Comparison

Math Slide vs Reading Numbers

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

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About

Math Slide

This game helps children master basic math facts through engaging multiplayer challenges. Players slide tiles to match equations, images, or answers, making learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fun and interactive. It offers a progressive difficulty curve across 20 distinct games.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer modes (1-4 players)
  • Competition and Collaboration modes
  • 20 games for basic number facts
  • Unlimited gameplay
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Focus on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Features
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Math Slide: Basic Facts is a multiplayer game helping children to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication & division basic number facts. Players play and learn by sliding tiles into the center to match an image, answer or equation. To progress and succeed at mathematics children need to be able to easily recall basic number facts. Math slide is a fun way to learn and practice this key skill. This School Edition can be used with Apple’s Volume Purchasing Program for Education VPP and contains the same games as Math Slide: add & subtract and Math Slide: multiply & divide. Features • Multiplayer game, suitable for one, two, three or four players • Games can be played in Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode • 20 games all focused on basic number facts • All games can be played unlimited times • Each game is a little harder than the previous game • The app focuses on a critical math concept vital for success How to play 1. Select Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode 2. Select a game to play 3. Players join the game by pressing the ‘Join’ button 4. Press ‘Start Game’, wait for the count down, then play 5. Slide a tile into the center to match the image, answer or equation 6. Once tiles are used the game ends Math focus of each game Addition & subtraction Game 1 – representing doubles & pairs to 10 Game 2 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 3 – doubles up to 10, pairs that equal 10 Game 4 – representing number facts up to 10+10 Game 5 – addition facts up to 10+10 Game 6 – subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 7 – addition & subtraction facts up to 10+10 Game 8 – number facts with answers to 20 Game 9 – pairs of number facts: 6 + 7 = 8 + ? Game 10 – triples of number facts: 6 + 5 + ? = 15 Multiplication & division Game 11 – 2x, 5x, 10x number facts Game 12 – 2x, ÷2, 5x, ÷5, 10x, ÷10 number facts Game 13 – 3x, 4x number facts Game 14 – 3x, ÷3, 4x, ÷4 number facts Game 15 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, x ÷ number facts Game 16 – 6x, ÷6 number facts Game 17 – 7x, ÷7 number facts Game 18 – 8x, ÷8 number facts Game 19 – 9x, ÷9 number facts Game 20 – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, x ÷ number facts Maths Adventures Limited is a New Zealand company helping children learn mathematics. We develop apps that focus on the key concepts that need to be fully understood to progress and succeed in mathematics. Our apps range from learning to count up to understanding and using fractions and decimals, with each app focusing on one key concept. We believe: • Everyone can learn mathematics • Playing educationally rich games and apps improves understanding • Learning math should be fun and exciting, a rewarding adventure Math Slide is part of our ‘play and learn’ series, which are games high in educational value where children learn as they play. Our apps are research based and classroom tested to make sure they help children learn. We use the power of the iPad and technology to empower teachers and help children understand and learn key math concepts and to unravel misunderstandings.

About

Reading Numbers

This app helps young learners master number recognition and ordering up to 20. It offers interactive modules designed for guided learning with parents or educators, focusing on understanding number names and sequences beyond simple counting.

Highlights
  • Number recognition up to 20
  • Number ordering skills
  • Magnetic number placement
  • Line matching numbers to words
  • Object to number matching
  • Number word puzzles
Features
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Help your child move beyond simple rote counting to true mathematical literacy! Little Monkey Apps Reading Numbers helps early learners (ages 4–7) recognise, read, spell, and order numbers and number words from 0 to 20. Rote counting ('1, 2, 3...') is only the first step. To build a solid foundation for elementary arithmetic, children must connect three distinct representations: 1. The spoken word ('fourteen') 2. The written numeral (14) 3. The written word ('fourteen') and its concrete quantity. For young minds, teen numbers (11–19) present unique linguistic hurdles. Unlike predictable numbers such as twenty-four or sixty-five, teen numbers do not follow a straightforward left-to-right naming pattern, and numbers like 14 are frequently misread as 'forty-one' or 'one-four'. Reading Numbers bridges this gap through multi-sensory, hands-on learning. ================================== 8 RESEARCH-BACKED LEARNING MODULES ================================== 1. MAGNETIC NUMBERS Place jumbled numbers back into their correct sequence on the 1–10, 11–20, or 1–20 grid. Tap refresh or shake your device to reset the board! 2. LINE MATCH Draw direct connections between numerals and their matching written number words across 3 progressive difficulty levels. 3. ORDERING Arrange scrambled number words on a vertical ladder from smallest to largest, reinforcing ordinal sequence and comparative magnitude. 4. OBJECT MATCH Count colourful fruit illustrations and match concrete quantities with the corresponding numeral digit. 5. OBJECT MATCH II A multi-target counting challenge: match multiple numeral tiles simultaneously to their matching groups of objects. 6. WORD PUZZLE Unscramble individual letter tiles to spell out number words. Level 3 introduces distractor letters to foster genuine phonemic and orthographic recall. 7. NUMBER PUZZLE Solve two-part association cards by matching numeral tiles, quantity groups, and written number words into unified puzzle frames. 8. LISTEN & TAP (NEW!) Listen to natural voice prompts and tap the matching number word. Features repetition on demand to sharpen auditory discrimination and word recognition. ================================== DESIGNED FOR CLASSROOMS & DIVERSE LEARNERS ================================== • 4 CLASSROOM FONTS: Choose between School Print (clean manuscript), School Handwriting, Dyslexia-Friendly Reading Fluency (Lexend spacing to reduce visual crowding), and Playful Cartoon. • DUAL ACCENT AUDIO: Select authentic Australian (AU) or British (UK) voice narration, or switch to Quiet Classroom Mode for silent work periods. • ADAPTIVE MASTERY: The app dynamically monitors learner hesitation and mistakes, subtly giving extra reinforcement to tricky teen numbers. • 3 PROGRESSION LEVELS: Activities scale seamlessly from 1–10, to 11–20, to 0–20 including the vital concept of zero. ================================== TEACHER & PARENT APPROVED ================================== • 100% AD-FREE & SAFE: Zero advertisements, zero third-party tracking, and no hidden subscriptions. • OFFLINE ACCESSIBLE: Perfect for school iPad carts, road trips, and airplane rides without needing Wi-Fi. • MULTITASKING SUPPORT: Fully supports iPad Split View and Slide Over for seamless classroom station integration. Designed by experienced primary school educators, Little Monkey Apps creates purposeful digital tools that encourage rich dialogue between children, parents, and teachers.

Screenshots

Math Slide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reading Numbers at 100% against Math Slide's 33%. Reading Numbers also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Math Slide's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 34 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, 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

Math Slide costs $2.99 and Reading Numbers $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reading Numbers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Math Slide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Reading Numbers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Slide ships an update every 3 months, Reading Numbers every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Math Slide versus Reading Numbers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath SlideReading Numbers
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 34 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMath AdventuresAleesha Kondys

Customer experience

Math Slide

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Reading Numbers

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Math Slide

No in-app purchases

None

Reading Numbers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Math Slide free?
Math Slide costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reading Numbers free?
Reading Numbers costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Math Slide or Reading Numbers?
Reading Numbers is rated higher. Math Slide averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Reading Numbers averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Math Slide or Reading Numbers have ads?
Neither Math Slide nor Reading Numbers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math Slide or Reading Numbers?
Math Slide ships an update every 3 months, and Reading Numbers every 34 months. Most recently, Math Slide was updated on October 4, 2026 and Reading Numbers on September 29, 2026.

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