Zorbit's Math Adventure vs SM Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zorbit's Math Adventure
This educational game makes learning math fun for young students through engaging gameplay and narratives. It helps build conceptual understanding and a positive attitude towards math, while also providing teachers with tools for assessment and blended learning.
- Engaging gameplay and fun narratives
- Curriculum standards integrated
- Real-time student assessment
- Differentiated feedback
- Reward systems for motivation
- Blended learning activities
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Zorbit's Math Adventure is part of MATHia Adventure, a blended learning platform for elementary math that empowers teachers to elevate lesson plans in class, at home, and anywhere in between. The Zorbit's Math Adventure game is part of the foundation of MATHia Adventure, where curriculum standards are integrated into engaging gameplay and fun narratives with a cast of charming space aliens. As learners play the game, they are actively engaged in rich math tasks designed to provide students agency over their problem-solving strategies. Based on rigorous educational research, Zorbit's is proven to help students develop conceptual understanding of targeted concepts while building a positive attitude towards math. Zorbit's Math Adventure is designed by an experienced team of teachers, educational consultants, academics, game developers, and experts in children's entertainment. In addition to the pedagogically rich in-game activities in Zorbit's, MATHia Adventure also features: +Real-time student assessment aligned to all major curricula. +Differentiated feedback that helps students work through problems at their own pace. +Memorable characters and reward systems motivate students to practice regularly and progress through their curriculum. +Classroom activities that supplement the in-game experience to provide a blended learning experience. +Maximizes teacher instructional time, and makes student-centred lesson planning easier and more effective. For feedback and / or technical support, email us at help@carnegielearning.com Privacy Policy: United States: https://www.carnegielearning.com/privacy-policy/ Canada: https://www.carnegielearning.ca/privacy-policy
SM Home
Stay connected with your child's school. This app consolidates all school communications, including phone calls, emails, and SMS messages, into a single inbox. Manage your preferences, and optionally chat with teachers or report absences.
- Consolidated communication inbox
- Manage communication preferences
- Optional chat with teachers
- Report student absences
- Search, sort, and filter messages
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For parents/guardians and students, the easy-to-use app allows users to quickly review any broadcast sent from the SchoolMessenger service (Phone/Email/SMS) in one place, manage your communication preferences and, optionally, Chat with teachers** or report absences.** Requires WIFI or data plan for internet access. Requires SchoolMessenger Communicate service subscription by the school or district. Note: SchoolMessenger Home is used for receiving SchoolMessenger Communicate messages sent by district or school personnel. If you are a school administrator or staff member looking to send messages, please download the SM Sender App. ** Chat and Attendance options may not be available depending on your School/District Here’s what’s new in v1 Inbox: All broadcasts sent from Communicate to you (Phone/SMS/Email) will also live in the app Inbox giving you one place to easily access all communications regardless of the delivery method. You can search, sort, filter and delete any of these communications My Profile: This is where you can see your students, manage your communication preferences, Access Help and Delete Your Account Chat**: Have one on one or class group conversations with teachers Attendance**: Report your students absent from school or respond to absences not reported to the school **Optional items and may not be available to all schools
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zorbit's Math Adventure at 4.4 against SM Home's 2.1. Zorbit's Math Adventure also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 15%). SM Home's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Zorbit's Math Adventure holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Zorbit's Math Adventure's written reviews are positive against 15% of SM Home's.
Zorbit's Math Adventure ships an update every 3 months, SM Home monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zorbit's Math Adventure | SM Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better | 2.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carnegie Learning, Inc. | PowerSchool Group LLC |
Customer experience
Zorbit's Math Adventure
SM Home
In-app purchases
Zorbit's Math Adventure
No in-app purchases
SM Home
No in-app purchases








