Quick Math vs Phidias
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Math
Practice math skills with a timed game featuring handwriting recognition. This app helps students and adults improve arithmetic fluency, mental strategies, and pre-algebra skills through engaging exercises. It offers personalized feedback and adaptive challenges for continuous improvement.
- Handwriting recognition
- Mental addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Mixed operations practice
- Pre-algebra skills
- Adaptive difficulty levels
- Individual user profiles
- Progress tracking
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"Quick Math is perfect for students to improve their all round mathematics ability" - Apps In Education Kids and adults can’t put it down! Practice your mathematics while racing the clock in this innovative iPad app. Featuring advanced handwriting recognition and a beautiful interface, Quick Math will take your general arithmetic skills to the next level. Quick Math is perfect for students in grades 3 to 6, or for anyone wanting to improve their general math skills. With multiple difficulty levels and a focus on self-improvement, Quick Math provides increasing challenges as your skills develop. EDUCATIONAL CONTENT • Practice mental addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and mixed operations • Develop arithmetic fluency and improve mental strategies • Practice pre-algebra skills by calculating unknown values and using inverse operations • Practice handwriting FOR PARENTS Quick Math improves arithmetic fluency and promotes development of mental strategies for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and mixed operations. With a focus on self-improvement, Quick Math provides individual feedback on your child’s progress as they develop arithmetic skills at their own pace. Quick Math is perfect for children aged 6 - 12, providing increasing challenges as children grow and progress. FOR TEACHERS Quick Math allows students to practice and develop general arithmetic at their own level, while providing increasing levels of difficulty as children master arithmetic skills. Individualised user profiles allow devices to be shared among multiple students whilst allowing students to track their own personal progress. With answers written directly on screen, Quick Math also improves handwriting skills and strengthens muscle memory, promoting transference of new skills to traditional classroom tasks. CURRICULUM SPECIFICS - USA - Grades 1 to 5 - Canada - Grades 1 to 6 - UK - Years 2 to 5 (Late Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2) - Australia - Years 2 to 6 (Late Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 & 3 of new syllabus) HWR is supplied by MyScript from Vision Objects.
Phidias
Access your school's academic system on the go. Stay updated with school announcements, assignments, payments, and messages.
- View school announcements
- Track assignments
- Manage payments
- Receive messages
- Access academic system
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Aplicación móvil para acceder al sistema Phidias Académico de tu colegio. Mantente al día con los comunicados, tareas, cobros y mensajes de tu colegio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Phidias at Free against Quick Math's $1.99. Quick Math's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (716 vs 6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Phidias is free to download; Quick Math costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Quick Math holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Math has 716 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quick Math ships an update every 5 weeks, Phidias every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Math | Phidias |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (716 ratings) — better | 3.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 716 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shiny Things | Phidias SAS |
Customer experience
Quick Math
Phidias
Bugs and requests
Quick Math
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not compatible with iOS 11 and newer
- Inconsistent handwriting recognition
- Freezing or crashing issues on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to practice specific math operations
- Option to compete against friends or leaderboards
- More detailed progress tracking and analytics
- Support for negative numbers and algebraic equations
Phidias
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Math
No in-app purchases
Phidias
No in-app purchases









