Comparison

Mental Math vs IB Maths Help

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Basic operations (+, -, x, /)
  • Multiplication tables (1-20)
  • Power calculation (1-100)
  • Percentage challenges
  • Fast calculation tricks
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Progress tracking
Features
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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

About

IB Maths Help

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Practise IB Maths and get marked instantly. IB Maths Help is a question bank built specifically for the IB Diploma Programme — Analysis & Approaches (AA) and Applications & Interpretation (AI), both Standard and Higher Level. Type your answer, tap Mark It, and see your result immediately — no waiting for a teacher to hand work back. What's inside: • 9,900+ practice questions across all 4 IB Maths courses (AA SL, AA HL, AI SL, AI HL) • 390+ sub-topics, covering the full syllabus for each course • Every question comes with a complete worked solution and an IB-style mark scheme, so you see exactly how the marks are awarded, not just the final answer • Practise by topic to target a specific weak spot, or work through exam-style questions organised by paper for realistic exam practice • GDC (graphic calculator) guidance built into solutions for TI-84, Casio fx-CG, and TI-Nspire, so you always know the calculator steps, not just the maths • Auto-marking that understands equivalent forms of an answer, not just exact string matching Whether you're working through a topic for the first time, revising before a test, or doing final exam-paper practice, IB Maths Help gives you instant, detailed feedback on every question — so you always know exactly what to fix.

Screenshots

Mental Math4 screens
IB Maths Help4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IB Maths Help at none against Mental Math's 1. IB Maths Help also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mental Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IB Maths Help asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mental Math versus IB Maths Help: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental MathIB Maths Help
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB2 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperOliver GlaettliDeveloping Maths

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mental Math

One-time1
  • Purchase Mental Calculation$6.99
None

IB Maths Help

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IB Maths Help free?
IB Maths Help is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mental Math or IB Maths Help have ads?
Neither Mental Math nor IB Maths Help shows ads.

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