Basic Math vs Timesly
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
Timesly
This educational app offers adaptive multiplication practice for children and families. It identifies areas needing improvement and provides targeted lessons with explanations and gradual challenges. Track progress with clear learning paths and mastery indicators.
- Adaptive lessons based on learner needs
- Explanations for missed answers
- Gradual challenge progression
- Recall Sprint for learned facts
- Learning path and mastery tracking
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Times tables make more sense when practice responds to the learner. Timesly is a calm, adaptive multiplication app for children and families. It starts with a short calibration, then builds focused lessons around the facts that need the most useful practice. LEARN WITH UNDERSTANDING When an answer is missed, Timesly explains a strategy using familiar doubles, fives, tens, and nearby facts. Correct answers move naturally into the next question. PRACTICE AT THE RIGHT LEVEL Accuracy, response time, recent mistakes, and review timing shape each lesson. Every lesson finishes with a reachable Recall Sprint using only learned facts. Challenge grows gradually as recall becomes dependable. SEE REAL LEARNING PROGRESS The learning path and mastery help kids and adults no what needs worked on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timesly at 5.0 against Basic Math's 3.0. Timesly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timesly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Math | Timesly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Explorer Technologies | JAMIE ELIZABETH WATKINS |
Customer experience
Basic Math
Timesly
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
Timesly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Basic Math
No in-app purchases
Timesly
No in-app purchases
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