1 Minute Mental Arithmetic vs Arithmetic Mate
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.
Arithmetic Mate
This app offers a comprehensive suite of educational tools for children and adults. It covers fundamental math operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, along with advanced concepts like fractions and number sequences. Additionally, it provides typing practice, Chinese character learning, and Sudoku puzzles.
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Fractions and mixed operations
- Number sequences and skip-counting
- Chinese character stroke order and pinyin
- Typing practice
- Sudoku puzzles
- Shape-based math for young children
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Addition operations. Subtraction operations. Multiplication operations. Division operations. Mixed operations (combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and Fraction). Tables for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Addition and subtraction involving shapes for young children. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate mathematical sequence and skip-counting. Words and numbers dictation. Chinese character stroke order and pinyin Typing Practice Sudoku 24 Point Calculation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Arithmetic Mate at every 3 days against 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic's every 6 weeks. 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic against 5.0 for Arithmetic Mate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic ships an update every 6 weeks, Arithmetic Mate every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 1 Minute Mental Arithmetic | Arithmetic Mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hirokazu Uno | 午尧 杨 |
Customer experience
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
Arithmetic Mate
In-app purchases
1 Minute Mental Arithmetic
No in-app purchases
Arithmetic Mate
No in-app purchases
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