Comparison

Math Drills vs 99math

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

Head to head
About

Math Drills

This app provides a fun and engaging environment for up to 50 students to practice fundamental math skills. It offers personalized settings, tracks progress with detailed graphs, and includes interactive tools to help understand problem-solving.

Highlights
  • Personalized student settings
  • Smart Drills for weak areas
  • Interactive solution exploration
  • Progress tracking graphs
  • Finger multiplication for nine-times tables
Features
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Graphically rich and fun environment allows up to 50 students to learn basic math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. --- FEATURES --- - Students have their own personalized settings, scores and test history. - Smart Drills(tm) places emphasis on problems answered incorrectly and/or slowly. - Explore solutions to problems using number lines, wooden blocks, facts and hints. Solve nine-times problems using your fingers! - Visually track student progress with accuracy and speed graphs.

About

99math

This app makes math practice fun and engaging for children in grades 1-6 through gamified exercises. It offers interactive learning with real-time feedback, rewards, and customizable elements to keep kids motivated. The app also supports classroom assignments and remote learning.

Highlights
  • Gamified math practice
  • Interactive learning with feedback
  • Collectibles and rewards system
  • Classroom and assignment features
  • Customizable avatars and pets
  • Tailored to grades 1-6
Features
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Math can be fun and easy! 99math offers a gamified practice that gets kids excited and keeps them motivated. Elevate your child's math skills and make learning enjoyable! Designed for kids in grades 1 to 6, 99math is the ultimate math practice app that transforms learning into an engaging adventure. WHY 99MATH? INTERACTIVE LEARNING: Say goodbye to boring math drills! 99math provides over 1000+ math skills to practice, giving real-time feedback on progress and offering interactive learning. CLASSROOM AND ASSIGNMENTS: Join your class, connect with your teacher, and complete assignments right from the app. 99math makes remote learning easy and enjoyable. COLLECTIBLES AND REWARDS: Motivate your child to excel in math with stickers, cool avatars, and a customizable pet park. Children thrive as they earn rewards for their achievements. SUITABLE FOR YOUR LEVEL: Designed for Grades 1-6 and tailored to kids of various math levels, 99math covers a wide range of math skills, from basic arithmetic to more advanced concepts. MATH PASS: While 99math is free for everyone, to speed up learning and make it even more fun, it is possible to buy a monthly or yearly subscription to 99math's Math Pass. It allows faster energy regeneration, meaning more math to be solved. And it also unlocks a premium rewards track, meaning more awards for all the math problems solved! Elevate your child's math skills, boost their confidence, and make learning enjoyable with 99math. Try it now and see the difference! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Math Drills4 screens
99math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 99math at Free against Math Drills's $1.99. 99math also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (182 vs 21). Math Drills's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and review sentiment (80% vs 47%). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

99math is free to download; Math Drills costs $1.99 up front. 99math sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Math Drills asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Math Drills against 3.8 for 99math. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 99math has 182 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Math Drills's written reviews are positive against 47% of 99math's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Drills ships an update every 4 months, 99math every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Math Drills versus 99math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Drills99math
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (21 ratings) — better3.8 (182 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews — better46.9% of reviews
Number of ratings21182 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB304 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInstant Interactive99math OÜ

Customer experience

Math Drills

All ratings21 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral9.8%
Negative9.8%

99math

All ratings182 ratings
Positive67.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive46.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative49.0%

Bugs and requests

Math Drills

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Sensitivity bug prevents recognition of quickly typed answers
  • Sound preferences not saved between sessions
  • Volume control overridden by app sounds
  • Settings buttons not responding correctly
  • Test counting incorrect (only counts one 'pit stop' for multiple missed problems)
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  • Sound activation not working for some users
  • Display issues after app updates (problems not fully visible)
  • Helper feature appears despite being toggled off
  • Kanji input mode displays numbers incorrectly (一零 instead of 十 for 10)

Requested features

16 requests
  • Extend addition and subtraction to 12 or higher
  • Increase multiplication and division tables beyond 12
  • Timed mode with set time limits (e.g., one minute drills)
  • Larger input number pad
  • Password protection for settings and student data
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  • Ability to delete individual test results
  • Ability to filter reports by specific fact families
  • Hand-counting/finger-writing feature for answers
  • Adaptive difficulty that adjusts based on performance
  • Multiplayer mode or GameCenter integration
  • Random question mode with larger numbers
  • BEDMAS/order of operations problems
  • Problem-solving questions
  • Adjustable target speed for drills
  • Sound feedback for incorrect answers
  • Ability to review scores by date

99math

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Math Drills

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

99math

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Pass1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Pass$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Pass$59.991 Year
One-time12
  • mBucks 20 pack$1.99
  • mBucks 40 pack$3.99
  • mBucks 84 pack$7.99
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  • mBucks 88 pack$7.99
  • mBucks 2100 pack$9.99
  • mBucks 200 pack$17.99
  • mBucks 4500 pack$19.99
  • mBucks 260 pack$19.99
  • mBucks 7600 pack$29.99
  • mBucks 500 pack$39.99
  • mBucks 1330 pack$49.99
  • Math Pass lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Math Drills free?
Math Drills costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 99math free?
99math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Math Drills or 99math?
Math Drills is rated higher. Math Drills averages 3.9 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while 99math averages 3.8 from 182 ratings.
Do Math Drills or 99math have ads?
Neither Math Drills nor 99math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math Drills or 99math?
Math Drills ships an update every 4 months, and 99math every 5 weeks. Most recently, Math Drills was updated on October 13, 2026 and 99math on October 14, 2026.

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