Math Chat vs Math Animations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math Chat
This app provides an interactive chat experience to help children learn multiplication tables. A patient robot teacher guides them through math facts, allowing them to choose specific tables to practice. It also supports addition, subtraction, and division, and works offline.
- Interactive chat learning
- Patient robot teacher
- Selectable times tables
- Supports all 4 operations
- Offline functionality
- Game history tracking
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Meet Botty, the first math robot teacher. He will patiently help your child learn his times tables. The app works as an interactive chat. Botty dialogs with the user and asks him math facts. The child can choose which times tables he would like to train. Functionalities: - interactive chat - a patient and always ready teacher - history of all the games - training for the 4 operations: addition, multiplication, subtraction, division - the app does not require an internet connection Ideal for kids from 7 to 11. Math Chat is the latest educational app from the creator of AB Math. See our other apps at: www.ab-math-games.com
Math Animations
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Science Animations: Maths Animations for Primary School is for learners in primary school. This app will help them to get a better understanding of concepts in maths. The concepts are explained in a visual, dynamic and interactive way. This app does not replace the teacher or handbook but is a valuable additional source for teachers. It is also important that learners should play on their own with this app. Topics covered by this app include: Numbers; Calculations; Area and Volume; Shapes; Transformations; Telling Time; Sequences; Fractions; Percentages; Ratios; Rates; and Mirror image and Reflections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Math Chat at $0.99 against Math Animations's $8.99. Math Chat also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Math Animations's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Math Chat costs $0.99 and Math Animations $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Math Chat ships an update every 2 months, Math Animations every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Math Chat | Math Animations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (326 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 326 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Nicolas Lehovetzki | Willie van Schalkwyk |
Bugs and requests
Math Chat
Reported bugs
5 issues- Number keypad not functioning during math games
- Keyboard lag preventing smooth input transitions
- Robot fails to recognize common phrases and questions
- Input not registering when numbers appear on screen
- Inconsistent response to user inputs
Requested features
9 requests- Expand math operations (division, order of operations, addition difficulty levels)
- Extend multiplication tables beyond 12 to 19
- Improve AI to understand casual conversation (e.g., 'how are you', 'how is your day')
- Add more varied and less repetitive jokes
- Implement difficulty selection by year/grade level
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- Enable language switching for bilingual learning
- Allow more natural conversations with the robot
- Add free trial or freemium model with paid upgrades
- Increase challenge and difficulty options
Math Animations
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Math Chat
No in-app purchases
Math Animations
No in-app purchases
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