange everything from coffee mornings to major PTA events. Send invites, reminders, and track RSVPs easily in events. - Sell tickets and take cashless payment online - Get out important messages to the whole school or any class or year quickly with announcements - Post to your class or year group - Fundraise with a raffle - Set up interest groups to bring parents together. Create groups to coordinate with your PTA team for specific events too! “We are really liking Classlist. It’s different to social media because it’s well controlled.” — Josephine Marsh, Head Teacher, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chalfont, UK "We had Facebook, WhatsApp and email. Classlist has brought it all into one place." Zarifa Dewey, Chair of St Aidan's School Association, Coulsdon, UK www.classlist.com support@classlist.com

About

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.

Highlights
  • Master mental addition
  • Master mental subtraction
  • Build understanding
  • Develop recall
  • Achieve fluency
  • Transition from counting to calculating
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Classlist4 screens
NumBots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NumBots at 4.7 against Classlist's 2.7. NumBots also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 34%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NumBots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NumBots has 319 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Classlist's written reviews are positive against 66% of NumBots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Classlist versus NumBots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClasslistNumBots
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (319 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.3% of reviews66.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3319 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClasslistMaths Circle Ltd

Customer experience

Classlist

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative58.2%

NumBots

All ratings304 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative26.2%

Bugs and requests

Classlist

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

None

Classlist

No in-app purchases

None

NumBots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classlist free?
Classlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NumBots free?
NumBots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Classlist or NumBots?
NumBots is rated higher. Classlist averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while NumBots averages 4.7 from 319 ratings.
Do Classlist or NumBots have ads?
Neither Classlist nor NumBots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Classlist or NumBots?
Classlist ships an update every 5 weeks, and NumBots every 5 weeks. Most recently, Classlist was updated on October 24, 2026 and NumBots on October 29, 2026.

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