Comparison

Writing Magic Numbers vs Big Math Flash Cards School

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

Head to head
About

Writing Magic Numbers

This educational app helps young children learn to write numbers 1-10 through interactive games and a captivating story. It offers guided lessons, counting activities, and adjustable difficulty levels to support learning.

Highlights
  • Number writing demonstrations and lessons
  • Interactive game scenarios with number practice
  • Spoken story and guidance (optional reading practice)
  • Counting activities for people and animals
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Progress saving and free-play mode
Features
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Writing Magic Numbers Learn to write your numbers with Magic Numbers. Explore a magical world and cast number spells by writing the numbers 1 to 10. Based in the same world as Magic Letters, but the challenge is quite different for the apprentice wizard. The wizard is trying to ‘magic up’ a special present for the king, but when his spells go wrong you have to step in and use ‘number spells’ to make everything normal again. Each time the wizard causes chaos you practice more and more numbers, so by the time you have finished this adventure you will definitely be able to write your numbers. The App is designed to help young children count as well as write. On each scenario the child can tap the people and animals to count them. How to write the numbers is explained and demonstrated for each number to help your child learn to write the numbers 1 to 10. The whole story and all guidance is spoken aloud so children don’t need to be able to read. The speech can be turned off allowing your child to practice their reading skills. This App uses the improved writing algorithm developed for the recently relaunched Writing Magic Letters, so people of all ages will be able to use this App and have fun learning. Some of the main features include: •Demonstrations and lessons explaining how to write each of the numbers •Three main game scenarios with 10 number problems in each allowing your child to learn and practice writing. On completion of the 3 scenarios there is a free-play facility with a set of additional similar problems each of which allows the child to practice the whole basic number set •Story and guidance is spoken aloud (can be turned off to practice reading skills). •Listen to the sound of the numbers as you learn them. •Auto save; saves your child’s progress, allowing them to carry on from where they left off. •Pick from multiple routes through the game making the order different each time you play. •Note: children have to write the numbers fairly accurately to proceed, but if they fail too often they are allowed to move on •If the child finds it too difficult to write the numbers accurately the parent can reduce the difficulty level (3 levels of accuracy included) Fully compatible with iOS 8. www.unit11apps.com | facebook.com/unit11apps

About

Big Math Flash Cards School

This educational app provides a digital flash card experience for practicing basic arithmetic operations. Users can customize the number of questions, answer choices, and even create custom card sets. It offers various modes for learning and review, including flash card style and manual entry.

Highlights
  • Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
  • Configurable number of questions and answers
  • Flash Card Mode and Manual Entry Mode
  • Custom card set creation
  • Review incorrect answers
  • Score tracking and past score review
Features
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Highly rated by teachers, parents and kids of all ages! This is the school version of the popular Big Math Flash Cards app with all the features unlocked. Flip the card just like a real flash card! Simple, clean and easy to use interface. The front side of the card shows the question and the back side of the card shows the possible answers. Just tap to flip the card. Once you answer the question correctly, flick the card off the screen by swiping up. Included Features * Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division * Score percentage and elapsed time displayed * Configurable number of questions * Configurable number of answers for multiple choice * Supports landscape or portrait card display modes * Selectable flash card color themes * Turn all sounds on or off * Review Incorrect - review the questions that were answered incorrectly * Score Cards - view and review past scores and questions * Specific Numbers - customize the first and second card number ranges * Mixed Operations - ability to have cards with mixed operators * Flash Card Mode - displays the answer instead of multiple choice (swipe up to mark the card correct, swipe down to mark the card incorrect) * Manual Entry Mode - type your answer instead of selecting from a choice of possible answers * Custom Cards - make your own custom card set questions * Time Per Card - allows you to set a time limit for each card

Screenshots

Writing Magic Numbers4 screens
Big Math Flash Cards School4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Big Math Flash Cards School at 4.0 against Writing Magic Numbers's 1.0. Big Math Flash Cards School also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (111 vs 1). Writing Magic Numbers's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and review sentiment (75% vs 66%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Writing Magic Numbers costs $1.99 and Big Math Flash Cards School $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Big Math Flash Cards School holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Math Flash Cards School has 111 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Writing Magic Numbers's written reviews are positive against 66% of Big Math Flash Cards School's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Writing Magic Numbers ships an update every 15 months, Big Math Flash Cards School every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Writing Magic Numbers versus Big Math Flash Cards School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWriting Magic NumbersBig Math Flash Cards School
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (111 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better65.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnit11Masato Takagi

Customer experience

Writing Magic Numbers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Big Math Flash Cards School

All ratings111 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral15.8%
Negative18.4%

Bugs and requests

Writing Magic Numbers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Big Math Flash Cards School

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Addition section incorrectly marks correct answers as wrong
  • Loading times are inconsistent (too slow or too fast)
  • Results screen sometimes deletes child's data instantly
  • Multiplication sets glitch and change numbers
  • App sends user back to start after each correct answer in multiplication

Requested features

12 requests
  • Fix bugs in addition section
  • Improve loading times
  • Fix issue with results deleting data
  • Increase maximum questions per set to 100
  • Allow configuration of number of answer choices
Show 7 more
  • Display answer choices in numerical order
  • Add more levels
  • Allow selection of both numbers in a problem
  • Add a randomizer for operations and the whole app
  • Add harder levels
  • Add a 'review' button after flashcard mode
  • Allow selection of all 12 numbers

In-app purchases

None

Writing Magic Numbers

No in-app purchases

None

Big Math Flash Cards School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Writing Magic Numbers free?
Writing Magic Numbers costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Big Math Flash Cards School free?
Big Math Flash Cards School costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Writing Magic Numbers or Big Math Flash Cards School?
Big Math Flash Cards School is rated higher. Writing Magic Numbers averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Big Math Flash Cards School averages 4.0 from 111 ratings.
Do Writing Magic Numbers or Big Math Flash Cards School have ads?
Neither Writing Magic Numbers nor Big Math Flash Cards School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Writing Magic Numbers or Big Math Flash Cards School?
Writing Magic Numbers ships an update every 15 months, and Big Math Flash Cards School every 2 months. Most recently, Writing Magic Numbers was updated on October 26, 2026 and Big Math Flash Cards School on October 23, 2026.

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