Math Drills vs Math Speed Drill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personalized student settings
- Smart Drills for weak areas
- Interactive solution exploration
- Progress tracking graphs
- Finger multiplication for nine-times tables
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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.
Math Speed Drill
Master basic math facts through engaging gameplay with over 100 levels. This app offers timed challenges for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, providing positive reinforcement and teaching correct answers in a fun, colorful environment.
- Timed math challenges
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Over 100 levels
- Coin-based positive reinforcement
- Adaptive difficulty
- Focus on math tables
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The fastest and funnest way to master your times tables. Math Speed Drill helps students practice math facts with fast, focused, positive gameplay. Choose addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, then answer as many problems as you can in 30 seconds or 1 minute. Students earn coins for better scores, build confidence through repetition, and keep coming back to beat their own best results. No annoying ads! Ever! - We do not use 3rd party ad services. Even without buying an IAP you and your kids will never see an annoying ad. Speed Drill is designed for kids, parents, teachers, homeschool families, and anyone who wants to sharpen basic math skills. Features: • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division • Practice by individual math table • 30-second and 1-minute rounds • Positive feedback and encouraging sound effects • Coins earned only as achievement awards Pro Features: • Boss Level mode in Pro for guided mastery. Just play Boss Level over and over and it will automatically help you master the math facts. • Extended ranges up to 12s and 15s in Pro • Parent Pro for up to 2 student profiles • Classroom Pro for up to 40 student profiles • Printable classroom progress report • No student data stored on our servers Boss Level mode guides students through math facts step by step. As they improve, Speed Drill tracks progress and helps them focus on the facts they still need to master. When a student finishes Boss Level for multiplication, they know their times tables. Boss Level is the fastest way to learn your times tables. Speed Drill is great for: • Kids learning math facts • Parents helping with homework • Teachers managing classroom practice • Homeschool math drills • Adults who want a quick brain workout Note: The coins in Math Speed Drill are achievement awards only. They are not currency, cannot be purchased, and are not used to unlock items or features. Privacy Policy: https://badweaselgames.com/math-speed-drill/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Math Speed Drill at Free against Math Drills's $1.99. Math Speed Drill also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 21) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). Math Drills's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 72 months). On review sentiment, 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 Speed Drill is free to download; Math Drills costs $1.99 up front. Math Speed Drill sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Math Drills asks for nothing beyond the download.
Math Speed Drill holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Speed Drill has 2K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Math Drills's written reviews are positive against 87% of Math Speed Drill's.
Math Drills ships an update every 4 months, Math Speed Drill every 72 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Math Drills | Math Speed Drill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (21 ratings) | 4.2 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 72 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Instant Interactive | Bad Weasel, LLC |
Customer experience
Math Drills
Math Speed Drill
User reviews
Math Drills
From 21 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Highly customizable drills for individual student needs
- 📊 Excellent progress tracking and analytics
- 🎯 Ability to isolate specific math facts for focused practice
- 📱 Multiple user profiles with independent settings
- ⚡ Engaging interface that motivates children to practice
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sensitivity bug with fast number input recognition
- 🔊 Sound settings not persisting between sessions
- 🔊 Volume control issues ignoring device settings
- 📱 Input number pad too small
- 🔧 Settings buttons not functioning correctly
Math Speed Drill
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 👍 Helps improve math skills
- 💡 Customizable colors and settings
- 🏆 Competitive and motivating
- 🧠 Effective for all ages
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Time limit too short
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 💰 Lack of in-app purchases or rewards
- 🖥️ Needs more platforms (e.g., Chromebook)
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
Math Speed Drill
Reported bugs
3 issues- Answers change before user can respond
- Sound issues on some devices
- Crashes or freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust time limits
- Progress tracking and performance analytics
- More math operations (e.g., 13s, fractions)
- Multiplayer or leaderboard features
In-app purchases
Math Drills
No in-app purchases
Math Speed Drill
- Parent Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Classroom Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Parent Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
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- Classroom Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Parent Pro Lifetime$14.99
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