Comparison

Arithmetic Wiz vs Understanding Math

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

Head to head
About

Arithmetic Wiz

This app offers a fun and engaging way for children to practice essential arithmetic skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It allows kids to challenge themselves to complete sums quickly, track their progress, and compete globally for high scores and rankings.

Highlights
  • Arithmetic drills for kids
  • Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Timed challenges
  • Performance history tracking
  • Global leaderboards and rankings
  • Earn trophies and golden stars
Features
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- Great way for kids to do arithmetic drills the fun way. Let them become very good at adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying numbers, which are important life skills. "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 levels 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/arithwiz

About

Understanding Math

This app offers interactive games and exercises to help children understand and practice addition and subtraction up to 100. It features multiple user profiles, progress tracking, and a competitive duel mode for engaging learning.

Highlights
  • Unlimited user profiles
  • Track child's achievements
  • Addition and subtraction up to 100
  • Four different game settings
  • Interactive learning methods
  • Duel mode for competition
Features
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ChildrenΒ΄s Technology Review - EDITORS CHOICE FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN: "Teachers take note of this excellent set of classroom friendly math exercises that is coming April 2. Features include unlimited user profiles (children must enter their name) and the ability to track each child's achievements by both quality (accuracy) and quantity, and the ability to see how to add and subtract quantities of up to 100 in 4 different setting." "Innovative, engaging, and fun; finally an app that teaches kids HOW to do math." TeachersWithApps.com "This is another excellent math app by appp media. At Fun Educational Apps, we review many apps devoted to teaching math; Understanding Math- Addition and Subtraction ranks as one of the best of the best. That's why it has earned our latest TOP PICK." FunEducationalApps.com OnSarahsiPad.com: "Understanding Maths - Addition and Subtraction is an ideal app for both home and school. It will be particularly valuable in the lower grades of school and for those children who are moving from concrete to symbolic representations of addition and subtraction. Older children struggling with these concepts will also enjoy using this app as it has an age-appropriate interface" Understanding Math - Addition and Subtraction is the second app in a series of educational apps based on J. Bruner's Learning Theory β€œThree Modes of Representation”. Understand and practise addition and subtraction in 4 games and show your skills in the Duel! Compete against your peers or even parents by setting different levels of difficulty. Addition - Tap with your fingers Solve the problem by touching the display. Example: 3 + 5 Tap with 3 fingers, then with 5. After solving the problem, you can pop the objects by touching them. Please turn the "Multitasking Gestures" on your iPad to OFF in "General Settings", as these will close the app! Common Core Standards: Understand addition Addition Drag down the correct amount of tens and ones. Example 37+8= Drag down 3 tens and 7 ones of one colour and 8 ones of the other colour. See and understand place value: ten "ones" make one "ten". Common Core Standards: Understand place value Understand addition Subtraction Drag down the correct amount of tens and ones. See and understand that ten is a bundle of ten ones See and understand the place value when taking one away from 10 Common Core Standards: Understand place value Understand subtraction Training Solve the problem by writing the solution onto the screen. Help is provided by the iconic representation of the numbers. Common Core Standards: Fluently add and subtract within 20 or 100 using mental strategies Duel Two players compete against each other. Each player can choose his level of difficulty. Tap the sun to start. The first to enter the correct solution will earn a star. Earning 5 stars wins the game. Level 1: ->20, + Level 2: ->20, +, - Level 3: ->100, + Level 4: ->100, +, - Common Core Standards: Fluently add and subtract within 20 or 100 using mental strategies Toolbox Enter your own addition or subtraction equation. Explore the place value. Privacy Policy You don’t have to worry about your child playing independently with appp media apps because we take your child’s privacy and online safety very seriously. Our apps include: β€’ no links to websites outside the app without a gate β€’ no ads β€’ no data collection or tracking β€’ no social media sharing β€’ no in-app purchases For detailed information on our privacy policy, visit www.apppmedia.com ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a MOMs with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– At appp media we value your feedback so please email your comments or questions to support@apppmedia.com

Screenshots

Arithmetic Wiz4 screens
Understanding Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Understanding Math at 79% against Arithmetic Wiz's 0%. Understanding Math also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11). Arithmetic Wiz's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Arithmetic Wiz costs $3.99 and Understanding Math $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arithmetic Wiz ships an update every 4 months, Understanding Math every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Arithmetic Wiz versus Understanding Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArithmetic WizUnderstanding Math
Price$3.99$3.99
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.6% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months β€” betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS118.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Rocket Studioappp media UG

Customer experience

Arithmetic Wiz

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Understanding Math

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

None

Arithmetic Wiz

No in-app purchases

None

Understanding Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arithmetic Wiz free?
Arithmetic Wiz costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Understanding Math free?
Understanding Math costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arithmetic Wiz or Understanding Math have ads?
Neither Arithmetic Wiz nor Understanding Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arithmetic Wiz or Understanding Math?
Arithmetic Wiz ships an update every 4 months, and Understanding Math every 11 months. Most recently, Arithmetic Wiz was updated on November 6, 2026 and Understanding Math on November 1, 2026.

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