Comparison

Pre vs TT Pre

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

Head to head
About

Pre

Access a comprehensive Pre-Algebra curriculum with video lessons, guided practice, and assessments. Track your learning progress and reinforce knowledge with chapter reviews and a final exam. A free trial is available.

Highlights
  • Video instruction
  • Guided practice
  • Tests and quizzes
  • Worksheets and notes
  • Progress tracking
  • Chapter reviews
  • Final exam
Features
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YourTeacher provides a complete Pre-Algebra curriculum with a personal math teacher. Search for the exact lesson you need or simply take the course from start to finish. Every lesson features video instruction, guided practice, tests, background modules, diagnostic quizzes, worksheets, notes, and more. Track your progress with our dynamic grade report and use the chapter reviews and final exam to solidify your knowledge. 3-Day Free Trial! Cancel at any time during the first 3 days after you’ve purchased the program and you will not be charged for the purchase! Terms of use: https://storage.googleapis.com/mathhelp/content/license/license-terms-and-conditions.pdf Privacy Policy https://storage.googleapis.com/mathhelp/content/license/privacy.pdf

About

TT Pre

This app provides interactive math lessons and practice problems for pre-algebra students. It offers audiovisual lectures, automated grading, and detailed explanations for every problem, allowing for independent learning and progress tracking. The app can be used offline for a limited number of lessons, making it ideal for on-the-go learning.

Highlights
  • 139 audiovisual lectures
  • Thousands of practice problems
  • Automated grading and instant feedback
  • Step-by-step audiovisual explanations
  • Parental progress tracking
  • Digitized textbook with search
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The Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra app makes your TT course even better! Not only will your student enjoy math while learning independently, but, with the app, that learning can also take place on the go. Even when offline! Specifically, the app can be used offline for up to 6 lessons at a time. That makes it perfect for homeschool parents who need their kids to stay productive while the family is out and about during the day. The app’s other features include… • 139 audiovisual lectures that teach every core concept in the standard 8th grade curriculum • thousands of problems that give students all the practice they need to master each concept • automated grading and instant feedback for every single problem • step-by-step audiovisual explanations to every single problem so students can see exactly what they did wrong when mistakes are made (This makes the program feel as if a tutor is at the student’s side!) • parental controls that let you track your student’s progress • the digitized version of the printed Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra textbook (with a search feature and a hyper-linked index) • no advertising or in-app purchase offers • Internet connectivity is required, but you can remain offline for up to 6 lessons.

Screenshots

Pre4 screens
TT Pre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pre at 4.7 against TT Pre's 3.2. Pre also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 42%) and ratings volume (357 vs 109). TT Pre's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads, 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. Pre sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. TT Pre asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pre holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 357 and 109 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pre's written reviews are positive against 42% of TT Pre's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pre ships an update every 6 months, TT Pre every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pre versus TT Pre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreTT Pre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (357 ratings) — better3.2 (109 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better42.3% of reviews
Number of ratings357 — better109
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYourTeacher.comTeaching Textbooks, Inc.

Customer experience

Pre

All ratings357 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative24.2%

TT Pre

All ratings109 ratings
Positive49.5%
Neutral11.9%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral17.3%
Negative40.4%

User reviews

Pre

From 357 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to learn from
  • 👍 Short videos make learning easy
  • 👍 Simple and good layout
  • 👍 Outstanding app
  • 👍 Helps significantly with pre-algebra

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes and needs reinstallation
  • 🐛 Opening app requires charger plugged in
  • 🐛 Multiple choice answers don't show up
  • 🐛 Doesn't explain commutative and associative properties well
  • 🐛 Describing alternative PEMDAS methods as wrong is not ideal

TT Pre

From 109 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great math curriculum
  • 👍 Helps with real-life preparation
  • 👍 Good for dyslexic students
  • 👍 Video tutorials are helpful
  • 👍 Narration for questions is appreciated

Room to improve

  • 👎 Voice is annoying/maddening
  • 👎 Stickers are childish/lame
  • 👎 App is buggy and glitchy
  • 👎 Starts too easy
  • 👎 Sometimes doesn't explain well

Bugs and requests

Pre

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes
  • Opening app without charger plugged in displays blank page
  • Multiple choice answers don't show up on screen
  • Daughter's progress and grades disappeared
  • App is blank and not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Algebra 2 content
  • Better explanation of commutative and associative properties
  • Side-by-side comparison of properties
  • Allow writing on the screen
  • More fraction problems

TT Pre

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • Occasional bugs and glitches
  • It glitched waAaaaayyy too much
  • It’s laggy and buggy
  • INSANELY laggy
  • Answer submission bug is back and annoying
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  • This math is glitchy
  • kicks you out
  • got a problem right and it says not correct
  • really glitchy
  • can now barely even finish a lesson
  • Apple Pencil to help me write out the answers on the scratchpad now it doesn’t work
  • IT FORCE QUITES ON ME!!!
  • super glitchy
  • the man’s voice is awful
  • glitches where you can’t even see the problem
  • the app glitches and says it’s right but counts it wrong
  • About every 3 problems my daughter does, it tells me that the app is not responding
  • computer program seems to crash once every other week
  • when it updates it wont open, even when it’s installed
  • Whenever I come across an equation with the answer being 1/x, the answer will not register
  • Some lessons don’t even have the problems in them
  • sometimes answer explanations will overlap if skipped at the wrong time
  • sometimes when I’m doing a lesson it won’t let me put in a answer
  • when I use the scratchpad, then after some time I use the eraser, the whole app freezes until I have to go out and go back in
  • Cannot get the new lessons to load
  • Get error report that says "Offline"
  • the keypad is super glitchy

Requested features

29 requests
  • Option to mute voice
  • Teach it a little better
  • Multiple voice options
  • Trophies or currency instead of stickers
  • Remove stickers altogether
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  • Add decent designers
  • Change up colors to be more vibrant
  • Add more updates
  • Fix answer submission bug
  • Add more voice actors
  • Fix glitches
  • Improve programming for mobile
  • Make it less childish
  • Add animated wallpapers
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Improve app design
  • Fix scratchpad eraser bug
  • Fix app freezing
  • Fix problems with fractions (1/x)
  • Fix incorrect math/information
  • Fix trick questions
  • Fix UI button size
  • Fix lecture playback issue
  • Fix missing problems in lessons
  • Fix overlapping answer explanations
  • Fix inability to input answers
  • Fix app not responding
  • Fix correct answers marked wrong
  • Option to turn off incorrect stickers

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pre

Subscriptions1
  • Get full access to Pre-Algebra3 Days trial$9.991 Month
None

TT Pre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pre free?
Pre is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TT Pre free?
TT Pre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pre or TT Pre?
Pre is rated higher. Pre averages 4.7 out of 5 from 357 ratings, while TT Pre averages 3.2 from 109 ratings.
Do Pre or TT Pre have ads?
Neither Pre nor TT Pre shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pre or TT Pre?
Pre ships an update every 6 months, and TT Pre every 2 months. Most recently, Pre was updated on September 8, 2026 and TT Pre on September 21, 2026.

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