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.
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.
- Learn multiplication
- Learn division
- Develop fluency
- Improve accuracy
- Visual models
- Focused content
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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.
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.
- Adaptive difficulty
- Smart multiple choice answers
- Global leaderboards
- Challenge friends
- Colorful backgrounds
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Cool Times Tables Flash Cards sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MathTappers asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | MathTappers | Cool Times Tables Flash Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (118 ratings) | 4.4 (12K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 64.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 118 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Smith | Corey Smith |
Customer experience
MathTappers
Cool Times Tables Flash Cards
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
MathTappers
No in-app purchases
Cool Times Tables Flash Cards
- Progress Report$0.99
- Change Multiples$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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