Mathemagics vs Fast Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mathemagics
Learn and practice mental math tricks to perform calculations at lightning speed. This app helps you master multiplication, division, and squaring techniques through engaging practice sessions and progressive levels. Ideal for students, teachers, and anyone looking to sharpen their cognitive abilities.
- Master multiplication, division, and squaring tricks
- Practice through various proficiency levels
- Engaging and fun learning experience
- Prepare for standardized math tests
- Improve cognitive abilities and brain training
- Learn tricks for specific number ranges
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Amaze and delight others as you multiply, divide, and square at lightning fast speed. Learn and practice the tricks of mental math calculation in a fun and engaging application. Study any of the math tricks and then practice them as you progress through various levels of proficiency. Tease your brain with a quick practice session while waiting in lines, riding in the car, or on the plane. Only the basic math skills of addition, subtraction and simple multiplication and division are needed to achieve astonishing results. Students: Baffle your math teachers by providing answers faster than thought possible. Teachers: Inspire your students as you pull answers to math problems out of thin air. Master these math tricks: * Multiply as high as 20x20 * Square a number ending in 5 * Square any two digit number * Doubling and halving * Multiply any number by 4 * Multiply any number by 5 * Multiply any number by 9 * Multiply any number by 25 * Multiply any number by 99 * Squares from 41 to 59 * Round number multiplication * Divide any number by 5 * Multiply by 11 * Multiply in the 90's * Square numbers in the 50's * Multiply differing by 2,4,6 * Multiply if 1's sum is 10 * Multiply two close numbers * Sum of first n even numbers * Sum of first n odd numbers * Subtracting two and three digit numbers * Adding two and three digit numbers * Quickly divide any number by 9 * Subtracting from 1000 and higher multiples of 10 * Multiply two numbers close to 10 * Nines complement * Tens complement * Large number addition #1 * Large number addition #2 * Large number subtraction * Evenly divisible by 3 * Evenly divisible by 4 * Evenly divisible by 5 * Evenly divisible by 6 * Evenly divisible by 7 * Evenly divisible by 8 * Evenly divisible by 9 * Evenly divisible by 10 * Evenly divisible by 11 * Evenly divisible by 12 * Square numbers in the 20’s * Square numbers in the 30’s * Square numbers in the 60’s * Square numbers in the 70’s * Square numbers in the 80’s * Square numbers in the 100’s * Square numbers in the 200’s * Square numbers in the 300’s * Square numbers in the 400’s * Square numbers in the 500’s * Square numbers in the 700’s * Square numbers in the 800’s * Square numbers in the 900’s * Casting Out Nines Digit Sum * Check Addition by Casting Nines * Check Subtraction by Casting Nines * Check Multiplication by Casting Nines * Check Division by Casting Nines * Casting Out Elevens Digit Sum * Check Addition by Casting Elevens * Check Subtraction by Casting Elevens * Check Multiplication by Casting Elevens * Check Division by Casting Elevens Prepare for the math section on the SAT, PSAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, or any other standardized test. Don't waste time with a calculator on the few tests that allow them. Use Mathemagics as a tutor to quicken up your test taking abilities. Perfect training for the UIL Mathematics and Number Sense Contests. Activate and challenge your brain to expand its ability to think efficiently and have fun at the same time. Train yourself to break problems down in to smaller more manageable pieces in order to reach solutions quicker and more accurately than anyone else. ================================= "Best New iPhone Education App" - eduinreview.com May 2012 Featured in the App Store Test Prep promotion December 2011 Featured as an AppStore Education Staff Favorite Featured in the AppStore Hall of Fame March 16, 2010 Featured in the EU AppStores as New and Noteworthy December 8, 2009 Featured as an AppStore Best of 2009 App November 17, 2009 Featured as an AppStore Essential (Apps for Boys) September 22, 2009 Featured as an AppStore Essential (High School Survival Guide) August 25, 2009 Featured as an AppStore Staff Favorite ================================= Follow us on Twitter @blulightnin =================================
Fast Math
Master mental arithmetic with 59 lessons on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Improve your calculation speed and accuracy through engaging training modes and friendly competition.
- 59 mental arithmetic lessons
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division tips
- Calculation checking techniques
- Timed training mode
- Game Center comparison
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59 lessons to calculate faster! Learn the secrets of mental arithmetic and become the fastest calculator in the west. Tips to add, multiply, subtract, divide, square or even check the rightness of a calculation, give a boost to your brains! Train by answering as many questions as you can in one minute in the "Training" mode and compare your performance with your friends with the Game Center. Try it now and become the idol of your math teacher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fast Math at Free against Mathemagics's $4.99. Fast Math also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Mathemagics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (94% vs 67%). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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
Fast Math is free to download; Mathemagics costs $4.99 up front. Fast Math sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Mathemagics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fast Math holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mathemagics has 466 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Mathemagics's written reviews are positive against 67% of Fast Math's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mathemagics | Fast Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (466 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 466 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Lightning Labs | Mathieu Bolard |
Customer experience
Mathemagics
Fast Math
Bugs and requests
Mathemagics
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timed games incorrectly mark the last question as wrong
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Broken iCloud sync
Requested features
5 requests- Add a timer option for timed practice
- Allow users to input answers instead of multiple choice
- Organize lessons by topic or difficulty level
- Provide explanations for why the tricks work
- Expand content to cover more math topics like fractions, decimals, etc.
Fast Math
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mathemagics
No in-app purchases
Fast Math
- Turbo Boost$0.99
- Perfect Squares$0.99
- Divisibility$0.99
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- Casting Out Nines$0.99
- Casting Out Elevens$0.99
- Unlock All Sections$3.99
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