First Grade Math Challenge vs RoboKind Companion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Grade Math Challenge
Practice addition and subtraction skills with a barnyard theme. Collect and learn about animals by completing timed math challenges, unlocking fun facts and sounds. An in-app upgrade offers more levels and animals permanently.
- Addition & Subtraction practice
- Barnyard animal collection
- Timed math challenges
- Learn animal facts
- Animal sounds
- Gradually increasing difficulty
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Practice math skills and learn about animals around the barn! * Addition & Subtraction Edition is perfect for grades K-3 but still challenging and fun for everyone, even adults! * Collect and learn about barnyard animals by completing timed math challenges * Innovative dual learning opportunity, learn interesting facts about different animals while practicing math skills! * Tons of fun facts about each animal to learn and share with your friends! * Listen to each animal! * No annoying ads to distract from game play! This game is perfect for a First Grade, Second Grade, or Third Grade student! The levels gradually increase in difficulty as the game progresses.
RoboKind Companion
This app supports educational programs focused on social skills and early childhood reading. It offers robot-led lessons, personalized learning paths, and flexible learning environments for individual or group instruction.
- Robot-led social skills lessons
- Personalized IEP goal assignment
- Mood tracking and speed preferences
- Virtual avatar for remote learning
- Science of Reading phonics program
- Individual, group, or remote lessons
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RoboKind Companion is the essential app for the RoboKind's Social Skills and Phonics programs. Both programs are endorsed by CASE (Council of Administrators of Special Education) and validated by independent research The Social Skills program is designed to teach social, emotional, and behavioral skills and contains: 140+ Robot-Led Lessons: Covering self-regulation, social communication, emotional recognition, and situational practice. Tailored Experience: Assign pre-defined IEP goals to students for personalized learning. Features include speed preferences, mood tracking, and enhanced note-taking. Flexible Learning Environment: Facilitate lessons individually, in groups, or remotely using the virtual avatar. The Phonics Program is an early childhood reading program which adheres to Science of Reading and I-VAKT practices. Explore our latest addition at www.robokind.com/phonics. The RoboKind curriculum has been proven effective through statewide studies and has been used in thousands of classrooms nationally and internationally. Requirements: RoboKind subscription, two iPads (5th generation or later), and a RoboKind R25 Robot and/or Avatar license. With RoboKind Web Companion, an iPad can be substituted using a computer with Chrome or Edge browsers. For more information, visit www.robokind.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RoboKind Companion at 5.0 against First Grade Math Challenge's 4.0. RoboKind Companion also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). First Grade Math Challenge's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RoboKind Companion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of First Grade Math Challenge's written reviews are positive against 100% of RoboKind Companion's.
First Grade Math Challenge ships an update every 2 months, RoboKind Companion monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Grade Math Challenge | RoboKind Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 600 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Marschner | Robokind LLC |
Customer experience
First Grade Math Challenge
RoboKind Companion
In-app purchases
First Grade Math Challenge
No in-app purchases
RoboKind Companion
No in-app purchases
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