PopMath Lite vs Math Rescue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PopMath Lite
This educational game helps children practice basic arithmetic operations by popping matching bubbles. It offers a fun and engaging way to reinforce addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills with increasing difficulty.
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice
- Bubble popping gameplay
- Increasing number difficulty
- Operator-specific practice
- Performance feedback
- Personalized messages
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Awarded «Kids' Choice» by Wired Magazine and «The Best Educational iPhone Apps for Kids» by BestKidsApps! PopMath Lite is the lite version (additions only) of the award-winning math game to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 6 pairs of bubbles with numbers float on the screen above beautiful backgrounds. Each bubble contains a number, like 7 and 3+4: pop the right pairs! As you progress through levels, numbers increase. You can also chose to practice a specific operator. End of levels greet you with your time for that level, a message personalized to your performance, and the number of mistakes you did. Contact us for ideas and feedback laurent@appblit.com
Math Rescue
This educational game makes learning about rounding and estimation fun for children. Players help a fireman save a forest by using the correct amount of water balloons to put out fires, practicing essential math skills through engaging gameplay.
- Practice rounding to nearest 10s and 100s
- Estimate sums of two and three-digit numbers
- Learn place value concepts
- Engaging gameplay with sound and art
- Self-paced and adaptive practice
- Aligned with Common Core and Singapore Math
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Rounding and Estimation is fun with Toby, the fireman! Run through the forest and put out fires with the water balloons - and help Toby save the forest and the bridges in it from burning down! Note though - you need to be fast and use approximately the right amount of water to put out the fires. Use too much, and you’ll run out of water. Use too little, and you can’t put out the fire! Math Rescue- is a cool math game and great way to practice and test your rounding and estimation skills and have fun at the same time. This game also helps with learning mental math drills practice. The game uses interesting mechanics to help children practice rounding and estimation skills. An exciting game play with great sound and art will keep children engaged for a long time. Through Math Rescue, your child will learn and practice the following skills - - Rounding to nearest 10s and 100s of two and three digit numbers. - Estimating sum of two 2-digits numbers - Estimating sum of two 3-digits numbers The app not only teaches children how to round up numbers but also helps understand some more basic problems such as the place value of a digit in a number. The app reinforces math concepts with self-paced and adaptive practice anytime, anywhere. Estimation, especially estimating sums of multiple numbers, is an essential skill in the daily life application of Math. From simple things like sensing whether a shopping list is going out of budget, to arriving at project cost expectations at work or figuring out which home financing options are better in the long run, estimation can significantly improve the quality and the speed of the decisions we make. Use Math Rescue to form a solid foundation for your child’s estimation skills. This game also helps understanding the basic concept of doing addition by rounding the number, which will help in solving mental math addition or subtraction in fast manner. This mental math learning game is aligned to common core math and Singapore math and best suitable for 3rd (third) grade, 4th (fourth) grade and 5th (fifth) grade kids. This game also helps in mental math addition learning for grade 3, 4 and 5. Skills covered • Rounding to nearest 10 • Rounding up, rounding down • Rounding 2 digit numbers to nearest 10 • Rounding 3 digit numbers to nearest 10 • Rounding numbers with 5 in the units place • Rounding to nearest 100 • Rounding up, rounding down • Rounding 3 digit numbers to the nearest 100 • Estimating sums using rounding • Estimating the sum of two 1-digit numbers • Estimating the sum of one 2-digit and one single digit number • Estimating the sum of two 2-digit numbers • Estimating the sum of one 2 digit and one 3 digit number • Estimating the sum of two 3 digit numbers The skills covered, correspond to the following common core curriculum standards - 3.NBT.A.1 - Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. 4.NBT.A.3 - Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place. Subscription info: - Math Rescue 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 - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable 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 rating: PopMath Lite at 5.0 against Math Rescue's 4.3. PopMath Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (65% vs 54%). Math Rescue's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Math Rescue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. PopMath Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
PopMath Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Rescue has 2.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of PopMath Lite's written reviews are positive against 54% of Math Rescue's.
PopMath Lite ships an update every 8 months, Math Rescue monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PopMath Lite | Math Rescue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (2.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews — better | 54.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 2.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppBlit LLC | Makkajai Edu Tech Private Limited |
Customer experience
PopMath Lite
Math Rescue
Bugs and requests
PopMath Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Math Rescue
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Levels resetting unexpectedly
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More grade levels and difficulty options
- Monthly subscription option
- Ability to customize skins/characters
In-app purchases
PopMath Lite
No in-app purchases
Math Rescue
- Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Unlock Full Version$9.99
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