Math Magic vs Math Balance Educational Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math Magic
This educational app makes learning arithmetic fun for children aged 3-8. It uses vibrant colors, a simple interface, and a reward system to encourage practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Parents can customize difficulty levels and timers.
- Arithmetic practice (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
- Reward system with stars
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Adjustable number ranges (5, 10, 20)
- Optional timer for timed challenges
- Positive voice reinforcement
- Simple, vibrant interface
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Don’t you just love how much your child has improved in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing? You never get tired of hearing, “Can I do math?” from your six year old, do you? Of course you don’t. Thanks to Math Magic, your child can get a big jump on learning arithmetic while loving every second of that education. Math Magic teaches in a way that is encouraging and tons of fun for your little one. Math Magic uses a combination of your choice of vibrant colours, simple interface and a reward system of stars to encourage and teach kids between the ages of 3 and 8. It’s really easy to use. The child simply has to tap on an answer to solve the problem. Whether they get the answer right or not, a real voice expresses appreciation for the child choosing a response. Once the correct answer has been achieved, just shake your iPhone or iPod Touch and a new math problem will appear. Five successful answers results in a colored star as a reward. Math Magic lets you adjust the levels to customize them for your child. Set the maximum numbers to 5, 10 or 20. You can also set the timer to see how many problems can be solved within a specific time frame. Kids love the Math Magic app because it’s fun. Parents love it because it helps their child get a good start in math and provides constructive use of time during car trips or waiting for food or an appointment. Much research has gone into the development of Math Magic and it has the seal of approval from the kids involved in the focus groups. Why? Because this app has everything that appeals to a young child’s learning mind. •Positive reinforcement •Surprises and rewards •Very simple design •Vibrant colors Want to hear your child ask you for more math work to do? Great, then you’ll get your Math Magic now. It’s that easy Check out the video of this app @ http://tinyurl.com/nlvlrr ---------------- Please try out our other applications Word Magic Match Magic Count Magic Think BIG Math Series Sight words and Digraphs Dictation Match 'em up Words
Math Balance Educational Games
This app makes learning mental math engaging for children aged 6-10. Through interactive games, kids develop number flexibility, understand equality and comparison, and build essential algebra readiness skills.
- Develops understanding of equality and comparison signs
- Teaches commutative property of addition
- Strategies for missing addends
- Inverse relationship between addition and subtraction
- Multiplication as repeated addition
- Place value strategies for addition
- Mental addition/subtraction of 10 or 100
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Mental Math is fun with Math Balance - kids help Toby reach home by balancing bridges and while they have fun, they also learn about equality/comparison, gain flexibility with numbers and practice skills that are essential for understanding algebra. This mental math game with 30 levels will help your child get necessary fluidity with numbers. Your child will learn things like addition can happen in any order for the same result, or that sum of different numbers can add up to be the same number. They will also end up having to use different number strategies, such as bridging and compensation which can significantly speed up their mental math computations. These are the skills covered by Math Balance - - Developing meaning of equal sign, using, greater than and less than sign - Set up numbers in their expanded form - Commutative property of addition and, later, using it and expanded form as a strategy to add ex: 67+25 = 60+7+20+5 = 80+12 =92 - Missing Addend strategies:x+b=c, where x is to be found, situations where difference is unknown, where there is a bigger unknown and where there is a smaller unknown -one step problems - Showing that addition and subtraction are inverse; 4+5=9, 9-5=4 - Use only doubles, Use only even/odd numbers to get to a total - 1 step word problems -Change unknown, Result unknown, Start unknown - add a string of two-digit numbers (up to four numbers) by applying place value strategies and properties of operations. Example: 43 + 34 + 57 + 24 = __ - Using concrete models to show addition and subtraction - Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900 - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction - Multiplication as repeated addition For those who follow the Core curriculum, this maps to the following core standards - 2.OA.B.2, 2.NBT.4, 2.OA.2, 1.OA.6, 2.OA.C.3, 2.OA.1, 2.NBT.6, 2.NBT.7, 2.NBT.8, 3.NBT.2. Subscription info: - Math Balance can be purchased standalone, or as part of a makkajai Genius subscription. - Makkajai Genius subscriptions are auto-renewable and annual. ($59.99/yr) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase - Cancellation will not go into effect until the end of the monthly billing cycle For support, questions or comments, write to us at: support@makkajai.com Our privacy policy can be found at: http://www.makkajai.com/privacy-policy and our terms can be found at: https://www.makkajai.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Math Balance Educational Games at Free against Math Magic's $0.99. Math Balance Educational Games also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 37). Math Magic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (57% vs 45%). On 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
Math Balance Educational Games is free to download; Math Magic costs $0.99 up front. Math Balance Educational Games sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. Math Magic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Math Balance Educational Games holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Balance Educational Games has 4.2K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Math Magic's written reviews are positive against 45% of Math Balance Educational Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Math Magic ships an update monthly, Math Balance Educational Games fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Math Magic | Math Balance Educational Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (37 ratings) | 4.4 (4.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 4.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anusen Inc | Makkajai Edu Tech Private Limited |
Customer experience
Math Magic
Math Balance Educational Games
User reviews
Math Magic
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and useful learning tool
- 😄 Adorable encouraging voices
- 💰 Worth the price
- 🎯 Customizable difficulty levels
- 🌟 Great rewards and motivation
Room to improve
- 😵 Screen orientation issues
- 📉 Becomes boring for older kids
- 🚫 Lacks visual cues for multiplication/division
- 🤔 Multiple choice can lead to guessing
- 🎛️ Clunky interface
Math Balance Educational Games
From 4.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Engaging learning experience
- 💡 Helpful for improving math skills
- 👍 Fun and interactive for kids
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🔒 Requires email and login
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy performance
- 📉 Lack of challenge for older students
Bugs and requests
Math Magic
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes frequently
- App does not open/load
- Screen orientation stuck in portrait
- Persistent error in multiplication and division answer lists
- App not syncing with iPhone OS (older versions)
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- App closes down after one or two problems
Requested features
12 requests- Fix screen orientation bug
- Add visual cues for multiplication and division
- Option to type answers instead of multiple choice
- More variety in screens and sounds
- Add quiz/test option
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- Improve visual representation for subtraction
- Move tool bar to the top
- Add more levels and content
- Make numbers on buttons more visible
- Add adjustable delay for next problem transition
- More exciting input methods
- More graphics for addition and subtraction
Math Balance Educational Games
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Disappearing progress and data loss
- Incompatibility with some devices
Requested features
3 requests- More advanced math content
- Ability to customize difficulty levels
- Option to play without subscription
In-app purchases
Math Magic
No in-app purchases
Math Balance Educational Games
- Makkajai Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
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