Comparison

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips vs Math Solving Game NumberDrop

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

Math Solving Game NumberDrop

This game challenges your arithmetic and logic skills by dropping numbers to solve math puzzles. Progress through hundreds of levels with increasing difficulty, or generate infinite puzzles in random mode. Enjoy offline play and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of math puzzles
  • Arithmetic and logic training
  • Offline play
  • Weekly fresh puzzles
  • Random puzzle generation
  • Leaderboards
Features
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NumberDrop is a uniquely challenging math puzzle game that trains your arithmetic and logic. You have to use your math skills and drop the numbers in the right order to complete a puzzle! Features: • Add, subtract, multiply and divide your way through hundreds of captivating levels. • The levels steadily increase in difficulty to train your brain. • Fresh puzzles delivered to your phone every week! • Play our game anywhere, any time with offline play and no time limits. • Leaderboards show off your arithmetic skills. • Generate infinite puzzles in random mode. • Share any puzzle with friends to share the challenge! How to play: • Select +, -, × or ÷ and swipe between two numbers to combine them. • The bottom row values must match the target values with nothing left over. • Sometimes you will get stuck. You can restart, undo or use a hint. Share your favorite puzzles with us and if we feature it as puzzle of the week, we will reward you with in-game items! https://www.facebook.com/NumberDrop/ https://www.twitter.com/NumberDropApp info@rosenburgergames.com

Screenshots

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips4 screens
Math Solving Game NumberDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Math Solving Game NumberDrop at free with in-app purchases against Mental Math Cards Games & Tips's subscription. Math Solving Game NumberDrop also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Mental Math Cards Games & Tips's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (58K vs 98). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mental Math Cards Games & Tips sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Math Solving Game NumberDrop sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Mental Math Cards Games & Tips against 4.7 for Math Solving Game NumberDrop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mental Math Cards Games & Tips has 58K ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Mental Math Cards Games & Tips's written reviews are positive against 77% of Math Solving Game NumberDrop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Math Cards Games & Tips ships an update every 2 weeks, Math Solving Game NumberDrop monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips versus Math Solving Game NumberDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Math Cards Games & TipsMath Solving Game NumberDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (58K ratings)4.7 (98 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews — better76.9% of reviews
Number of ratings58K — better98
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas McNamaraBen Does Apps Ltd

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%

Math Solving Game NumberDrop

All ratings98 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%

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
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  • Add negative number practice
  • Implement column math/subtraction
  • Practice larger number operations
  • Add binary and hexadecimal practice
  • Implement multiple user profiles

Math Solving Game NumberDrop

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
4 purchases

Math Solving Game NumberDrop

One-time4
  • 5 Hints + 5 Undos$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 20 Hints + 20 Undos$2.99
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  • 100 Hints + 100 Undos$9.99

Questions

Is Mental Math Cards Games & Tips free?
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Math Solving Game NumberDrop free?
Math Solving Game NumberDrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Math Solving Game NumberDrop?
Math Solving Game NumberDrop is rated higher. Mental Math Cards Games & Tips averages 4.6 out of 5 from 58K ratings, while Math Solving Game NumberDrop averages 4.7 from 98 ratings.
Do Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Math Solving Game NumberDrop have ads?
Math Solving Game NumberDrop shows ads; Mental Math Cards Games & Tips does not.
Which is updated more often, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips or Math Solving Game NumberDrop?
Mental Math Cards Games & Tips ships an update every 2 weeks, and Math Solving Game NumberDrop monthly. Most recently, Mental Math Cards Games & Tips was updated on September 24, 2026 and Math Solving Game NumberDrop on September 22, 2026.

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