Addition Quest vs Owlet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Addition Quest
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The Addition Quest app uses a grid to help students see the patterns in the addition table. This app challenges the player to find an intersection on a grid where the sum of the two addends equals the randomly selected number. Completing the activities by finding 10 correct answers. The Addition Quest app is designed to be a quick math exercise that teachers can use to provide practice with basic addition facts. It supports the elementary math curriculum. As students complete the activities they will discover number patterns in the addition table. Special sound effects make the game fun to use and the interactive design facilitates engagng learning strategies.
Owlet
This app uses a physical manipulative to teach arithmetic operations. Students model addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using colored lights on a board, with the app reflecting their work in real-time. It offers various modes for exploration, problem-solving, and creation.
- Model arithmetic operations with colored lights
- Real-time app and board synchronization
- Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division modes
- Explore, Make, Solve, Find, and Create activities
- Supports missing number problems
- Create custom arithmetic problems
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Owlet: GlowGrid is one of a series of apps that use the Owlet GlowBoard manipulative. The specific focus of GlowGrid is using the GlowBoard to understand arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction. Students turn the dials on the GlowBoard to model arithmetic operations with the colored lights. The GlowGrid app communicates in real time with the GlowBoard, so the app reflects student work with the GlowBoard. GlowGrid has five modes for five arithmetic operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, and Division with Remainders. Each operation has five different activities. - Explore: Students turn the dials to model arithmetic equations on the GlowBoard. The tablet shows the students the equation that they are modeling. - Make: The app challenges students to use the operation to make a target number in different ways, i.e. Make 11 in 9 different ways. - Solve: The app challenges students to solve arithmetic problems with the GlowBoard. - Find: The app challenges students to solve missing number problems with the GlowBoard. - Create: Students can create their own problem and use the GlowBoard to demonstrate the solution.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Owlet at every 3 months against Addition Quest's every 38 months. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Addition Quest ships an update every 38 months, Owlet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Addition Quest | Owlet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | BirdBrain Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
Addition Quest
No in-app purchases
Owlet
No in-app purchases
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