Basic Math vs Math Drills Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Math
Practice essential math skills through repetitive exercises. This app offers addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems suitable for children and adults. An optional upgrade unlocks advanced features like a numeric keypad, customizable difficulty, and performance tracking.
- Addition exercises
- Subtraction exercises
- Multiplication exercises
- Division exercises
- Adjustable difficulty
- Performance reporting
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This is an application based on the drill-and-practice instructional strategy. Similar to memorization, such a strategy presents the tasks to be completed repetitively to build up the foundation skills for more meaningful learning in the future. This application provides exercises covering basic mathematical skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The exercises are targeted for children under 12 years, and sometimes even adults, with varying degrees of difficulty depending on their age. Upgrade to Basic Math Deluxe to unlock the following features: - A numeric keypad to enter answers, besides using multiple-choice answers - Enter values using the usual calculator left-to-right mode, or working style right-to-left mode - Sound effects - A times table to practise multiplication tables - Option to configure max and minimum operand value - A report card to review your performance in past exercises
Math Drills Lite
Learn fundamental math skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in an engaging environment. Explore problem-solving with visual aids like number lines and blocks, and even learn multiplication tricks. This version is designed for a single student.
- Addition practice
- Subtraction practice
- Multiplication practice
- Division practice
- Number line visualization
- Wooden block visualization
- Finger multiplication tricks
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Graphically rich and fun environment allows a single student to learn basic math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Explore solutions to problems using number lines, wooden blocks, facts and hints. Solve nine-times problems using your fingers! Upgrading to the full version will add: - Work with up to 50 students. - Ability to take tests and earn high scores and awards. - Select from up to 12 different themes (Math Drills Lite uses only the Chalkboard theme) - Set the number of problems for reviews, practices and tests. - Smart Drills(tm) which places emphasis on problems answered incorrectly and/or slowly. - Visually track student progress with accuracy and speed graphs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Math Drills Lite at 3.5 against Basic Math's 3.0. Math Drills Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (63 vs 1). Basic Math's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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.
Math Drills Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Drills Lite has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Basic Math's written reviews are positive against 67% of Math Drills Lite's.
Basic Math ships an update every 2 months, Math Drills Lite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Math | Math Drills Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 3.5 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Explorer Technologies | Instant Interactive |
Customer experience
Basic Math
Math Drills Lite
User reviews
Basic Math
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good for brushing up math skills
- 👍 Helps improve math abilities
- 👍 Allows setting max/min problem values
- 👍 Good for practicing specific multiplication problems
- 👍 Cool math game
Room to improve
- 👎 No percents offered
- 👎 App abruptly stops when checking Report Card
- 👎 Cannot adjust number of problems per session
- 👎 Tic Tac Toe mode assumes two players
- 👎 Does not teach math, only runs through problems
Math Drills Lite
From 63 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for basic math practice
- 💡 Customizable facts
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 💡 Visual number line support
- 🚀 Helps improve math grades
Room to improve
- 👎 Limited to basic math
- 👎 Not challenging enough
- 👎 Repetitive problems
- 👎 Small keypad on iPhone
- 👎 Confusing for some users
Bugs and requests
Basic Math
Reported bugs
4 issues- Application abruptly stops when checking Report Card
- Tic Tac Toe mode instantly presumes two players
- Timer only counts up and not down
- Requires iOS 4, not compatible with older devices
Requested features
11 requests- Offer percents
- Allow adjustment of problems per session
- Option to change Tic Tac Toe mode to single player
- Explain why questions were missed
- Make timer count down
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- Add more operations
- Add percentages and angles
- Option to type in own answers instead of multiple choice
- Make problems go faster
- Change settings for difficulty and speed
- Add grammar, science, and music modules
Math Drills Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes too much
- Cannot change number of questions
- Each of the 10 questions is the same
- Got math fact wrong when it was right
Requested features
7 requests- Add integers
- Change keyboard layout to calculator style
- Allow larger numbers
- Add counters for kindergarteners
- Indicate correct answers with a sound/visual
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- More advanced math options
- Count answers per minute
In-app purchases
Basic Math
No in-app purchases
Math Drills Lite
No in-app purchases
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