Comparison

Make Music Count vs School Mom

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Make Music Count

This app makes learning math enjoyable by integrating it with music. Solve problems to unlock notes and play popular songs on a virtual piano, with personalized learning paths and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive math and music lessons
  • Unlock musical notes by solving problems
  • Play popular songs on a virtual piano
  • Personalized learning with adaptive difficulty
  • Comprehensive math curriculum
  • Progress tracking with quiz scores
Features
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Make Music Count: Where Math Meets Music What if every math problem you solved unlocked a note in your favorite song? Make Music Count turns math practice into a hands-on musical experience. Solve equations, hear the music come alive on a virtual piano, and master math without it ever feeling like work. What Makes It Different: Learn by Playing: Every correct answer plays a real note. String enough together and you're performing hit songs — all by doing math. Built for Every Level: Adaptive difficulty meets each student exactly where they are, from early arithmetic to algebra. Real Curriculum, Real Results: Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and algebraic reasoning — aligned to what students actually need to know. Progress You Can See: Track average quiz scores by subject so students, parents, and teachers always know where things stand. Motivation That Sticks: Music makes the practice loop rewarding. Students come back because they want to, not because they have to. What People Are Saying: "This will definitely change people's lives." — Shaquille O'Neal, NBA Hall of Famer "My son looks forward to math practice every day. I never thought I'd say that." — Sarah M., Parent "This is really fun! I learned math and played the piano for the first time." — Daniel, 7th Grade Student "Solving problems to play my favorite songs is the best way to learn." — Emma, 7th Grade Student Join millions of learners turning math into music. Learn more at makemusiccount.com Download Make Music Count and make every problem worth solving. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

School Mom

This app helps students stay focused by locking distracting apps during study sessions. It also organizes assignments and due dates from syllabi or learning platforms into a single to-do list.

Highlights
  • App blocking study timer
  • Syllabus and Canvas assignment import
  • Customizable study session lengths
  • Weekly study schedule planning
  • Assignment due date tracking
  • Streak tracking for consistent study
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Locks your phone until your homework is done. School Mom is an app blocker and homework planner for college and high school students. She locks the apps that distract you until the work is done, and pulls every assignment and due date out of your syllabus or Canvas into one to-do list. A PHONE LOCK THAT MEANS IT • Pick the apps that eat your time • Tap Study now and a 25, 45, 60 or 90 minute study timer locks them • Plan study times for the week. They lock on schedule, even when School Mom is closed • Connected to Canvas? Your apps lock when a deadline is close and open again when the work is turned in YOU'RE STILL IN CHARGE • End a study time early, up to 3 times a week • Take a day off when you need one • Leave a class out of the lock • No signal? Unlock for 30 minutes from the offline screen • You set the lock up yourself with Apple's Screen Time. School Mom never sees which apps you picked STUDYING ADDS UP • A streak that takes weekends off: ten minutes on a school day keeps it going • Ranks you earn as your minutes add up, from Warming up to Academic Weapon EVERY DUE DATE IN ONE PLACE • Upload a syllabus (PDF or Word) and get every assignment with its due date • Connect Canvas and your list keeps itself up to date • See your week or your month at a glance • Get a daily email with what's due • Send due dates to Google Tasks ASK MOM • Ask what's due, what to start with, or have her plan study times for your week The to-do list, syllabus uploads, daily email and Google Tasks sync are free. Canvas sync, study times and the phone lock are part of School Mom Pro, a monthly subscription. It renews each month until you cancel in your Apple account settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. Terms: https://getschoolmom.com/terms Privacy: https://getschoolmom.com/privacy

Screenshots

Make Music Count4 screens
School Mom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Make Music Count at 50 against School Mom's 1. Make Music Count also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). School Mom's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Make Music Count sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and School Mom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

School Mom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make Music Count has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Music Count ships an update every 3 weeks, School Mom every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Make Music Count versus School Mom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Music CountSchool Mom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMarcus BlackwellJOSE RAUL RAMIREZ OZAETA

Customer experience

Make Music Count

All ratings50 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

School Mom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Make Music Count

Subscriptions3
  • Learn Maths with Piano$5.991 Month
  • Learn Maths with Piano$9.991 Month
  • Learn Maths with Piano$99.991 Year
2 purchases

School Mom

Subscriptions1
  • School Mom Pro$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • School Mom Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Make Music Count free?
Make Music Count is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is School Mom free?
School Mom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Make Music Count or School Mom?
School Mom is rated higher. Make Music Count averages 4.7 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while School Mom averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Make Music Count or School Mom have ads?
Neither Make Music Count nor School Mom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Music Count or School Mom?
Make Music Count ships an update every 3 weeks, and School Mom every 5 days. Most recently, Make Music Count was updated on November 2, 2026 and School Mom on November 6, 2026.

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