Fast Math vs Learn Mental Maths
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fast Math
Master mental arithmetic with 59 lessons on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Improve your calculation speed and accuracy through engaging training modes and friendly competition.
- 59 mental arithmetic lessons
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division tips
- Calculation checking techniques
- Timed training mode
- Game Center comparison
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59 lessons to calculate faster! Learn the secrets of mental arithmetic and become the fastest calculator in the west. Tips to add, multiply, subtract, divide, square or even check the rightness of a calculation, give a boost to your brains! Train by answering as many questions as you can in one minute in the "Training" mode and compare your performance with your friends with the Game Center. Try it now and become the idol of your math teacher.
Learn Mental Maths
This app acts as a personal math coach, making mental math practice fun and competitive. It adapts to your skill level, offering tailored lessons, tips, and engaging game modes. Track your progress with detailed statistics and challenge others in multiplayer modes.
- Adaptive difficulty levels
- Tips & tricks for math tasks
- Gamified learning with levels and unlocks
- Multiplayer and ghost battles
- Detailed progress statistics
- Variety of math question types
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Quick, what's 17 + 24? Mathical is like Duolingo, but for learning maths! With Mathical, you will stay mentally active and improve your mental maths skills in a fun and competitive way. Start today and you'll be surprised how quickly you improve! Within a week of regular practice, you will answer questions like the one above without even having to think about it. WHO IS MATHICAL FOR? Mathical is the only mental maths training app on the App Store that intelligently adapts to you: the difficulty of questions is continuously adjusted based on your performance, to ensure you're neither overwhelmed nor bored. This makes Mathical the perfect companion for kids, adults, students, or people who just want to keep their brain sharp. Mathical also features explanations, tips & tricks for common exercises like addition, multiplication, or roots. You will not only learn how these tasks work, but also how to solve them in your head quickly & efficiently. WHY MATHICAL? With Mathical, learning mental maths doesn't feel like work - for every level you finish you collect experience, which helps you level up to unlock new features. Additionally, Mathical motivates you with Achievements, Leaderboards, Daily Objectives, Play Streaks, and much more. All this guarantees that learning with Mathical never gets boring. Detailed statistics also provide you with an overview of how various metrics, such as your average task completion time, evolve over time. This helps you to easily keep track of your progress. SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS If you're convinced you can solve maths questions faster than others, you can prove it with Multiplayer in Mathical! Players can compete in the Daily Challenge, where everyone solves the same questions every day. If you decide to compete, you can see how you fared compared to other players on a global leaderboard. Ghost Battles allow you to compete directly with other players. Answer questions faster than your opponent's ghost to win. By competing in Ghost Battles, you can also unlock new customisation options for your own ghost. Here's a quick overview of the most important features of Mathical: • Tailored lessons that adapt to you • 100+ single-player levels for all skill levels • Tips & tricks for common tasks like addition, subtraction, and multiplication • A variety of game modes to keep you on your toes • Dozens of maths-related question types, ranging from addition to percentages and geometry • Compete against other players anonymously in Ghost battles • Detailed statistics about your progress WHAT IS MATHICAL+? Mathical is free-to-play and does not contain any ads. If you enjoy the game, you can support the developer of the app and unlock even more great features with a subscription to Mathical+: • Access to all game modes and question types • Randomly generated levels for endless fun • Unlimited multiplayer matches • Even more detailed statistics • 50% discount for education • Free for users from Ukraine, Слава Україні! And the best part: a single Mathical+ membership can be shared with your entire family at no extra cost. ------------ Do you have a suggestion or want to tell me what you think? Send me a message at support@mathical.app, I'd love to hear from you! Enjoying Mathical? A positive review on the App Store would be a big help! ------------ For more information, refer to our Terms of Service (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) and Privacy Policy (https://mathical.app/privacy).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fast Math at 5.0 against Learn Mental Maths's 4.5. Fast Math also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Learn Mental Maths's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 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. Fast Math sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Learn Mental Maths sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fast Math holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn Mental Maths has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Fast Math's written reviews are positive against 90% of Learn Mental Maths's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fast Math ships an update every 4 months, Learn Mental Maths every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fast Math | Learn Mental Maths |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathieu Bolard | Jonas Zell |
Customer experience
Fast Math
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In-app purchases
Fast Math
- Turbo Boost$0.99
- Perfect Squares$0.99
- Divisibility$0.99
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- Casting Out Nines$0.99
- Casting Out Elevens$0.99
- Unlock All Sections$3.99
Learn Mental Maths
- Mathical+ for Education$2.491 Month
- Mathical+$3.491 Month
- Mathical+ for Education$4.491 Year
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- Mathical+$8.991 Year
- Mathical+ for Education$4.99
- Mathical+$7.99
- Mathical+ for Education$9.99
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- Mathical+$12.99
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