Comparison

Number Line vs Mathulator

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

Head to head
About

Number Line

This app provides an interactive number line for educational purposes, enabling users to visualize numbers, perform various math games, and practice rounding. Its simple interface supports zooming, swiping, and marking numbers with pins or freehand drawing.

Highlights
  • Infinite number line visualization
  • Rounding practice (nearest 10, 100, 10,000)
  • Number comparison
  • Pinch-to-zoom functionality
  • Swipe navigation
  • Search for specific numbers
  • Pin marking
  • Freehand drawing tool
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An infinite number line to use in the classroom, with a simple design that allows for numerous maths games and challenges! • Ask the class to round to the nearest 10/100/10,000. • Visualise the size of numbers relative to one another, including negatives. How to use: • Zoom with a pinch • Swipe along the number line • Go to a number by typing in the search box • Drag and drop pins to mark numbers • Draw free-hand with the pen tool

About

Mathulator

Features
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Mathulator helps you improve your mathematics skills. Providing an endless stream of maths problems covering all four arithmetic disciplines, this app will help you get better at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Choose your favorite discipline Set your chosen discipline using the discipline selector at the bottom of the screen. Set the difficulty The difficulty of the problems can be adjusted using the slider just above the discipline selector. Problems ranging from basic to very difficult are available. Get trophies The scoreboard will keep track of your maximum streak for each discipline and difficulty. Get a new trophy when exceeding streaks of 5, 12, or 20. Crescendo mode Crescendo mode starts out easy, but will make the problems harder as you solve more of them. Solve 3 problems at each difficulty. How many can you solve in a row without making a single mistake? Your best score ever will be kept safe in the top score list.

Screenshots

Number Line1 screens
Mathulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mathulator at every 2 weeks against Number Line's every 15 months. Number Line's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Number Line ships an update every 15 months, Mathulator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Number Line versus Mathulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumber LineMathulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlastoff DesignJoachim Seland Graff

In-app purchases

None

Number Line

No in-app purchases

None

Mathulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Number Line free?
Number Line is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mathulator free?
Mathulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Number Line or Mathulator have ads?
Neither Number Line nor Mathulator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Number Line or Mathulator?
Number Line ships an update every 15 months, and Mathulator every 2 weeks. Most recently, Number Line was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mathulator on October 28, 2026.

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