Comparison

Ultimate Math Brain Trainer vs Mental Math Ninja

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

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Ultimate Math Brain Trainer

Features
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Stop feeling slow with everyday math. Build faster mental math in a minute a day, without menus, ads in the drill, or a complicated setup. Ultimate Math Brain Trainer helps you practice arithmetic, track a streak, and see where you’re getting faster. KEY TOOLS Start Today’s Drill from the dashboard and jump straight into a focused daily math drill with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on one screen. Tap one of four answer chips, keep your run moving, and if you miss a question it goes into Redemption so you can clean it up after the timer. When you finish, your result card shows problems solved, accuracy, your fastest answer, a weak spot summary, and a Brain Note. You can also share a square result card through the share sheet. The dashboard keeps your habit visible with a streak ring, Brain PR, longest streak, a week grid, and a last-30-days heat map. Long-press the streak ring to share a streak card with your current streak, longest streak, Brain PR, and latest Brain Note. After you complete the daily drill, Bonus Drill appears so you can chase a new PR without risking your streak. If the app sees a weak spot, you can jump into a short focused drill from the nudge under the heat map. History makes progress easy to read with a trends view for your average response speed, a summary strip, and a session list showing date, time, score, accuracy, fastest answer, mode, and Brain Score. You can also turn on Read the problem aloud, plus haptics, sound, appearance, and a daily reminder in Settings. WHY IT WORKS This math trainer is built around quick repeatable sessions, not long lessons. The free Daily Drill gives you the core habit in one tap, and your streak includes a grace day so one missed day in a week does not instantly wipe out your progress. Your stats stay on your phone by default, and there are no accounts to create before you begin. USE IT TO β€’ Tap the Lock Screen widget and start Today’s Drill before a meeting or commute. β€’ Use Bonus Drill after your daily run to beat your Brain PR before your coffee cools. β€’ Save a division-only preset in Train for a focused custom drill when that skill feels rusty. β€’ Check the heat map and History to see whether your accuracy and speed are improving. β€’ Share a result card or streak card in Messages, Mail, Photos, or Files after a strong run. β€’ Turn on Read the problem aloud for an eyes-up drill with spoken problems and answers. PAID FEATURES Pro adds unlimited drills, Blitz for a single-operation sprint, Zen for untimed practice, and Redemption mode focused on missed questions from your last run. You can build custom drills with your choice of operations, duration, and difficulty, then save presets for one-tap practice. Pro also adds longer history ranges, adaptive Brain Notes, focused next-day drills based on your slowest operation, helpful strategy hints in Redemption, more widgets, and ad removal. Download Ultimate Math Brain Trainer and make mental math a daily habit you’ll actually keep. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

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Mental Math Ninja

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Earn Ninja Belts by practicing Mental Math. Solve math sums while enjoying the thrill of playing an arcade game. Earn the highest honor of winning the black belt by solving increasingly complex sums at a faster pace. Mental Math Ninja is an engaging way of building your Mental Math skills which are essential to succeed in Exam Prep like SAT. Practice mental Math a few minutes daily to improve your Math Speed.

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Ultimate Math Brain Trainer4 screens
Mental Math Ninja4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mental Math Ninja at none against Ultimate Math Brain Trainer's shown. Mental Math Ninja also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Ultimate Math Brain Trainer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Mental Math Ninja sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Math Brain Trainer ships an update every 4 months, Mental Math Ninja every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer versus Mental Math Ninja: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Math Brain TrainerMental Math Ninja
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS26.012.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandeep BhandariSphulling Technologies

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Ultimate Math Brain Trainer

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro$49.99
  • Lifetime Pro Discount$79.99
1 purchases

Mental Math Ninja

One-time1
  • Do More Math$0.99

Questions

Is Ultimate Math Brain Trainer free?
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Math Ninja free?
Mental Math Ninja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ultimate Math Brain Trainer or Mental Math Ninja have ads?
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer shows ads; Mental Math Ninja does not.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Math Brain Trainer or Mental Math Ninja?
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer ships an update every 4 months, and Mental Math Ninja every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ultimate Math Brain Trainer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Mental Math Ninja on October 4, 2026.

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