Comparison

MathTappers vs Cool Times Tables Flash Cards

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

Head to head
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

Cool Times Tables Flash Cards

Practice multiplication with adaptive difficulty that adjusts to your skill level. Compete globally on leaderboards and challenge friends. Features smart answer generation and colorful backgrounds for an engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Smart multiple choice answers
  • Global leaderboards
  • Challenge friends
  • Colorful backgrounds
Features
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Automatic adjusting difficulty based on your multiplication skills! Train yourself, challenge your friends, and see how you rank up against the rest of the world. As your skill rating increases so will the amount of difficult problems you receive. With 5 colorful backgrounds to choose from learning math has never been so simple and colorful! Can you achieve a 100% skill rating? Features: - smart multiple choice answer generation - adaptive difficulty - 5 warm background colors to enhance experience - global leaderboards for skill rating and best streak Guess, Learn, Improve, Repeat.

Screenshots

MathTappers4 screens
Cool Times Tables Flash Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cool Times Tables Flash Cards at 4.4 against MathTappers's 3.4. Cool Times Tables Flash Cards also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 61 months) and ratings volume (12K vs 118). MathTappers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Cool Times Tables Flash Cards sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MathTappers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cool Times Tables Flash Cards holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cool Times Tables Flash Cards has 12K ratings behind it against 118, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of MathTappers's written reviews are positive against 64% of Cool Times Tables Flash Cards'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, Cool Times Tables Flash Cards every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MathTappers versus Cool Times Tables Flash Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathTappersCool Times Tables Flash Cards
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (118 ratings)4.4 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better64.4% of reviews
Number of ratings11812K — better
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua SmithCorey Smith

Customer experience

MathTappers

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

Cool Times Tables Flash Cards

All ratings12,246 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral11.3%
Negative24.4%

Bugs and requests

MathTappers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cool Times Tables Flash Cards

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Streak resets unexpectedly
  • Incorrect answers marked as wrong
  • Ads with inappropriate content

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to choose specific multiplication tables
  • Ability to track progress and see missed questions
  • Addition of sound effects and audio feedback

In-app purchases

None

MathTappers

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Cool Times Tables Flash Cards

One-time4
  • Progress Report$0.99
  • Change Multiples$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
Show 1 more
  • Unlock All$2.99

Questions

Is MathTappers free?
MathTappers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cool Times Tables Flash Cards free?
Cool Times Tables Flash Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MathTappers or Cool Times Tables Flash Cards?
Cool Times Tables Flash Cards is rated higher. MathTappers averages 3.4 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while Cool Times Tables Flash Cards averages 4.4 from 12K ratings.
Do MathTappers or Cool Times Tables Flash Cards have ads?
Cool Times Tables Flash Cards shows ads; MathTappers does not.
Which is updated more often, MathTappers or Cool Times Tables Flash Cards?
MathTappers ships an update every 61 months, and Cool Times Tables Flash Cards every 2 months. Most recently, MathTappers was updated on October 15, 2026 and Cool Times Tables Flash Cards on October 22, 2026.

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