Comparison

ARRL magazines vs Mathalon Math Game

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

Head to head
About

ARRL magazines

Access the monthly ARRL membership journal, QST, on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. This publication offers news, construction projects, and tutorials for Amateur Radio enthusiasts. The digital version includes exclusive content not found in print.

Highlights
  • Monthly QST digital delivery
  • News and updates
  • Construction projects
  • Tutorials and guides
  • Exclusive digital content
Features
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If you're a member of ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, install this app and have QST, the ARRL membership journal, delivered to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch every month! QST entertains and informs with news, construction projects, tutorials and much more. That's why it is the most widely read Amateur Radio publication in the world. The digital version of QST goes even further with content not found in the printed journal. Privacy & Terms of Conditions: http://www.arrl.org/online-privacy-policy

About

Mathalon Math Game

Features
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Mathalon turns elementary maths into an 8-bit adventure. Your child picks a class, walks a pixel world map, and battles monsters by solving real maths problems. Answer correctly and you strike; answer wrong and you take a hit. Gold buys better weapons and armour, and every chapter raises the stakes. THE ADVENTURE - Three classes, three fighting rhythms: the Knight charges up for a heavy strike, the Warrior tanks damage and hits every turn, the Mage stores mana for spells - Three chapters and a dozen regions: Sprout Village, Addition Plains, Multiplication Forest, Fraction Ocean, the Demon Castle pass, Geometry Mountains and the Decimal Glacier - Shops, inns, supply camps and schools: spend gold on gear, potions and warp scrolls - Bosses with real difficulty, and a daily quest that keeps the streak going THE MATHS (Kindergarten to Grade 6) - Counting, shapes and comparing amounts - Addition, subtraction, multiplication and long division - Fractions made visual: compare, add, simplify, convert - Decimals, place value, factors and primes - Order of operations and the laws of arithmetic - Coordinates, perimeter, shape classification and transformations - Averages, bar charts and probability WHY PARENTS LIKE IT - Questions are generated fresh every battle, so nothing gets memorised - Three difficulty levels scale both the numbers and the monsters - Get a question wrong and the app offers the matching lesson straight away - Separate progress for each child, with stars and levels - Bilingual: switch between English and Chinese at any time - Works fully offline. No ads. No sign-up. No data collected. Ever. Mathalon is built to be safe and simple for young learners: no accounts, no tracking, and everything stays on the device.

Screenshots

ARRL magazines4 screens
Mathalon Math Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

ARRL magazines and Mathalon Math Game are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ARRL magazines versus Mathalon Math Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterARRL magazinesMathalon Math Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (265 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings265 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARRL, American Radio Relay League, Inc.JINGJIE YANG

Bugs and requests

ARRL magazines

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Downloading issues causes app to freeze
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices
  • Disappearing downloaded content

Requested features

3 requests
  • Seamless integration with ARRL account
  • Ability to resume reading from last page
  • PDF export option

Mathalon Math Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ARRL magazines

No in-app purchases

None

Mathalon Math Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ARRL magazines free?
ARRL magazines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mathalon Math Game free?
Mathalon Math Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ARRL magazines or Mathalon Math Game have ads?
Neither ARRL magazines nor Mathalon Math Game shows ads.

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