Multiply Wiz Lite vs Shakespeare SwipeSpeare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Multiply Wiz Lite
This app offers a fun and engaging way for children to practice multiplication tables. It includes challenges, performance tracking, and global leaderboards to motivate learning and improve math skills.
- Fun multiplication drills
- Performance tracking
- Selectable times tables
- Trophy and star rewards
- Score and speed tracking
- Global leaderboards
- Country and world rankings
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- Great way for kids to do multiplication drills the fun way. Let them become very good at multiplication, which is an important life skill. "Son, do the drills now. Show me some progress before you play the other games." - Challenge your kid to complete the sums in record time and come back later to check his performance history. - Select one or more times tables and start the game! - Earn trophies and the rare golden star for record performance! - Keep track of your scores and speed. - Compete with friends, family members and the rest of the world! - Check out your country ranking and world ranking. Beat the current world record! - Visit our support website for more info and a video demo: www.therocketstudio.com/multiplywizfree
Shakespeare SwipeSpeare
Easily understand Shakespeare's works with this app that translates classic texts into modern English. Swipe to toggle between original and translated versions, access a built-in dictionary, biography, and study guides. Order print or ePub versions of plays.
- Modern English translations
- Interactive swipe to toggle text
- Searchable Shakespeare Dictionary
- Shakespeare biography
- Print and ePub ordering
- Cross-device sync
- Study guides and lesson plans
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Shakespeare has all the ingredients of a big budget movie—if you can understand him. SwipeSpeare puts the words of the Bard into plain and simple English with a Swipe of a finger! SwipeSpeare only shows you the modern text when you want to see it. Simply swipe your finger over the text, and the text will change; swipe it again and it will change back. This app features: • FREE built in (and searchable) Shakespeare Dictionary • FREE Shakespeare biography • FREE "Swipeable" books available • Order print copies and ePubs of any play • Sync highlights, notes, and bookmarks across any device • Every Shakespeare play translated into modern English! (The original play is also included--you choose how you want to read it. Swipe your finger and you can easily toggle back and forth!) • Study Guides for every major play with more on the way • Lesson Plans for every major play with more on the way We are already making lots of improvements to this app--both to the content / features and the UI; we are eager to receive any feedback about what you dislike about the app or what you would like to see in future updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shakespeare SwipeSpeare at none against Multiply Wiz Lite's shown. Shakespeare SwipeSpeare also leads on rating (2.7 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Multiply Wiz Lite's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 58%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Multiply Wiz Lite sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Shakespeare SwipeSpeare sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shakespeare SwipeSpeare holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shakespeare SwipeSpeare has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Multiply Wiz Lite's written reviews are positive against 58% of Shakespeare SwipeSpeare's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Multiply Wiz Lite ships an update every 5 months, Shakespeare SwipeSpeare every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Multiply Wiz Lite | Shakespeare SwipeSpeare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 2.7 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 57.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Rocket Studio | BookCaps |
Customer experience
Multiply Wiz Lite
Shakespeare SwipeSpeare
Bugs and requests
Multiply Wiz Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shakespeare SwipeSpeare
Reported bugs
17 issues- Crashes when opening app
- Crashes when trying to open a book
- Takes money but doesn't unlock plays
- Confirmation code not sent
- Purchases not restoring
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- App crashes on iPhone 7 iOS 10.3.3
- Modern translation not appearing
- Swipe feature not working
- Lesson plan summaries are all the same
- Omitted lines in original text
- Cannot create a profile (code error)
- App glitches and shuts down shortly after opening
- Modern Shakespeare biographies not loading
- Typos in biographies
- Missing line numbers
- Misspellings in text
- Character list for Romeo and Juliet not accessible
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to edit notes
- Side-by-side view of original and modern text
- Line numbers included
- Character lists available
- Bookmark functionality
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- Visual overhaul to fit modern iOS
In-app purchases
Multiply Wiz Lite
- Multiply Wiz 6 to 10 Times Tables$1.99
- Multiply Wiz 6 to 12 times tables$1.99
Shakespeare SwipeSpeare
- Midsummer Nights Dream$1.99
- Hamlet$1.99
- Macbeth$1.99
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- Romeo and Juliet$1.99
- Julius Caesar$1.99
- The Tempest$1.99
- Twelfth Night$1.99
- Othello$1.99
- Much Ado About Nothing$1.99
- Unlock All Plays$19.99
Questions
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