Mandarin vs MathemaTackle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mandarin
This app serves as a bilingual dictionary for Chinese language learners. It allows users to search for words in both English and Chinese, supporting pinyin input and both traditional and simplified characters. The dictionary is powered by the free CEDICT database.
- English to Chinese dictionary
- Chinese to English dictionary
- Pinyin input support
- Traditional and simplified character support
- Built-in database of thousands of words
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'Mandarin' is a simple dictionary for Chinese language students. The built-in database of several thousand words can be searched for in both directions, from English to Chinese and from Chinese to English. Chinese words can be entered in pinyin notation or using the Chinese keyboard layout. Both traditional and simplified characters are supported. The Chinese dictionary lookup uses the free CEDICT dictionary from http://cc-cedict.org/.
MathemaTackle
This app helps users improve their mental math skills through customized practice sessions and learning new techniques. It tracks progress, organizes tasks, and offers exposure to competition math for students.
- Customized timed math sessions
- Learn new arithmetic techniques
- Track progress over time
- Organize and create tasks
- Discover math competitions
- Global daily math problem
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Tackle mental math in one streamlined app. From trading and computer science to statistics and economics, we live in a world ruled by math and numbers. Being able to carry out quick arithmetic has become ever so important in this day and age. For these reasons, MathemaTackle by TacklED allows adults and students alike to conquer their mental math shortcomings. The app also incentivizes students to engage with competition math to help them gain more exposure to applied mental math. Features include: - Quick Math: create customized and timed daily math sessions - Tricks: learn new techniques to help you become the best arithmetician - Stats: track your progress over time and see yourself improve - Tasks: stay organized and create tasks to reach your goals - Upcoming (for students): see upcoming math competitions for the 2023-24 school year and gain more exposure to applied mental math - The Daily (coming soon): a global daily problem that each user must complete as quickly as possible; user times are placed on a global leaderboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MathemaTackle at 100% against Mandarin's 50%. MathemaTackle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Mandarin's advantage is iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MathemaTackle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MathemaTackle has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Mandarin's written reviews are positive against 100% of MathemaTackle's.
| Parameter | Mandarin | MathemaTackle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | softhub | TacklED, LLC |
Customer experience
Mandarin
MathemaTackle
In-app purchases
Mandarin
No in-app purchases
MathemaTackle
No in-app purchases
