Paradoxes vs Mayan Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paradoxes
Explore a vast collection of over 220 logical oddities with detailed explanations. This app serves as a reference for philosophy students and anyone seeking engaging conversational topics, offering content in flashcard, dictionary, audio, and self-study formats.
- Over 220 paradoxes with explanations
- Flashcard format
- Dictionary format
- Audio explanations
- Self-study mode
- Categorized paradoxes
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Paradoxes is your go to reference app to learn a stack of logical oddities. We've got over 220 paradoxes with a full explanation. Whether you are a philosophy student or just looking for some conversational party tricks this app will do you some good. We present the content in flash cards, dictionary, audio and self study formats. For the serious paradoxer this app also features flashcards and paradoxes by category. Don't fall into the Decision-making paradox, buy this app and get educated.
Mayan Math
This app functions as a Mayan numeral calculator and decimal converter. It allows users to combine Mayan glyphs to represent numbers and convert between decimal and Mayan numeral systems. The core engine is open-source for educational expansion.
- Mayan to decimal conversion
- Decimal to Mayan conversion
- Glyph combination for number representation
- Open-source engine for educational use
- Intuitive drag-and-drop interface
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A simple, and very cool, mayan calculator and decimal conversion app. Tap or drag a glyph onto another glyph in the glyph pad to combine them. Dots can be dragged to bars, and bars to dots. This glyph pad simplifies, yet enables the full range of glyphs from 0 to 19 available as a single glyph tile in the mayan number system. Want to convert digital to Mayan? Simply tap on the digital display (at the top), when the keyboard slides up enter the digital value. Tap Done to dismiss the keyboard and see the Mayan glyphs representation. The MayanMath engine portion of this app is now open sourced on Github as Montiel-Mobile/MayanMath. This is ideal for those who want to expand on it or use it for educational purposes. Please note that the code repository does not include the entire app, only the MayanMath class. Enjoy and share!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mayan Math at 4.7 against Paradoxes's 4.0. Mayan Math also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 90 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Paradoxes's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). 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
Paradoxes costs $0.99 and Mayan Math $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mayan Math holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mayan Math has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Paradoxes ships an update every 90 months, Mayan Math every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Paradoxes | Mayan Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 90 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polemics Applications LLC | Montiel Mobile, LLC |
Customer experience
Paradoxes
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In-app purchases
Paradoxes
No in-app purchases
Mayan Math
No in-app purchases
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