Comparison

Letter Quest vs TimeTableExpress

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

Head to head
About

Letter Quest

This timed puzzle game merges letter tiles to spell words, offering both educational fun for children and mental agility challenges for adults. Compete with friends and global players on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Merge letter tiles
  • Spell words
  • Timed challenges
  • Zen Mode for learning
  • Global leaderboards
  • GameCenter integration
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Letter Quest is a timed puzzle game fun for all ages -- challenging for adults and also educational for young learners when played in Zen Mode. Young children can learn the alphabet by merging letter tiles, which are then used to spell words, and adults can sharpen their mental agility by racing against the clock to spell as many words as possible before the board fills up with tiles. Compare scores against your GameCenter friends and against the rest of the world via Apple's Leaderboards!

About

TimeTableExpress

Embark on a multiplication adventure with a train theme. This app offers interactive challenges that build on mastered concepts, rewarding progress with badges. It makes learning multiplication engaging and fun for young learners.

Highlights
  • Engaging train theme
  • Interactive drag-and-drop learning
  • Cumulative learning approach
  • Rewarding progress with badges
  • Multiplication fact challenges
Features
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TimeTable Express turns multiplication tables into an adventure for grades 2 through 4. Built on a research-backed "hard first" method, the app helps students practice key multiplication facts through train-themed drag-and-drop gameplay. TimeTable Express is free to try for 7 days. After the free trial, a paid auto-renewing subscription is required to continue accessing gameplay and learning features, including: - Seven progressive levels - Drag-and-drop multiplication practice - Badge rewards - Score tracking after each round - Parent and teacher progress dashboards - A built-in tutorial for new players Subscriptions are offered as monthly or yearly auto-renewing options and begin after the 7-day free trial. Your subscription will automatically renew and your payment method will be charged unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your device’s App Store account settings. Pricing: Monthly subscription is $5.99 per month, or the yearly subscription is $19.99 per year, following the 7-day free trial. Prices may vary by region. Why "Hard First" Works After nearly 30 years in schools, the same pattern showed up again and again: kids do not struggle with every multiplication fact. They struggle with the sevens, eights, and nines. Those are the facts kids often cannot skip count quickly in their heads, so they get stuck and start guessing. TimeTable Express was born from a real tutoring session. A seventh-grader in pre-algebra was falling behind because her multiplication facts were slowing her down. A quick card game changed that. She flipped cards and raced to answer, starting with the nines, then the eights, then the sevens. Once past the sixes, everything got easier. That experience revealed the core insight: why overwhelm kids with all 100 multiplication facts when only 36 need focused memorization? It is a triangle from 2x2 through 9x9, the Multiplication Pyramid, and mastering it from the top down works. How the Levels Are Structured Instead of starting with the 1s and 2s like most multiplication apps, TimeTable Express tackles the biggest obstacles first. The progression begins at 9x9, works through the 8s and 7s, then moves into the 6s, 5s, and lower. By the time students reach the easier facts, they have already practiced the hardest ones. The app still covers multiplication facts over time. Focused memorization targets the 36 key facts, and the difficulty curve runs backward by design. Students who work through all seven levels practice the hardest multiplication problems first and build confidence as they progress. More Than a Flashcard App Traditional math drills are passive: see a fact, recall an answer, repeat. TimeTable Express makes multiplication practice active through drag-and-drop interaction, level-based progression, score tracking, and badge rewards. Students who resist flashcard drilling may engage more willingly with the same math facts when they are wrapped inside an interactive challenge. The methodology came from real classrooms and real tutoring sessions, not a textbook theory. Download TimeTable Express to start your 7-day free trial. A paid subscription is required after the trial to access gameplay, levels, badges, score tracking, tutorials, and parent/teacher progress dashboards. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your subscription will begin and your payment method will be charged automatically. Privacy Policy https://www.multiplicationhustle.com/time-table-express-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use https://www.multiplicationhustle.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Letter Quest4 screens
TimeTableExpress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Letter Quest at none against TimeTableExpress's 2. Letter Quest also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 27 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. TimeTableExpress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Letter Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeTableExpress holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Letter Quest ships an update every 2 weeks, TimeTableExpress every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Letter Quest versus TimeTableExpress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetter QuestTimeTableExpress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFloyd RossCleverall LLC

Customer experience

Letter Quest

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeTableExpress

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Letter Quest

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TimeTableExpress

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Game Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Letter Quest free?
Letter Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeTableExpress free?
TimeTableExpress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Letter Quest or TimeTableExpress?
TimeTableExpress is rated higher. Letter Quest averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while TimeTableExpress averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Letter Quest or TimeTableExpress have ads?
Neither Letter Quest nor TimeTableExpress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Letter Quest or TimeTableExpress?
Letter Quest ships an update every 2 weeks, and TimeTableExpress every 27 months. Most recently, Letter Quest was updated on October 1, 2026 and TimeTableExpress on September 24, 2026.

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