Comparison

Kaligo vs 1

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

1

This app offers children engaging, one-minute math tasks to build number confidence and fluency. Developed by award-winning math resource providers, it delivers targeted practice in short, fun bursts, perfect for home or classroom use.

Highlights
  • One-minute timed math tasks
  • Builds number confidence and fluency
  • Targeted practice in basic number skills
  • Subitising practice
  • Randomly generated questions
  • Instant feedback and scoring
  • Hint button for support
Features
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1-Minute Maths is a free app that helps children build number confidence & fluency through engaging, 1-minute tasks. An accessible tool for children to enjoy at home or in class! Developed by White Rose Maths, award-winning providers in maths resources for the classroom and home, it delivers targeted practice in short, bite-sized chunks, perfect for learning and showing children how much fun they can have with basic number. Who is it for? The app is perfect for primary school pupils, individual one-minute tasks focus on adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing – and on ‘Subitising’, the skill of instantly recognising the number of items in a group without counting. How does it work? Each task gives children engaging and targeted practice in basic number. The app includes a range of topics, with no specific starting point, so a child can begin wherever they like. By applying randomly generated questions every time, users learn the concept and not a sequence of answers. Once a task completes, questions are marked and presented on the screen, giving instant feedback on how they’ve done. It’s quick, simple to use, and most of all, FUN! 1-Minute Maths in action Choose a topic – there are 87 available. Answer a unique set of questions. If needed, use the ‘Hint’ button – it shows the question in a different but familiar way. When the 1-minute is up, answers appear on the screen in seconds. Keen for another task? Then simply go again! An easy-to-use app – and completely FREE! Parents and Carers: download and watch your child have fun while they continue learning maths at home! Teachers: use as a classroom teaching resource – the tasks align consistently with approaches used in the White Rose Maths schemes of learning! Top 10 reasons for using 1-Minute Maths! 1. Excellent number practice – and no distractions. 2. Enjoyable maths tasks children want to complete. 3. Instills basic number concepts during early years. 4. A clear, intuitive process that children pick up straight away. 5. No login or internet access needed. Just download and play! 6. A motivator - how many correct answers can they score? 7. Helpful hints for support when it’s needed. 8. Brilliant for building number confidence and fluency. 9. Random question generator means no repetition. 10. Completely FREE to download! With White Rose Maths, Everyone can do maths: everyone can!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 1 at 73% against Kaligo's 38%. Kaligo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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, 1 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kaligo versus 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKaligo1
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size565 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearn & GoWhite Rose Education Services Limited

Customer experience

Kaligo

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

1

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

Kaligo

No in-app purchases

None

1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kaligo free?
Kaligo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kaligo or 1 have ads?
Neither Kaligo nor 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kaligo or 1?
Kaligo ships an update every 2 weeks, and 1 every 3 months. Most recently, Kaligo was updated on September 17, 2026 and 1 on September 21, 2026.

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