First Grade Math Challenge vs Chromville
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.
Chromville
This augmented reality educational game brings coloring pages to life. Download the app for free, color printed pages from the website, and watch your creations interact with the virtual world.
- Augmented reality integration
- Interactive 3D adventures
- Printable coloring pages
- Coloring pages come alive
- Multiple virtual villages
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LEARNING WHILE HAVING FUN Educational game app based on augmented reality. Join the 3D adventure and your paints come alive! Just download Chromville for free. HOW TO USE 1. DOWNLOAD for free CHROMVILLE app 2. VISIT www.chromville.com and PRINT chapters pages 3. COLORIZE printed coloring pages 4. START with play button and SELECT the specific village of your printed chapter-page 5. POINT to the page The ancient world Chromville, is well known for its power source of color. It´s placed in a galaxy far, far away and there are at least five villages: Firecity, Stonetown, Greenland, Waterville and Cloudskingdom. Its inhabitants, the chromers, use to look like their environment and live in peace thanks to the colorful beauty of their homeland. However, the planet´s color is fading away mysteriously at some regions and they are in danger of losing its power.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chromville at 5.0 against First Grade Math Challenge's 4.0. Chromville also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 13.0). First Grade Math Challenge's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Chromville 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 complicate that: 80% of First Grade Math Challenge's written reviews are positive against 67% of Chromville's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
First Grade Math Challenge ships an update every 2 months, Chromville every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Grade Math Challenge | Chromville |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 300 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Marschner | Imascono Art S.L. |
Customer experience
First Grade Math Challenge
Chromville
In-app purchases
First Grade Math Challenge
No in-app purchases
Chromville
No in-app purchases
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