Mathematical Playground Lite vs GRAPES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mathematical Playground Lite
Explore three-dimensional shapes with this educational application. It aids in understanding and visualizing complex geometric forms, offering tools to manipulate and study them. This lite version provides access to all shapes and core functionalities.
- Explore 3D shapes
- Visualize geometric forms
- Cut and expand shapes
- Receive shape data from full version
- All shapes available
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This is an educational app that is useful for exploring three dimensional shapes. Have you ever had difficulty drawing three dimensional shapes? This app may help you study about shapes. Since this app is the lite version, less features are available than the full-version. But all shapes are available. And you can cut, expand shapes, and also receive shape data from the full-version of this app. --- This app runs on… [iPhone] iPhone 4s or newer. [iPad] iPad 2, iPad 3rd generation or newer, iPad mini series, iPad Air series, iPad Pro series. [iPod touch] iPod touch (5th generation or newer). [OS] iOS12.0 or elder.
GRAPES
This educational app allows users to graph mathematical functions and relationships with advanced features. It incorporates dynamic "movement" to enhance learning and includes nearly 150 samples. Optimized for tablets, it offers a streamlined experience for exploring mathematics.
- Graph relations and discontinuous functions
- Learn through dynamic 'movement'
- Tablet-optimized UI
- Includes nearly 150 samples
- Advanced mathematical functions
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高校数学教育界で永く人気があるGRAPESのiOS版です。 関係式や不連続関数を正確にグラフ化できるなど高度な数学機能を備えているだけでなく、「動き」を通して数学を学習することができます。 タブレットでの利用に適したUIを作成すると共に、150近いサンプルを含める形でアプリ化しています。 モバイルアプリ（light）版はオリジナルGRAPESから以下の機能が省かれています： ・スクリプト（マクロ）機能 ・データテーブルや一部の統計機能 このバージョンはベータ版で以下の機能がまだ実装されていません： ・複素平面を使ったプロット 利用方法の詳細はサポートURLで公開されているマニュアルを参照ください。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mathematical Playground Lite at 4.0 against GRAPES's 3.0. Mathematical Playground Lite also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). GRAPES's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 41%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mathematical Playground Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Mathematical Playground Lite's written reviews are positive against 59% of GRAPES's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mathematical Playground Lite ships an update every 2 months, GRAPES every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mathematical Playground Lite | GRAPES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jun Nakashima | TOKYO SHOSEKI CO.,LTD. |
Customer experience
Mathematical Playground Lite
GRAPES
In-app purchases
Mathematical Playground Lite
No in-app purchases
GRAPES
No in-app purchases
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