1 Minute Mental Arithmetic vs drillio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
drillio
Enhance your calculation abilities with engaging mental math exercises. This app offers customizable practice cards for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, along with progress tracking to keep you motivated.
- Mental math cards for calculation techniques
- Customizable practice modes
- Progress tracking via stats tab
- Engaging brain-boosting exercises
- Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
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drillio helps you build real mental math skills with soroban-style flash anzan and arithmetic drills. 41 flash anzan levels (from beginner to 20th dan) and 278 arithmetic lessons. All core learning is free. FLASH ANZAN - 41 levels: beginner, 20th kyu to 1st kyu, then 1st to 20th dan - Master a level by answering correctly 10 times, and earn a certificate - Frame-accurate display timing, so even the fastest flashes are shown precisely - Custom mode: choose your own digits, number of terms and display time - Your fastest answer is saved automatically ARITHMETIC DRILLS - 278 lessons in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, from basic to advanced - 2-digit x 2-digit, 3-digit problems, fill-in-the-blank problems and more - Earn more points the faster you answer, and see your progress for each lesson CHALLENGES - Time Attack: solve as many problems as you can before time runs out - Oni Calc: answer the problem from N steps back, training memory and calculation together KEEP GOING - Daily streaks, study time and points - Reminders before your streak ends drillio PRO (optional) - No ads - Dark mode - Streak recovery - Priority support Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Terms of Use: https://gist.github.com/aviciida/c635fb7d61c24c8df4f39506902f3ca6 Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/aviciida/f9dd03234fa3de0b23aa536073abcca4
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic at 5.0 against drillio's 4.5. 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). drillio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. drillio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic asks for nothing beyond the download.
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic's written reviews are positive against 90% of drillio's.
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic ships an update every 6 weeks, drillio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic | drillio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (32 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hirokazu Uno | Ryo Iida |
Customer experience
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
drillio
In-app purchases
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
No in-app purchases
drillio
- drillio PRO Monthly$1.991 Month
- drillio PRO campaign1 Year trial$14.991 Year
- drillio PRO Annual$14.991 Year
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