Comparison

Kaligo vs NumBots

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

Head to head
About

Kaligo

This app enhances handwriting education for young learners using tablets and styluses. It offers curriculum-aligned exercises designed to develop fine motor skills and match learning outcomes for various age groups. Teachers and parents can track progress and personalize content remotely.

Highlights
  • Handwriting exercises for letters and numbers
  • Fine motor skill development
  • Cloud-based access
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Personalized teaching content
  • Offline learning capability
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Kaligo brings together Kaligo Family and Kaligo School in a single app, offering a complete experience to build strong foundational skills in writing, reading and literacy. Designed with researchers and educators, Kaligo is suitable for children from age 3-4 and offers a fun, progressive learning experience that adapts to each child’s pace. Kaligo combines different plans within a single app, tailored to each use: For teachers: support your students with ready-to-use content, track progress and create personalised activities to complement your teaching and adapt to each learner’s level. For parents: support your child in developing essential writing, reading and spelling skills in a motivating and engaging environment, while following their progress. Kaligo works on tablets, with the use of a stylus recommended to support handwriting and provide the best learning experience.

About

NumBots

This platform helps children master mental addition and subtraction, moving them from counting to calculating. It focuses on building understanding, recall, and fluency in these core math skills. Designed for early learners, it offers an engaging way to achieve mathematical proficiency.

Highlights
  • Master mental addition
  • Master mental subtraction
  • Build understanding
  • Develop recall
  • Achieve fluency
  • Transition from counting to calculating
Features
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Addition & Subtraction. Solved. From the innovators who bring you Times Tables Rock Stars, comes a highly engaging platform for learning to add and subtract… NumBots! NumBots is all about every child achieving the “triple win” of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating. Suitable from Year 1 (UK) or Kindergarten (US) upwards. Younger players will be able to access the early stages from a mathematical point of view but will find it increasingly harder to reach the level of fluency required to make continued progress.

Screenshots

NumBots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NumBots at 66% against Kaligo's 38%. NumBots also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Kaligo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kaligo ships an update every 2 weeks, NumBots every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kaligo versus NumBots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaligoNumBots
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (319 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews66.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—319 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size567 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearn & GoMaths Circle Ltd

Customer experience

Kaligo

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

NumBots

All ratings304 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative26.2%

Bugs and requests

Kaligo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

NumBots

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Coins and stars not tracking correctly
  • Login issues across devices
  • Keyboard not showing up on tablets
  • Levels randomly locked or missing
  • App crashing and freezing

Requested features

5 requests
  • More advanced levels and content
  • Ability to skip to appropriate level
  • Less emphasis on speed, more on accuracy
  • Family account support
  • Improved login and persistence

In-app purchases

None

Kaligo

No in-app purchases

None

NumBots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kaligo free?
Kaligo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NumBots free?
NumBots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kaligo or NumBots have ads?
Neither Kaligo nor NumBots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kaligo or NumBots?
Kaligo ships an update every 2 weeks, and NumBots every 5 weeks. Most recently, Kaligo was updated on October 24, 2026 and NumBots on October 25, 2026.

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