Times Alive vs Bowerstead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Times Alive
This app makes learning multiplication tables engaging through story videos and songs. It offers quizzes and games covering all tables from 0-9, and tracks student progress. It's particularly beneficial for students with learning differences.
- Story videos and songs for memorization
- Quizzes and games for all times tables (0-9)
- Progress tracking (completed lessons, scores, time)
- Pretest and post-test for progress monitoring
- Supports students with learning differences
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Times Alive is designed to make memorization easy and fun so students are eager to learn. Award winning Times Alive teaches multiplication with story videos and songs — includes quizzes and games to teach ALL the times tables 0s-9s. Shown helpful for students with dyslexia, adhd, dyscalculia, autism, and other learning differences. Times Alive keeps track of the student's progress showing completed lessons, test scores with time elapsed. Easily clear progress to re-take a test or to start a new student. Multiplication pretest and post-test included to monitor progress and facts learned. Studies show our Times Tables the Fun Way(™) picture, story, and songs program outperforms most methods for effectiveness and retention of the multiplication facts. Once the facts are committed to memory students find math class a breeze and are able to move on to ratios, division, and algebra.Times Alive is based on the widely used and award winning book, Times Tables the Fun Way. Provided by City Creek Press, established in 1992. Check out our youtube channel @timestablesthefunway. Try Online Times Alive for multiple student tracking, free trial found at CityCreek.com.
Bowerstead
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Bowerstead is a calm home for your homeschool records. Plan the week. Tap through the day as it happens. The record builds itself, so when someone asks what you covered, the answer is already written down. PLAN THE WAY YOUR WEEK ACTUALLY GOES Lay out subjects and time blocks for each child by day, week, or month, then check them off as the day happens. Nothing needs to go to plan for the record to stay accurate. CAPTURE IT WHILE IT IS FRESH A photo of the work, a note, a grade. Ten seconds now beats an hour of reconstruction on Sunday night. ATTENDANCE AND GRADES THAT STAY CURRENT Days taught and assessments come from the same taps you were already making, so they are up to date without a separate bookkeeping session. EVERY YEAR HELD SEPARATELY When a child moves up a grade, last year stays exactly as you left it. History does not get rewritten by this year's changes. YOURS TO TAKE WITH YOU Export your records whenever you want, in a form you can hand to whoever is asking. Delete your account and its data from inside the app. BUILT AROUND THE PARENT You are the only person who signs in. Children never get accounts, are never contacted, and never see the app. A paid plan is required to use Bowerstead. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bowerstead at Free against Times Alive's $14.99. Bowerstead also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 13 months). Times Alive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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
Bowerstead is free to download; Times Alive costs $14.99 up front. Bowerstead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Times Alive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Times Alive ships an update every 13 months, Bowerstead every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Times Alive | Bowerstead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (153 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City Creek | Bowerstead |
In-app purchases
Times Alive
No in-app purchases
Bowerstead
- Bowerstead Monthly$8.991 Month
- Bowerstead Annual$79.991 Year
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