ScotStudy vs National 5 Maths
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScotStudy
This app simplifies the process of applying to Scottish higher education institutions. It guides users through applications, monitors progress, and provides assistance with enrollment, visa applications, and pre-departure information.
- Apply to Scottish institutions
- Monitor application status
- Step-by-step enrollment guidance
- Visa application support
- Pre-departure briefings
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Scot-Study is a Mobile app designed to provide you with relevant information about Scotland High Education (HE) and to give you the platform to apply to any Scottish institutions of your choice, monitor your application while waiting for decisions, step-by-step enrolment progression, visa application guidance and processing, and pre-departure briefing from your mobile phones at your convenience without any charges.
National 5 Maths
Prepare for your National 5 Maths exam with various study modes. Focus on topics, shuffle questions, take practice exams, or test your speed with random drills. Offers over 600 free questions and an optional premium upgrade for more content and solutions.
- Revise by topic
- Shuffle questions by topic
- Complete practice exams
- Timed random drills
- Over 600 free practice questions
- Optional premium upgrade
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Prepare for your National 5 Maths exam! Choose how you want to study with a variety of different modes: • Revise By Topic: Focus on one topic at a time (i.e. factorising) and answer questions across a range of difficulty levels. • Shuffle Questions: Filter by the topics you want to work on and get a custom list of shuffled questions. • Practice Exams: Complete a practice exam to identify your weaknesses and prepare for your official SQA exam. • Random Rush: Answer as many randomly generated drill-type questions as you can within the time limit and try to beat your high score! Included for free are over 600 practice questions across 15 different N5 Maths topics, plus a complete practice exam. Upgrade to the premium version to unlock: • 1600+ Practice questions. • Full worked solutions to every single question. • Coverage of the entire N5 Maths course across 35 topics. • 6 Practice exams with complete solutions. • And more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScotStudy at none against National 5 Maths's 1. ScotStudy also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price 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. National 5 Maths sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ScotStudy asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScotStudy ships an update every 6 weeks, National 5 Maths every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScotStudy | National 5 Maths |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scotia World Limited | Ewan Chelley |
Customer experience
ScotStudy
National 5 Maths
In-app purchases
ScotStudy
No in-app purchases
National 5 Maths
- Premium$5.99
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