Math Monsters vs Osmo Coding Jam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math Monsters
This game offers a fun and challenging way for children aged 6 and up to practice math skills. It uses a drag-and-drop mechanic with interactive characters and a scoring system that rewards accuracy and consecutive correct answers.
- Drag & drop math gameplay
- Cute, interactive characters
- Scoring system rewards accuracy
- Bonuses for milestones
- Challenging for ages 6+
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Math Monsters is more than just a drag & drop math game with cute, interactive characters - it’s a fun and challenging way for kids, ages 6 and up, to learn and play. The scoring system rewards accuracy by adding more time to the clock and increasing point value for each consecutive correct answer. Additional bonuses are given when certain milestones are achieved. Whether it’s to beat their high score, or just have fun, Math Monsters will keep kids coming back for more!
Osmo Coding Jam
This app allows children to create original music by arranging physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences. It offers over 300 musical sounds and enables kids to record and share their compositions with others. It's a STEAM-based experience that teaches coding fundamentals through music.
- Create music with physical coding blocks
- Compose original tunes
- Over 300 musical sounds
- Record and share music
- Learn coding fundamentals
- Develop rhythm and melody skills
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Explore the creative side of coding with hands-on music-making! In Osmo’s Coding Jam, kids arrange physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences to compose original tunes. The game comes with over 300 musical sounds to produce the perfect song. Kids can safely record and share their music with friends, family and the Jam community. “a STEAM-based experience that promotes creative problem-solving.” - VentureBeat “Osmo Coding Jam teaches children coding with music” - Forbes About Osmo Coding Jam: 1. CREATE: Kids 5-12 use coding blocks to create explosive beats. 2. LEARN: Kids get to know coding’s creative side while developing an ear for rhythm, melody, and harmony. 3. SHARE: Once they’ve composed a jam, kids can safely share it with friends, family and the jam community. Learn with our hands-on coding language: Research shows that tangible blocks are a game changer when it comes to helping kids learn. Each of our blocks is a programming command kids can use to create unique jams. As they explore playing with coding blocks, the volume of fun — and learning — gets turned up! * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Math Monsters at free against Osmo Coding Jam's free with in-app purchases. Math Monsters also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (9.0.0 vs 15.0). Osmo Coding Jam's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (272 vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Osmo Coding Jam holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Coding Jam has 272 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Math Monsters's written reviews are positive against 68% of Osmo Coding Jam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Math Monsters | Osmo Coding Jam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.2 (272 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 68.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 272 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 395 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Snider | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Math Monsters
Osmo Coding Jam
Bugs and requests
Math Monsters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Osmo Coding Jam
Reported bugs
16 issues- Not compatible with current generation of iPads
- App does not work after returning from a trip
- App crashes on opening
- Cannot play on iPad 10
- Glitches when coding a song
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- App no longer opens after last update
- App keeps crashing
- Pieces don't work and cameras glitchy
- Camera sensors different combos
- Loading stops halfway
- Does not recognize tiles
- Sound doesn't work on 2018 iPad
- Horrible detection of grey piece
- 4th level practice keeps crashing
- Blue coding blocks not recognized
- Songs not appearing in categories
Requested features
5 requests- Add more characters
- Add a trade character feature
- Add more updates
- Add a feature to create own musical characters
- Add engineer feature
In-app purchases
Math Monsters
No in-app purchases
Osmo Coding Jam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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