Comparison

Math, age 4 vs Kids Math Games

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 18 core math topics
  • Over 120 activities
  • Teacher guidance
  • Topic quizzes and certificates
  • Personalization options
  • Multi-language support
Features
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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.

About

Kids Math Games

This app offers a playful environment for young children to grasp fundamental math concepts like counting, addition, and subtraction. It features interactive exercises and vibrant visuals to make early math learning engaging and accessible for toddlers and preschoolers.

Highlights
  • Addition up to 5
  • Addition up to 10
  • Subtraction up to 10
  • Numbers in order
  • Colorful visuals
  • Engaging tasks
Features
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Math your kids will actually ask to play! Meet Bobo, a cheerful little orange, and join him on an adventure through six colorful worlds. Children learn to count, add, subtract and multiply by playing, with big friendly buttons, a voice that reads every question aloud, and a reward around every corner. WHY KIDS LOVE IT • 90 levels across 6 worlds: a sunny farm, a number forest, candy hills, an ocean, a sky castle and a rocket-ship planet • Hatch and collect 24 adorable pets, from common to legendary • Earn up to 3 stars on every level • Beat Zorb the space monster and the other bosses • Open a free daily gift: eggs, boosts and a golden egg at the end of the week • Cheerful music, fun sounds and gentle haptics WHY PARENTS LOVE IT • Learning in small steps, from counting to multiplication • Never any ads • A Grown-ups area, locked behind a parental gate, with weekly play time, the skills your child is strongest and weakest in, and progress in every world • Voice, sounds and music can each be switched off • Available in 12 languages WHAT YOUR CHILD WILL PRACTICE • Counting, number recognition and number order, including counting on, back and skip counting • Addition up to 10 and up to 20 • Subtraction • Mixed addition and subtraction up to 20 • Multiplication tables, from the easy 2, 5 and 10 up to 6, 7, 8 and 9 • Number bonds: which two numbers make a total • Balancing the scale, to understand what "equal" really means • Missing-number equations, where the answer can be anywhere in the sum HOW IT WORKS Every world is a path of 15 levels that get a little harder as your child goes. Questions are short and are read aloud. Stars reward getting answers right on the first try, so children love coming back to win all three. Sunny Farm, the counting world, is free to play. Math Fun Plus is a single one-time in-app purchase that unlocks all 6 worlds and all 90 levels. No subscriptions. More levels are on the way.

Screenshots

Math, age 44 screens
Kids Math Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

Math, age 4 and Kids Math Games both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 62% of Math, age 4's written reviews are positive against 40% of Kids Math Games's. Math, age 4 also leads on iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). Kids Math Games's advantage is ratings volume (112 vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Math, age 4 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Kids Math Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.3 for Math, age 4 against 4.4 for Kids Math Games. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kids Math Games has 112 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Math, age 4's written reviews are positive against 40% of Kids Math Games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math, age 4 ships an update every 3 months, Kids Math Games every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Math, age 4 versus Kids Math Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath, age 4Kids Math Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.4 (112 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size409 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperonebillionStoyan Hristov

Customer experience

Math, age 4

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative32.1%

Kids Math Games

All ratings111 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Math, age 4

One-time4
  • 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
1 purchases

Kids Math Games

One-time1
  • Plus - Unlimited Access$7.99

Questions

Is Math, age 4 free?
Math, age 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kids Math Games free?
Kids Math Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Math, age 4 or Kids Math Games?
Kids Math Games is rated higher. Math, age 4 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Kids Math Games averages 4.4 from 112 ratings.
Do Math, age 4 or Kids Math Games have ads?
Neither Math, age 4 nor Kids Math Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math, age 4 or Kids Math Games?
Math, age 4 ships an update every 3 months, and Kids Math Games every 4 months. Most recently, Math, age 4 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Kids Math Games on November 11, 2026.

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