1st Calc vs Multiplication Division
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
1st Calc
This app provides a visual abacus-style bead frame to help primary school children learn numbers up to 100. It supports addition and subtraction practice, making math more engaging and helping to prevent learning disabilities.
- Abacus-style bead frame
- Learn numbers up to 100
- Addition and subtraction practice
- Customizable bead colors
- Optional live cam background
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„1st Calc“ is an Abacus-style bead frame, that helps primary school children to discover numbers up to 100. It provides them with a visual tool to play with numbers and lets them solve addition and subtraction problems. It is based on the latest math-teaching knowledge and its use contributes significantly to avoid any mathematical disabilities at an early stage and counteract this. „1st Calc“ is an invaluable tool harvesting the children's motivation to use the iPad or iPhone and makes up with a more fun learning experience. FEATURES · Selectable range of numbers: 0 - 20 or 0 - 100 · Bead frame for children · Choose between 4 different colors · Optional live cam view as background We will provide you with further updates. "1st Calc" will then be able to generate addition and subtraction problems, to guide the child through the solution process and to control and diagnose the child's input.
Multiplication Division
This app helps children master multiplication and division tables up to 100 through intelligent, spaced repetition. It offers a distraction-free learning environment with user profiles and progress tracking to automate basic math facts for more complex problem-solving.
- Multiplication and division up to 100
- Intelligent training based on memory
- Individual learning progress bar
- Written and spoken task presentation
- Distraction-free learning environment
- Timed challenges for memorization
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A effective, intelligent app to train the automatization of multiplication and division table. Some features of the training tool: * multiplication and division up to 100 (basic multiplication / division) * intelligent training based on how memory works * individual learning progress bar with user profiles (100 % means that the whole multiplication is automatisated) * written and spoken presentation of the tasks * distraction free learning (no adds, popups, in-app-purchases, ...) Before using this app the child should have understood what multiplication and division means and how to solve tasks. The goal of this app is automatization / memorization of the basic multiplication and division tasks. Automated math basic tasks are important to be able to solve more complex math tasks (e.g. written multiplication or division) easier, because basic tasks can be retrieved from memory. The training is optimized for your brain. In an intelligent way tasks which are not safely learned will be trained more often and in an shorter time intervals to support momorization of these tasks. Learned tasks will be repeated in higher time intervals so that they will be saved in your long term memory. If you solved all tasks three times in sequence correcly, the last challenge will be to compute against time to test if the solutions can be retrieved fast from memory (and not by couning up).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 1st Calc at 100% against Multiplication Division's 67%. Multiplication Division's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 50 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). 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
1st Calc costs $0.99 and Multiplication Division $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
1st Calc ships an update every 50 months, Multiplication Division every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 1st Calc | Multiplication Division |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | medienwerkstatt | Christian Urff |
Customer experience
1st Calc
Multiplication Division
In-app purchases
1st Calc
No in-app purchases
Multiplication Division
No in-app purchases
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