Comparison

Spin Spell vs Fraction Challenge

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

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About

Spin Spell

Engage in a 3D physics-based labyrinth game to practice spelling. Roll a ball through mazes, collect letters in order to form words, and earn points for speed and accuracy. Create custom spelling lists and design your own levels for endless fun.

Highlights
  • 3D physics-based labyrinth gameplay
  • Letter collection for word spelling
  • Customizable spelling lists
  • Level editor for maze creation
  • Points and achievements system
  • Adjustable ball roll speed
Currently charting
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Practice your spelling by rolling a ball through a traditional 3D wooden labyrinth and capturing letters in the correct order to spell a word. Spin Spell is a physics based 3D mobile game that motivates children to learn to spell while having fun and improving their hand/eye coordination. Choose from a variety of pre-loaded spelling lists or add your own. Points and achievements are awarded based on the sequential collection of letters to correctly spell a word, the speed by which the letters are collected and the number of correct letters collected in a streak. Points are never subtracted from the score but bonus streaks are reset when an incorrect letter is hit and/or when the game timer expires. Features: • 25 pre-made levels • 30 pre-made spelling lists • Spelling list editor • Level editor • 3D physics fun • Adjustable roll speed for ball Spelling List Editor: Create, save, and play your own spelling lists. Use your child’s spelling lists from school and make studying fun! Level Editor: Edit existing levels or create your own mazes with our built-in level editor. If a maze is too difficult or if it is not challenging enough, change it in our level editor. Be creative and make artistic levels to enhance gameplay.

About

Fraction Challenge

Engage in fun math games designed to teach and reinforce fraction operations. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions through interactive challenges. Compete with friends in multiplayer mode to boost mental calculation skills.

Highlights
  • Fraction representation
  • Addition and subtraction of fractions
  • Equivalent fractions
  • Fraction reduction
  • Multiplication and division of fractions
  • Multiplayer mode
Features
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Learn to do operations with fractions with this fun app. Here you will find a lot of educational games of mental calculation to learn and reinforce mathematical concepts, such as the representation of fractions, addition and subtraction with the same and different denominator, multiplication and division of fractions, equivalent fractions and reduction of fractional numbers. ENJOY THE MULTIPLAYER MODE! With this educational game you can play alone or in company, as it features a multiplayer mode. Challenge your classmate and become the fastest one in arithmetics, solving the different mathematical activities. BECOME THE KING OR QUEEN OF ARITHMETICS AND MENTAL CALCULATION! With just a few minutes a day you can improve your math level and beat your own records. THE IMPORTANCE OF FRACTIONS IN OUR DAILY ROUTINE Fractions are not only used as a concept in the subject of mathematics for children; they are necessary in order to perform various actions of daily life. For example: when buying food, it is normal to go to the supermarket and order ½ kilogram of apples. Measuring ingredients in the kitchen, buying fabrics or many other everyday things are solved with fractional numbers. EDUCATIONAL GOALS - Representation of fractions. - Addition and subtraction of fractions with a common denominator. - Equivalent fractions. - Fraction reduction. - Multiplying and dividing fractional numbers COMPANY: Didactoons Games SL Recommended age: For primary and secondary school children, 7 to 16 years old. Theme: Multiplayer game to learn arithmetic and mental calculation. CONTACT We want to know your opinion! Please share with your questions, technical problems, suggestions and everything you want with us. Write to us via our contact form: https://www.didactoons.com/contact/

Screenshots

Spin Spell4 screens
Fraction Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fraction Challenge at Free against Spin Spell's $0.99. Fraction Challenge also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 14) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Spin Spell's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). On rating, 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

Fraction Challenge is free to download; Spin Spell costs $0.99 up front. Fraction Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spin Spell asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Spin Spell against 4.6 for Fraction Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fraction Challenge has 1.5K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Spin Spell's written reviews are positive against 70% of Fraction Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spin Spell ships an update every 9 months, Fraction Challenge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Spin Spell versus Fraction Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpin SpellFraction Challenge
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)4.6 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better70.1% of reviews
Number of ratings141.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVermont Digital Arts LLCDidactoons Games SL

Customer experience

Spin Spell

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Fraction Challenge

All ratings1,464 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative23.9%

Bugs and requests

Spin Spell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Fraction Challenge

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Login issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to remove timer or increase time
  • More game modes (e.g., divided fractions, add/subtract fractions, multiply)
  • No battery required to play

In-app purchases

None

Spin Spell

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fraction Challenge

One-time1
  • Get the Full version$1.99

Questions

Is Spin Spell free?
Spin Spell costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fraction Challenge free?
Fraction Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spin Spell or Fraction Challenge?
Spin Spell and Fraction Challenge are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 14 and 1.5K ratings respectively.
Do Spin Spell or Fraction Challenge have ads?
Neither Spin Spell nor Fraction Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spin Spell or Fraction Challenge?
Spin Spell ships an update every 9 months, and Fraction Challenge every 2 months. Most recently, Spin Spell was updated on October 6, 2026 and Fraction Challenge on October 13, 2026.

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