Smart Phonics vs MathFriends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Phonics
This educational series systematically introduces basic phonics skills to young learners of English as a Foreign Language. It equips children with essential reading and writing tools through engaging stories and songs that incorporate common sight words.
- Systematic phonics introduction
- Basic reading and writing tools
- Sight words integration
- Phonics stories and songs
- Five-book series
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Smart Phonics is an easy-to-teach phonics series developed for elementary school children learning English as a Foreign Language. Throughout the five books series, basic phonics skills are introduced in a simple and systematic way while providing children with efficient tools for basic reading and writing. Smart Phonics also introduces a great number of common sight words embedded in fun phonics stories and songs. In this way, children can run sight words naturally and effortlessly.
MathFriends
This app offers systematic math learning for elementary students through daily lessons, timed challenges, and video tutorials. It incorporates fun games, avatar customization, and rewards to boost engagement and confidence. Parents can monitor progress in real-time via a connected app.
- Daily systematic learning
- Timed math challenges
- Learning videos
- Math game center
- Avatar customization
- Parental progress tracking
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9 out of 10 people felt an amazing improvement in computation 99.3% of learners experienced improvement in grades within 7 days From pre-elementary school students to 6th grade elementary school students Which is an Elementary Calculation App for systematic learning [Learning Contents] - Today's learning : Specify the amount of learning per day and repeat more than 3 times to master the areas you lack. - 1% challenge : Solve the questions exactly for a limited time, challenge the top 1% and gain confidence of math. - Learning video : You can easily learn difficult concepts through video and understand the basic concept of the lesson. - Learning Game Center : Improve computational skills quickly and accurately through various math games. [Learning Habits Routine] - Today's lesson : You can set the learning routine with today's learning amount to suit my child. - Daily mission : You can complete a set daily mission. Complete the daily mission, earn rewards, and get a sense of accomplishment. - Attendance card : I feel proud of myself for how consistently I have learned by getting a stamp of attendance every day. [Motivation Content] - Decorating avatars : Decorate my own character with the reward jewelry which I got through learning. - collecting titles : You can success challenges and show off your new titles with friends. - Learning Game Center : By solving math problems and enjoying games, kids can realize math is easy to learn. - Complimenting : The learning app and the parent app are connected, so parents can praise and cheer our children. [Learning Management System] - Learning App : AI automatically collects the data which is scores, measures time, checks learning results, and collects note of wrong answers. - Parent App : Check my child's learning status in real time and control various learning functions. - AI Learning Report : Through the report given once a month, you can check the average learning status of our child and the excellent/vulnerable stage at a glance. [Customer Service] - APP : Setting > Customer Service > Question - Customer Center Contact : 1promath@naver.com --privacy policy-- www.1promath.co.kr/pages/ge2.php
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MathFriends at 99% against Smart Phonics's 46%. MathFriends also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Smart Phonics's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 17). On price, ratings volume, 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. MathFriends sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Smart Phonics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Phonics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Smart Phonics's written reviews are positive against 99% of MathFriends's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smart Phonics ships an update every 5 months, MathFriends monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Phonics | MathFriends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | 98.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 474 MB | 392 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | e-future Co., Ltd. | MathMaster |
Customer experience
Smart Phonics
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In-app purchases
Smart Phonics
No in-app purchases
MathFriends
- 일프로연산 1개월+1개월 이용권$24.99
- MathFriends 1 Month Pass$24.99
- MathFriends 6 + 3 Months Pass$59.99
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- MathFriends 6 + 1 Months Pass$59.99
- MathFriends 12 + 6 Months Pass$79.99
- 일프로연산 이벤트 6개월 이용권$89.99
- 일프로연산 이벤트 6개월 이용권 (6개월 + 3개월)$89.99
- MathFriends 6 Month Pass$89.99
- 일프로연산 6개월 이용권(프로모션)$94.99
- 일프로연산 6개월 이용권$99.99
- 일프로연산 6개월 이용권 (프로모션)$99.99
- 일프로연산 1년 이용권$99.99
- 일프로연산 이벤트 1년 이용권 (1년 + 6개월)$119.99
- 일프로연산 이벤트 1년 이용권$119.99
- MathFriends 12 Months Pass$119.99
- 일프로연산 2년 이용권$129.99
- 일프로연산 1년 이용권$149.99









