Teddy Bear Math vs Math Makers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Teddy Bear Math
Practice doubling numbers by dressing up a teddy bear. This educational game offers six levels to help children master this math concept.
- Practice doubling numbers
- Dress up teddy bear character
- Six game levels
- Educational math game
- Suitable for young children
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Dress the teddy bear as you cleverly practice doubling numbers. Try all 6 levels!
Math Makers
This app offers over 600 math exercises for children aged 6-10, designed to improve problem-solving skills and academic performance. It features engaging gameplay that hides math lessons within puzzles, making learning fun and effective. Parents and teachers report significant improvements in math understanding and confidence.
- 600+ math exercises
- Develops problem-solving skills
- Improves school grades
- Hidden math lessons in gameplay
- Covers counting, addition, subtraction, fractions, and more
- Teacher-approved content
- Regular new content updates
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600+ exercises for kids to practice math on their own. Proven to develop your kids’ problem-solving skills and improve their school grades. Teacher approved! Ages 6-10. Your subscription gives you access to 600+ levels, each of which contains a math lesson hidden in the gameplay. You’ll also receive new levels, characters and accessories every two months. Over a million parents around the world use our app to help their kids learn math, so start your FREE 7-day trial and see if it’s for you. You can cancel your subscription at any time. Common Sense Media has labeled Math Makers as “so fun that it borders on addictive.” Kids love our game so much they’ll be asking you to play constantly, and learn math at an incredible rate. Here is what parents are saying about the app: • “Both I and my 6 year old love this app. She doesn't even realize she is learning Math but I can see it and the troubleshooting in how she deals with life issues, not just those math related.” - Mary Guokas • “As a homeschool family, we have found this game invaluable for introducing math concepts and operations to our 4 year old.” - Roger Maitri Brindle • “My daughter loves this app and would happily play for hours if I let her. She is fully engaged, challenged and always asking to play!” - Brette Hamilton • “Beautiful, motivating, fun app for my son to practice math. My son has learning differences, but he loves his tablet time each day. He is solving very amazing puzzles to move levels up. He gets to practice his mental math, math facts and he thinks he is only playing. It really helps with his confidence too, love this.” - Paula Poblete The app is used by teachers in more than 200 schools. Often called “the llama game” by kids, your child may have already played it in class. HOW DOES THE GAME TEACH MY KIDS MATH? Kids solve puzzles that are actually hidden math problems. It removes their fear of failure - it’s just a game! They experiment with 600+ situations to understand math beyond learning by heart. Math Makers will change how they respond to challenges in their day to day lives. WHAT MATH SUBJECTS WILL MY KIDS LEARN? A wide range of exercises for any kid from 6 to 10 years old, including: • Counting, comparison, classification • Addition, subtraction, relation of equality, formulas • The first steps towards multiplication and division • Fractions: numerator / denominator, adding/subtracting fractions, fraction multiplication and more HOW DO I KNOW IT WORKS? Two independent studies have shown that playing Math Makers for only 3 hours leads to significant learning gains in kids’ math understanding and self-confidence. The average test score was improved by 10.5%. See our website for more details. AWARDS *Winner Best Learning Game for use in School Contexts 2022 - Gee Award *Best Learning Game Nominee 2022 - Games For Change *International Serious Play Award 2022 Gold Medal Winner *Coup De Coeur Nominee 2022 - Youth Media Alliance *Children's Technology Review 2018 - For Excellence in Design *Bologna Ragazzi Education Award, 2018 *Featuring — Apple App Store in 113 countries! *Apple Editor’s Choice — App Store worldwide! SUBSCRIPTION • 7-day Free Trial, then a subscription is needed. • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. TERMS OF USE: https://ululab.com/terms-of-service/ FOLLOW US Twitter: www.twitter.com/Ululab Instagram: www.instagram.com/mathmakersgame Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ululab Your feedback is much appreciated. If something isn't working as you would expect, please contact us: www.ululab.com/contact
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Math Makers at 66% against Teddy Bear Math's 0%. Math Makers also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 25 months). Teddy Bear Math's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 13.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Teddy Bear Math sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Math Makers sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Math Makers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Makers has 3.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Teddy Bear Math's written reviews are positive against 66% of Math Makers's.
Teddy Bear Math ships an update every 25 months, Math Makers every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teddy Bear Math | Math Makers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 65.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Math ETC LLC | Ululab |
Customer experience
Teddy Bear Math
Math Makers
Bugs and requests
Teddy Bear Math
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Math Makers
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not functioning properly after updates
- Subscription issues and unexpected charges
- Difficulty navigating and understanding app features
Requested features
4 requests- Expand content and levels to prevent boredom
- Add more math concepts beyond the basics
- Improve subscription management and cancellation process
- Introduce more personalization and customization options
In-app purchases
Teddy Bear Math
- Extra Outfits (Pack 3)$1.99
- Extra Problem Sets (Pack 1)$1.99
- Extra Outfits (Pack 1)$1.99
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- Extra Outfits (Pack 2)$1.99
- Extra Outfits (Pack 4)$1.99
Math Makers
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$5.491 Month
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- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$28.491 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$38.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$56.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Questions
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