Math Skills Builder Lite vs BLAST Bilingual App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math Skills Builder Lite
This app helps students apply early numeracy skills to solve real-world math problems. It uses math stories and concrete strategies to teach when to add or subtract. Research indicates the program is highly effective for developing problem-solving abilities.
- Real-world math problem scenarios
- Early numeracy skill application
- Concrete addition/subtraction strategies
- Multiple learning modes
- Research-backed effectiveness
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(Note: This free version limits program to only the first unit and no assessment. Available through in app purchase.) Teaches students how to apply their early numeracy skills to solve problems. Using math stories with real-world scenarios, students learn concrete strategies (using multiple modes of learning) for knowing when to add or subtract to solve the math story. Research found the program extremely effective in teaching students to be successful problem solvers.
BLAST Bilingual App
This app provides a fully automated bilingual assessment for young learners, evaluating pre-reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in both English and Spanish. The comprehensive evaluation takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
- Bilingual assessment
- English and Spanish evaluation
- Pre-reading and writing skills
- Listening comprehension
- Speaking skills
- Automated process
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Fully-automated bilingual assessment for Kindergarten emergent bilinguals that assesses pre-reading and writing skills, listening comprehension, and speaking in English and Spanish. The whole assessment takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BLAST Bilingual App at none against Math Skills Builder Lite's 1. BLAST Bilingual App also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Math Skills Builder Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Math Skills Builder Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BLAST Bilingual App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Math Skills Builder Lite against 5.0 for BLAST Bilingual App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Math Skills Builder Lite ships an update every 19 months, BLAST Bilingual App every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Math Skills Builder Lite | BLAST Bilingual App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attainment Company | LangInnov |
Customer experience
Math Skills Builder Lite
BLAST Bilingual App
In-app purchases
Math Skills Builder Lite
- Full Version$59.99
BLAST Bilingual App
No in-app purchases
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