Comparison

MathTappers vs WH Questions Skills

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

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About

MathTappers

This app is a game designed to help learners understand multiplication and division with whole numbers. It aims to build fluency and accuracy through engaging gameplay and visual models. It is part of a suite of educational math games.

Highlights
  • Learn multiplication
  • Learn division
  • Develop fluency
  • Improve accuracy
  • Visual models
  • Focused content
Features
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MathTappers: Multiples is a simple game designed first to help learners to make sense of multiplication and division with whole numbers, and then to support them in developing fluency while maintaining accuracy. Design: Tim Pelton & Leslee Francis Pelton Programming: Mike Anderson, Joshua E. Smith & Garrett Reimer The designers of the MathTappers apps are math educators and researchers seeking to create simple games that will help learners to make sense of mathematics one concept at a time. We have designed MathTappers apps to support students in learning mathematics by providing relevant visual models, focused content linked games and helpful suggestions for parents and educators. Please check out all of our MathTappers apps (links found at MathTappers.com): MathTappers: MultiMatch--a matching app that challenges learners to match sets of cards placed on the table. This is our newest MathTappers app. Although it comes with a deck and you can download others from our website, it was really designed to encourage teachers and students make and share their own matching game decks to capture their understanding and challenge others. Please go to mathtappers.com and check out our instructions on the right to find out how to make your own decks MathTappers: Clock Master--learn to tell time MathTappers: Estimate Fractions--make sense of fraction sums and differences MathTappers: Find Sums--learn basic facts for addition and subtraction MathTappers: Multiples--learn basic facts for multiplication and division MathTappers: Equivalents--equivalent fractions, decimals and percents MathTappers: Numberline--find relative positions of numbers on a numberline, MathTappers: Carbon Choices--help students explore their carbon footprint.

About

WH Questions Skills

This app helps children understand, ask, and answer questions using WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, and HOW. It offers graduated practice, audio support, and detailed reporting for up to 10 players, making learning engaging and frustration-free.

Highlights
  • Understand, ask, and answer WH questions
  • Graduated practice levels
  • Audio support for readers
  • Progress reporting for up to 10 players
  • Reward center for motivation
  • Frustration-free guided learning
Features
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** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom’s Choice Award Winner! Also featured on FunEducationalApps.com, TeachersWithApps.com, and more! ** WH Questions teaches children how to UNDERSTAND, ASK and ANSWER questions using WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW, in a fun game-like environment. What parents say about our awesome reading comprehension apps: *** 5 stars! Brilliant! An app that understands how kids actually learn. Thank you!
 *** 5 stars! My kids love this app because of the fun, silly sentences. I love it because it works!  
 WH Questions provides: - Graduated practice at understanding, then answering, then asking WH questions. - Fun sentences to keep students motivated. - Audio support for weak readers. - 'At a glance' reporting shows you instantly how your child is doing with each skill and question type. Being able to ask and answer WH questions is a key requirement for reading success. This app provides a motivating environment for your child to develop these important skills. Other benefits: - FRUSTRATION FREE: Your child will always be guided to the correct answer.
 - REWARD CENTER: Fun and engaging Reward Center increases motivation. - EASY TO USE. Can be used independently (just hand it over: your child will know what to do!) or with a therapist/parent for intervention. - EXTENSIVE REPORTING: for up to 10 players to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists.
 Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! This app is part of a grade-by-grade series of Reading Comprehension apps. For any struggling learner, find the app that allows your child to work at 70-80% accuracy. Children need success to keep their brain in 'learning mode'. Ignore the grade-level and find the one that best suits your child.

 (Look on the app store for a reduced-price bundle of the whole series.) 
To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has one free book. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchases. (All levels can be purchased for $2.99 -- price may change.) 

If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition of this app, which includes all levels and up to 10 players. We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem.  We collect NO private information in our app. None! Our apps do not allow unrestricted web or social media access. We conform to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Screenshots

MathTappers4 screens
WH Questions Skills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WH Questions Skills at 4.3 against MathTappers's 3.4. WH Questions Skills also leads on update cadence (every 10 months vs every 61 months). MathTappers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (118 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WH Questions Skills sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MathTappers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WH Questions Skills holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MathTappers has 118 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of MathTappers's written reviews are positive against 67% of WH Questions Skills's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MathTappers ships an update every 61 months, WH Questions Skills every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MathTappers versus WH Questions Skills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathTappersWH Questions Skills
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (118 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua SmithJanine Toole

Customer experience

MathTappers

All ratings118 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.9%
Negative33.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

WH Questions Skills

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

MathTappers

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

WH Questions Skills

One-time3
  • 2 Players$1.99
  • Buy All Levels$2.99
  • 10 Players$3.99

Questions

Is MathTappers free?
MathTappers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WH Questions Skills free?
WH Questions Skills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MathTappers or WH Questions Skills?
WH Questions Skills is rated higher. MathTappers averages 3.4 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while WH Questions Skills averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do MathTappers or WH Questions Skills have ads?
Neither MathTappers nor WH Questions Skills shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MathTappers or WH Questions Skills?
MathTappers ships an update every 61 months, and WH Questions Skills every 10 months. Most recently, MathTappers was updated on October 15, 2026 and WH Questions Skills on October 24, 2026.

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