Math Shed vs Glurbs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Number bonds practice
- Times tables drills
- Addition and subtraction
- Decimal and powers of ten
- Counting through zero
- Multiple gameplay levels
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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.
Glurbs
This app makes language learning an adventure for kids with interactive lessons and playful challenges. Children can explore Spanish, French, or Italian, earn points, climb leaderboards, and track their progress while building confidence.
- Interactive lessons
- Playful challenges
- Leaderboards
- Progress tracking
- Personalized characters
- Skill-boosting activities
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Make language learning an adventure! With Glurbs, kids can explore Spanish, French, or Italian through exciting, interactive lessons and playful challenges. Glurbs blends education and play, helping kids build confidence while learning a new language. Earn points, climb the leaderboards, and track progress as you learn. Create your personalised character and meet Rusty, your friendly guide, as you travel across planets in the Glurbs universe. Each planet offers fun games and skill-boosting activities to improve reading, listening, and spelling in French, Spanish and Italian. Perfect for kids who love playing and parents who value quality learning time - Glurbs makes education exciting. Download now and turn language learning into your child’s next great adventure! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Math Shed at 4.2 against Glurbs's 3.0. Math Shed also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (69 vs 1). Glurbs's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Glurbs sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Math Shed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Math Shed holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Shed has 69 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Math Shed's written reviews are positive against 50% of Glurbs's.
Math Shed ships an update every 2 months, Glurbs monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Math Shed | Glurbs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (69 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 301 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Education Shed Ltd | Nubridge Publishing Limited |
Customer experience
Math Shed
Glurbs
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
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- App for Amazon Fire
- Option to restrict store/leaderboards during assignments
Glurbs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Math Shed
No in-app purchases
Glurbs
- Discounted Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Language Angels Schools$1.991 Year
- Language Angels Subscription$1.991 Month
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- Standard Subscription2 variants$1.991 Month
- Standard Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Standard Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
- Standard Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
