Comparison

Math Facts With Monsters vs Funetix

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

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About

Math Facts With Monsters

Learn math facts through engaging gameplay with friendly monsters. Customize your learning experience by selecting number combinations and problem sets. This app aims to make practicing essential math skills enjoyable for young learners.

Highlights
  • Monster-guided math fact practice
  • Customizable number combinations
  • Adjustable problem sets
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Engaging learning experience
Features
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You will have fun learning your math facts with Math Facts With Monsters. The monsters will guide you along as you learn. You will meet Adam, the addition monster; Les, the subtraction monster; Monty, the multiplication monster; and Sharon, the division monster. Math Facts With Monsters can be customized to fit your learning. You can select which combination of numbers to include in your problems and the number of problems in your set. We hope you have fun and learn lots with Math Facts With Monsters!

About

Funetix

This app offers a comprehensive reading learning experience for children, simulating 12 hours of one-on-one tutoring. It guides learners from basic phonics to a second-grade reading level using a unique, patented method with pictograms and tiered support tools.

Highlights
  • Simulates 12 hours of private tutoring
  • Teaches all 44 English sounds with pictograms
  • Progresses from ABCs to 2nd grade reading level
  • Patented Diacritic Support for clarity
  • Uses unique games and challenges
  • Builds reading confidence
Features
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FUNetix® is a completely new, game changing “Reading Learning” app truly designed “from the ground up,” and proven through 17 years of field testing by the American Youth Literacy Foundation, 501 c 3. -With over 2,000 screens of fully narrated linear content, kids enjoy a confidence building, reading learning experience that simulates 12 hours of private, professional 1-on-1, tutoring. -Forty modules take children from the ABC’s to a 2nd grade reading level in just about 12 hours, giving them powerful, newfound confidence in their ability to decode any English word. -Patented in 2012 (US 8,131,538 B2), FUNetix stands apart from virtually every other reading app in the marketplace for its wholly unique approach to teaching all 44 sounds of the English language (phonemic awareness) using pictograms, and for naming every English sound before moving on to English spelling conventions and irregularities. -FUNetix takes the stress and anxiety out of learning how to read. Children aren’t spooked by Kindercode™, otherwise known as 21E®, the children’s phonetic English code that teaches blending and segmentation with fully predictable symbol/sound correspondences. -Children advance with unprecedented speed to reading everyday English words and sentences (say good-bye to “The cat sat on the mat.”), using powerful, tiered learning support tools to include: Audio Support, Phonetic Support, and our 8-years-patented and proven Diacritic Support. -Learners are systematically weaned off of diacritics when they are ready, and as they become accustomed to English Verbal Word Form Patterns and as they begin to read sentences and stories with comprehension. -Short “phonics” break out sessions populate the later modules to reinforce certain common English letter patterns, but FUNetix is primarily a step by step “treasure hunt” (in the form of unique games and challenges) that leads to fully capable and confident readers in record time. -FUNetix’ success comes, in part, by taking away the intimidation factor many children experience when they can’t “sound out” a word. For example, how is a child supposed to know that the “ea” in the word “read” sounds different than the “ea” in the word “bread?” With FUNetix, children don’t have to guess, or feel anxious, because all of the “sound data” is provided to them by our proprietary learning support tools. -Of note, the patented FUNetix system was created by a former Spanish and Arabic linguist for the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, in 2003, who, as a father, was driven to find a solution to his 8-year-old son’s reading challenges, and, as a result, stumbled upon the insight of applying the “Diacritic Method” used by the ancient Greeks, Arabs, Hebrews and Persians to clarify their own written codes. Since 2008, the American Youth Literacy Foundation’s mission has been to scale the 100% free, FUNetix reading system to reach every child in America and millions more around the world. -FUNetix is a simple, easy, fun, logical and achievable path to literacy for beginning English readers presented in the form of a smartphone, “treasure hunt” app, that teaches most children how to read in about 12 hours. -Children complete 21 primers and books from K-2nd grade level within the app, and in a “surprise ending / fresh beginning,” kids are treated to a wonderful graduation / trophy ceremony and are invited to become permanent, VIP Members of the “Wonderful Content Library,” where they can browse books, games, puzzles and treasure hunts (all accompanied by the patented, FUNetix learning support tools) each time they return to the app. -If you want your child to become a strong, confident reader, understanding grade level, everyday English, in about 12 hours, with a further understanding of English letters, sounds and phonics patterns, please download and play the FUNetix 12 Hour Reading App. It’s 100% free and presented as a gift to your child from the American Youth Literacy Foundation, 501 c 3.

Screenshots

Math Facts With Monsters4 screens
Funetix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Funetix at 75% against Math Facts With Monsters's 0%. Funetix also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). Math Facts With Monsters's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.6). 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

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

Funetix holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Funetix has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Math Facts With Monsters's written reviews are positive against 75% of Funetix's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Math Facts With Monsters versus Funetix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Facts With MonstersFunetix
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.4 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings218 — better
Update frequency—Every 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFar Reach TechnologiesAmerican Youth Literacy Foundation, Inc.

Customer experience

Math Facts With Monsters

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Funetix

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Math Facts With Monsters

No in-app purchases

None

Funetix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Math Facts With Monsters free?
Math Facts With Monsters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Funetix free?
Funetix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Math Facts With Monsters or Funetix?
Funetix is rated higher. Math Facts With Monsters averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Funetix averages 4.4 from 18 ratings.
Do Math Facts With Monsters or Funetix have ads?
Neither Math Facts With Monsters nor Funetix shows ads.

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