Comparison

Math Shed vs 1

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

Head to head
About

Math Shed

Practice essential math skills with this fun and easy-to-use application. It covers a range of topics from number bonds and times tables to addition, subtraction, and decimals, offering multiple gameplay levels for learners of all abilities.

Highlights
  • Number bonds practice
  • Times tables drills
  • Addition and subtraction
  • Decimal and powers of ten
  • Counting through zero
  • Multiple gameplay levels
Features
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Developed by a team of teachers including maths specialists, Math Shed gives a fun and easy-to-use way to practice math skills. The app includes: - Number bonds - Time tables - Related times tables facts - Powers of ten with and without decimals - Addition and Subtraction up to 4 digit numbers - Counting through zero The app also provides three levels of gameplay with Easy and Medium having more scaffolding to support learners where needed.

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!

Screenshots

Math Shed4 screens
14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Math Shed at 69 against 1's 5. Math Shed also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 1's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (73% vs 64%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Math Shed against 4.2 for 1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Shed has 69 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Math Shed's written reviews are positive against 73% of 1's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Shed ships an update every 2 months, 1 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Math Shed versus 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Shed1
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (69 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEducation Shed LtdWhite Rose Education Services Limited

Customer experience

Math Shed

All ratings69 ratings
Positive76.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive64.2%
Neutral6.0%
Negative29.9%

1

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

Bugs and requests

Math Shed

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Keyboard not working
  • Timer continues when paused
  • App crashes
  • Bugs in latest update (score discrepancies)
  • Hard to close the app

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add an extreme mode
  • Option to switch timer on/off
  • Add KS2 content
  • Add an avatar
  • Remove timer for children with anxiety/autism
Show 2 more
  • App for Amazon Fire
  • Option to restrict store/leaderboards during assignments

1

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Math Shed

No in-app purchases

None

1

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Math Shed free?
Math Shed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Math Shed or 1?
Math Shed and 1 are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 69 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Math Shed or 1 have ads?
Neither Math Shed nor 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math Shed or 1?
Math Shed ships an update every 2 months, and 1 every 3 months. Most recently, Math Shed was updated on September 18, 2026 and 1 on September 21, 2026.

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