Comparison

Math Balance Educational Games vs Quick Mental Math

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

Head to head
About

Math Balance Educational Games

This app makes learning mental math engaging for children aged 6-10. Through interactive games, kids develop number flexibility, understand equality and comparison, and build essential algebra readiness skills.

Highlights
  • Develops understanding of equality and comparison signs
  • Teaches commutative property of addition
  • Strategies for missing addends
  • Inverse relationship between addition and subtraction
  • Multiplication as repeated addition
  • Place value strategies for addition
  • Mental addition/subtraction of 10 or 100
Features
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Mental Math is fun with Math Balance - kids help Toby reach home by balancing bridges and while they have fun, they also learn about equality/comparison, gain flexibility with numbers and practice skills that are essential for understanding algebra. This mental math game with 30 levels will help your child get necessary fluidity with numbers. Your child will learn things like addition can happen in any order for the same result, or that sum of different numbers can add up to be the same number. They will also end up having to use different number strategies, such as bridging and compensation which can significantly speed up their mental math computations. These are the skills covered by Math Balance - - Developing meaning of equal sign, using, greater than and less than sign - Set up numbers in their expanded form - Commutative property of addition and, later, using it and expanded form as a strategy to add ex: 67+25 = 60+7+20+5 = 80+12 =92 - Missing Addend strategies:x+b=c, where x is to be found, situations where difference is unknown, where there is a bigger unknown and where there is a smaller unknown -one step problems - Showing that addition and subtraction are inverse; 4+5=9, 9-5=4 - Use only doubles, Use only even/odd numbers to get to a total - 1 step word problems -Change unknown, Result unknown, Start unknown - add a string of two-digit numbers (up to four numbers) by applying place value strategies and properties of operations. Example: 43 + 34 + 57 + 24 = __ - Using concrete models to show addition and subtraction - Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900 - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction - Multiplication as repeated addition For those who follow the Core curriculum, this maps to the following core standards - 2.OA.B.2, 2.NBT.4, 2.OA.2, 1.OA.6, 2.OA.C.3, 2.OA.1, 2.NBT.6, 2.NBT.7, 2.NBT.8, 3.NBT.2. Subscription info: - Math Balance can be purchased standalone, or as part of a makkajai Genius subscription. - Makkajai Genius subscriptions are auto-renewable and annual. ($59.99/yr) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase - Cancellation will not go into effect until the end of the monthly billing cycle For support, questions or comments, write to us at: support@makkajai.com Our privacy policy can be found at: http://www.makkajai.com/privacy-policy and our terms can be found at: https://www.makkajai.com/terms

About

Quick Mental Math

Enhance your arithmetic abilities with this app, offering practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Engage in competitive one-on-one races or customize your own practice sessions. Track your progress with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice
  • Randomized questions
  • One-on-one races
  • Custom race lobbies
  • Customizable practice sessions
  • Stat tracking
Features
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Quick Mental Math is the perfect app for anyone that wants to improve their mental math skills, whether you're in elementary school or a college graduate. Features: - All four math operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - Completely randomized questions - One v one races - Custom race lobbies - Customizable practice - Stat tracking

Screenshots

Math Balance Educational Games4 screens
Quick Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Mental Math at 100% against Math Balance Educational Games's 45%. Quick Mental Math also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Math Balance Educational Games's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.0). 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. Math Balance Educational Games sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year and Quick Mental Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Mental Math holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Balance Educational Games has 4.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Math Balance Educational Games's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quick Mental Math's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Balance Educational Games ships an update fortnightly, Quick Mental Math every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Math Balance Educational Games versus Quick Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Balance Educational GamesQuick Mental Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4.2K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.2K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakkajai Edu Tech Private LimitedPhu Vu

Customer experience

Math Balance Educational Games

All ratings4,215 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative48.4%

Quick Mental Math

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Math Balance Educational Games

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Disappearing progress and data loss
  • Incompatibility with some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More advanced math content
  • Ability to customize difficulty levels
  • Option to play without subscription

Quick Mental Math

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Math Balance Educational Games

Subscriptions2
  • Makkajai Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$9.99
1 purchases

Quick Mental Math

One-time1
  • Unlimited Access Pass$0.99

Questions

Is Math Balance Educational Games free?
Math Balance Educational Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Mental Math free?
Quick Mental Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Math Balance Educational Games or Quick Mental Math?
Quick Mental Math is rated higher. Math Balance Educational Games averages 4.4 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while Quick Mental Math averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Math Balance Educational Games or Quick Mental Math have ads?
Neither Math Balance Educational Games nor Quick Mental Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math Balance Educational Games or Quick Mental Math?
Math Balance Educational Games ships an update fortnightly, and Quick Mental Math every 3 weeks. Most recently, Math Balance Educational Games was updated on September 26, 2026 and Quick Mental Math on July 7, 2026.

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