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Mental Math Cards Games & Tips vs Dino Tim Premium

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

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About

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips

Enhance your arithmetic skills with engaging games, practice sets, and easy-to-remember tips. This app offers progressive difficulty levels and step-by-step solutions for all operations, suitable for all ages and skill levels.

Highlights
  • Arithmetic skill improvement
  • Practice question sets
  • Easy-to-remember tips
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Step-by-step problem solutions
  • Game Center integration (Leaderboards & Achievements)
  • Support for various digit problems
Features
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Want to improve your math skills without having to memorize a hundred tricks? Mental Math Cards is designed to help people of all ages and skill levels improve their arithmetic abilities through easy to remember (and use) tips, practice question sets, and an addictive game. Unlike many other math apps, advanced problems are also supported to keep things challenging as your skills improve. Mental Math Cards is fully integrated with Game Center - providing both Leaderboards and Achievements. The Game Center features allow you to test your skills against the rest of the world and to share your scores and accomplishments with friends. Mental Math Cards provides step by step instructions on how to approach solving all of the problems it shows - for all operations and difficulty levels. Each difficulty level for each operation type is carefully thought out to build on the skills mastered in previous levels. For instance, hard multiplication problems are shown to be solvable by breaking problems down into medium and easy level problems. Students: Prepare for the math sections of the PSAT, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and MCAT, as well as for regular school tests. Many tests don't allow for calculators, and greater comfort with arithmetic will still improve your scores even if calculators are allowed. Professionals: Impress colleagues, family, and friends with lightning fast and accurate mental math skills. Impress interviewers during job interviews that have quantitative component by solving problems without needing a pencil and paper. Mental Math Cards supports 1 by 1, 2 by 1, 2 by 2, and 3 by 3 digit problems. Given that flexibility, Mental Math Cards is as appropriate for use by beginning students as it is for college graduates looking to sharpen their skills for quantitative interviews and to impress friends & colleagues. Mental Math Cards supports all four of the major arithmetic operations - as well as a mixed operations mode that randomly shows all types of problems. - Addition - Subtraction - Multiplication - Division Feel free to contact me with any feedback and feature suggestions. ================================== Mental Math Cards Pro Edition Subscription Mental Math Cards provides additional features using a subscription model - that includes a 3 day trial period. Purchases will be applied to your iTunes account at the end of the trial period. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service - linked below. Please visit the following link for more information on AppStore app subscriptions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039. Our Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/document/privacy-policy/a868b26d-f39d-40f2-ad2d-bf5caba22382 Our Terms of Service: https://app.termly.io/document/terms-of-use-for-ios-app/f7c97c5f-d070-420c-999a-b32fdec5dcb2 ================================== Select User Reviews: ***** - Excellent! - "I was hoping something like this existed when I bought an iPhone. This is an excellent implementation of it and works just the way I was hoping. It includes a lot of well written instructions on how to master the tougher problems." ***** - Keep it up! - "This game is a fun way for grown ups to keep up on their math skills. Most adults forget half of what they have learned in school. Like most things if you don't use it you forget it. This is a cool fun way to keep those Math juices flowing!" - MonicaP Retired school teacher ***** - Epic - "This app really works I got an a+ on my math test when I studied with this app"

About

Dino Tim Premium

This game offers an engaging adventure for young children to learn essential skills like recognizing shapes, colors, and letters. It also introduces basic foreign language concepts through fun, interactive puzzles and challenges.

Highlights
  • Learn geometric shapes
  • Color recognition games
  • First words and literacy
  • Foreign language introduction
  • Develop coordination and motor skills
  • Visual perception enhancement
Features
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Are you looking for free educational games for your children to learn and enjoy at the same time? Here you go! With “Dino Tim: Learning colors and shapes and my first words” children in preschool age (3, 4, 5 and 6 years old) and primary school will learn with no effort while having fun. The game is entirely translated into English but, if you wish so, you can also use Tim the Dino to learn Spanish, French, Italian... You only need to switch languages! It suits perfectly to every age although it’s specifically suggested for pre-school and primary school (3-8 years). Enjoy the adventure! Some funny witches have abducted Tim’s family. Become a superhero and help him rescuing them! Thanks to the good witch, you will be able to fly and collect figures that will allow you to do magic and turn the witches into animals!! Children will experience an exciting adventure, solving puzzle games with colors and geometric shapes, running, flying, jumping and doing magic to unblock all the dino-characters and all game modes. EDUCATIONAL TARGETS: Learn to recognise geometric shapes: square, circle, rectangle, triangle, pentagon and rhombus. Enhance speed, attention and psychomotoricity with the color recognizing game: red, green, blue, yellow, etc. Learn first words, letters, consonants and vowels (literacy -abc-) in a fun manner in his native language (English). Start learning a foreign language (Spanish, French, Italian…) for pre-school and primary school children (3-12 years old). Resolve educational puzzles about different geometric shapes: squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, trapeziums and rhombuses. Learn and enhance coordination and fine motor skill in youngsters. Develop visual perception of different shapes and objects in motion. Develop attention and concentration in children. Our development studio, EducaGames, has wide experience in developing educational apps that combine learning and fun. So don’t miss it and download the free educational game: Dino Tim!

Screenshots

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips4 screens
Dino Tim Premium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mental Math Cards Games & Tips at Free against Dino Tim Premium's $2.99. Mental Math Cards Games & Tips also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (85% vs 50%). Dino Tim Premium's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips is free to download; Dino Tim Premium costs $2.99 up front. Mental Math Cards Games & Tips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Dino Tim Premium asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mental Math Cards Games & Tips has 58K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Mental Math Cards Games & Tips's written reviews are positive against 50% of Dino Tim Premium's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips ships an update every 2 weeks, Dino Tim Premium every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips versus Dino Tim Premium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Math Cards Games & TipsDino Tim Premium
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (58K ratings) — better3.9 (41 ratings)
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings58K — better41
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
Best chart rank#36 — better#199
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas McNamaraDidactoons Games SL

Customer experience

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips

All ratings58,393 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews842 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.1%

Dino Tim Premium

All ratings41 ratings
Positive65.9%
Neutral17.1%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Numbers displayed incorrectly
  • Answers marked wrong when correct
  • App crashes when used continuously

Requested features

10 requests
  • Dark mode feature
  • Allow selecting specific operations
  • Different difficulty levels for each operation
  • Repeat incorrect answers for practice
  • Add decimal practice
Show 5 more
  • Add negative number practice
  • Implement column math/subtraction
  • Practice larger number operations
  • Add binary and hexadecimal practice
  • Implement multiple user profiles

Dino Tim Premium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips

Subscriptions2
  • Pro-Edition Features (1 Month)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro-Edition Features (1 Year)3 Days trial$14.991 Year
None

Dino Tim Premium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Math Cards Games & Tips free?
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dino Tim Premium free?
Dino Tim Premium costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Dino Tim Premium?
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips is rated higher. Mental Math Cards Games & Tips averages 4.6 out of 5 from 58K ratings, while Dino Tim Premium averages 3.9 from 41 ratings.
Do Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Dino Tim Premium have ads?
Neither Mental Math Cards Games & Tips nor Dino Tim Premium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Dino Tim Premium?
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dino Tim Premium every 20 months. Most recently, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips was updated on September 26, 2026 and Dino Tim Premium on September 5, 2026.
Which is more popular, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Dino Tim Premium?
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips currently peaks at #36 in the App Store charts, and Dino Tim Premium at #199. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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