Mental Math vs 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mental Math
Enhance your mental math abilities with this interactive app. It offers engaging gameplay and exercises, teaching calculation secrets and tricks to solve problems quickly. Track your progress and compete globally.
- Basic operations (+, -, x, /)
- Multiplication tables (1-20)
- Power calculation (1-100)
- Percentage challenges
- Fast calculation tricks
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Progress tracking
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Discover the power of Mental Calculation, an interactive app tailored for kids, students, and adults, crafted to enhance your mental math skills. Learn and improve effortlessly through exciting gameplay or exercise. Includes fast Calculation secrets and tricks to help you solve problems in seconds! Follow and compare your world ranking with the Game Center. Perfect for all skill levels, this app offers personalized practice to help you improve and excel. Features and Options Include: Basic operations: +, -, x, / Multiplication tables (1 to 20) Power calculation (1 to 100) Percentage challenges Cheering messages Fast calculation tricks Learning section: times and power tables Difficulty levels: beginner to expert in 5 levels Adjustable or no timer option Shows correct answer if you fail Track your history, best score, and prices
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
Practice mental arithmetic for one minute daily to sharpen your cognitive skills. This app is also designed to assist children in learning basic calculations and improving their math abilities.
- Daily 1-minute mental arithmetic practice
- Brain training exercises
- Assists children in learning calculations
- Improves cognitive skills
- Simple and focused interface
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Do mental arithmetic for 1 minute every day to train your brain. It also helps the child learn the calculations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic at 5.0 against Mental Math's 4.0. 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (31 vs 1). Mental Math's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment 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. Mental Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic asks for nothing beyond the download.
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Mental Math ships an update every 10 days, 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mental Math | 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oliver Glaettli | Hirokazu Uno |
Customer experience
Mental Math
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
In-app purchases
Mental Math
- Purchase Mental Calculation$5.99
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
No in-app purchases
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