Comparison

1 vs Reckon

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

Head to head
About

1

This app offers children engaging, one-minute math tasks to build number confidence and fluency. Developed by award-winning math resource providers, it delivers targeted practice in short, fun bursts, perfect for home or classroom use.

Highlights
  • One-minute timed math tasks
  • Builds number confidence and fluency
  • Targeted practice in basic number skills
  • Subitising practice
  • Randomly generated questions
  • Instant feedback and scoring
  • Hint button for support
Features
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1-Minute Maths is a free app that helps children build number confidence & fluency through engaging, 1-minute tasks. An accessible tool for children to enjoy at home or in class! Developed by White Rose Maths, award-winning providers in maths resources for the classroom and home, it delivers targeted practice in short, bite-sized chunks, perfect for learning and showing children how much fun they can have with basic number. Who is it for? The app is perfect for primary school pupils, individual one-minute tasks focus on adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing – and on ‘Subitising’, the skill of instantly recognising the number of items in a group without counting. How does it work? Each task gives children engaging and targeted practice in basic number. The app includes a range of topics, with no specific starting point, so a child can begin wherever they like. By applying randomly generated questions every time, users learn the concept and not a sequence of answers. Once a task completes, questions are marked and presented on the screen, giving instant feedback on how they’ve done. It’s quick, simple to use, and most of all, FUN! 1-Minute Maths in action Choose a topic – there are 87 available. Answer a unique set of questions. If needed, use the ‘Hint’ button – it shows the question in a different but familiar way. When the 1-minute is up, answers appear on the screen in seconds. Keen for another task? Then simply go again! An easy-to-use app – and completely FREE! Parents and Carers: download and watch your child have fun while they continue learning maths at home! Teachers: use as a classroom teaching resource – the tasks align consistently with approaches used in the White Rose Maths schemes of learning! Top 10 reasons for using 1-Minute Maths! 1. Excellent number practice – and no distractions. 2. Enjoyable maths tasks children want to complete. 3. Instills basic number concepts during early years. 4. A clear, intuitive process that children pick up straight away. 5. No login or internet access needed. Just download and play! 6. A motivator - how many correct answers can they score? 7. Helpful hints for support when it’s needed. 8. Brilliant for building number confidence and fluency. 9. Random question generator means no repetition. 10. Completely FREE to download! With White Rose Maths, Everyone can do maths: everyone can!

About

Reckon

Features
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Reckon is a daily gym for mental arithmetic. Most of us were fluent once. Reckon rebuilds it — one short session a day, no calculator, and no timer counting down at you. HOW IT WORKS A short adaptive placement sets a level for each skill separately, rather than one score for all of you. Every session after that mixes four things: the skill you are weakest at, spaced review of what you learned before, an adjacent skill kept warm, and one question a little beyond you. Wrong answers teach. Instead of only showing the right number, Reckon shows the strategy behind it — round and correct, make a ten, halve and double — so the next one of its kind is easier. WHAT IS INSIDE • Adaptive placement, then a level per skill • Sessions of 6, 12, 18 or 24 questions • Spaced review that brings a fact back just before you would forget it • A method library for the techniques worth knowing, readable any time • Every finished session kept, grouped by week • Four themes: Light, Dark, Ledger and Chalk • Home-screen widgets for your streak and what is due • An optional daily reminder — a few a week at most, never on a rest day • Built for iPad, and for the largest text sizes PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no sign-up, nothing uploaded. Your progress lives on your device.

Screenshots

14 screens
Reckon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Reckon at every 5 days against 1's every 3 months. 1's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

1 ships an update every 3 months, Reckon every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
1 versus Reckon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1Reckon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWhite Rose Education Services LimitedBora Technologies

In-app purchases

None

1

No in-app purchases

None

Reckon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reckon free?
Reckon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 1 or Reckon have ads?
Neither 1 nor Reckon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1 or Reckon?
1 ships an update every 3 months, and Reckon every 5 days. Most recently, 1 was updated on October 17, 2026 and Reckon on October 11, 2026.

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