Math, age 4 vs Math Joy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math, age 4
This app helps young children master foundational math skills through engaging activities and a structured curriculum. It offers a free introductory topic, with additional content available for purchase, and has been shown to significantly advance children's mathematical understanding.
- 18 core math topics
- Over 120 activities
- Teacher guidance
- Topic quizzes and certificates
- Personalization options
- Multi-language support
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'Math, age 4-6' helps your child to master math. It works! Trials by the The University of Nottingham showed children moving ahead in math by 18 months, in just 6 weeks of using this app. ‘Math, age 4–6’, is the second app in our math series. Like ‘Math, age 3–5’, it is packed with engaging activities, and already a hit with children and parents all over the world. What’s more, as a nonprofit organization, we use the proceeds from our apps to help deliver education to children in Malawi. The first topic in 'Math, age 4-6' is free. So you and your child can try it out. Further topics can be unlocked through in-app purchase. 'Math, age 4-6’ features: • 18 core topics for the early years of school, with over 120 activities • a teacher figure, who shows ‘how to’ • variety, and fun • progression, and plenty of practice • a quiz at the end of each topic, with a certificate • a ‘naming’ button, to personalize the app for your child. Topics covered: 1. Shape and position (yours for free) 2. Counting to 20 3. Sharing 4. More counting 5. Tell the time 6. Add and subtract 7. Count in tens and fives 8. How tall? How long? 9. Count to 100 10. 2-D shapes 11. Number lines 12. Fractions 13. Weigh it! 14. More number work 15. 3-D shapes 16. Measure time 17. More + and - 18. How much can it hold? Most topics are available in over 30 languages, all within the purchase price.
Math Joy
This app offers a fun and engaging way for children to build foundational math skills. It uses interactive games, visual aids, and a reward system to make learning numbers, addition, subtraction, shapes, and more enjoyable.
- Counting items
- Addition and subtraction
- Identifying colors and shapes
- Comparing items and positions
- Reward system with stars
- Visual aids with animals
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All-In-One educational center for your child. Learning math has never been so easy and fun and kids just love it. Math Joy will help your child build solid foundations in math and develop various skills throughout the levels. Reward system - Repeating the questions rewards the child with an extra star and ensures more practice, which leads to better skills. Entertaining and fun experience - there are many different animals, shapes, sounds and music included. Visual Aid - numbers are represented with different animals, which makes counting, adding and subtracting easier. Can be turned off. Some of the main skills your child can learn and practice with Math Joy are: - Counting items - Addition (including advanced type of questions like 3+?=8) - Subtraction - Colors - Shapes - Comparing items (same, different, fewer, more) - Positions (left, right, above, below) - Names of numbers All of these are separated into different chapters and levels with increasing difficulty for a better learning experience. Chapter One in unlocked in the Free Version. We will be constantly adding more levels, chapters and skills, so that Math Joy can be your number one partner in the long math-learning journey. Dear parents, if you have any suggestions, feature requests or just want to contact us, visit our website http://brightblueapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Math, age 4 at every 3 months against Math Joy's every 46 months. Math, age 4 also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Math, age 4 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Math Joy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Math, age 4 against 4.4 for Math Joy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Math, age 4's written reviews are positive against 33% of Math Joy's.
Math, age 4 ships an update every 3 months, Math Joy every 46 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Math, age 4 | Math Joy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 46 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 409 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onebillion | Stoyan Hristov |
Customer experience
Math, age 4
Math Joy
In-app purchases
Math, age 4
- Part 1: (Topics 2 – 6)$13.99
- Part 2: (Topics 7 – 12)$15.99
- Part 3: (Topics 13 – 18)$15.99
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- All Topics$39.99
Math Joy
- Unlock All Levels$7.99
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