Comparison

Quick Math vs Calcugators

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Mental addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Mixed operations practice
  • Pre-algebra skills
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
  • Individual user profiles
  • Progress tracking
Features
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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.

About

Calcugators

This educational game makes practicing addition fun for children. Kids embark on a math hike, feeding gators by solving problems that encourage various math strategies. It offers four difficulty levels for a personalized challenge.

Highlights
  • Addition practice
  • Math strategy development
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Offline play
  • No ads or tracking
  • Account-free
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Calcugators is a number crunching math game your kids are going to enjoy. Pick a trail and feed the gators on a math hike that is sure to challenge their minds and make them smile. While you will only see addition problems in Calcugators, you may be surprised by just how many ways you will work with numbers. You will need to use all your math strategies: regrouping, counting on, making multiples of ten, subtraction and more to complete these trails. With four levels of difficulty, there is a challenge for just about any age. SQUEAKY CLEAN Calcugators contains no ads or tracking. You do not need an internet connection or an account with our company to get play. ABOUT LITTLE 10 ROBOT We create high quality games that enrich players. We strive to create family friendly experiences that have distinct educational value inside every product.

Screenshots

Quick Math4 screens
Calcugators4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Math at every 5 weeks against Calcugators's every 49 months. Quick Math also leads on ratings volume (717 vs 7) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 14.0). Calcugators's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (86% vs 75%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Quick Math costs $1.99 and Calcugators $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Calcugators holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Math has 717 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Quick Math's written reviews are positive against 86% of Calcugators's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Math ships an update every 5 weeks, Calcugators every 49 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quick Math versus Calcugators: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick MathCalcugators
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.4 (717 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings717 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 49 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiny ThingsLittle 10 Robot

Customer experience

Quick Math

All ratings717 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral5.7%
Negative19.1%

Calcugators

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

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

Calcugators

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quick Math

No in-app purchases

None

Calcugators

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Math free?
Quick Math costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calcugators free?
Calcugators costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Math or Calcugators?
Calcugators is rated higher. Quick Math averages 4.4 out of 5 from 717 ratings, while Calcugators averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Quick Math or Calcugators have ads?
Neither Quick Math nor Calcugators shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Math or Calcugators?
Quick Math ships an update every 5 weeks, and Calcugators every 49 months. Most recently, Quick Math was updated on September 29, 2026 and Calcugators on September 21, 2026.

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