Comparison

Mencal vs Quick Compute

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

Head to head
About

Mencal

Enhance your mental math skills with this app. Learn and practice tricks for multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, and squaring numbers. It offers lessons and tests to improve your calculation speed and accuracy.

Highlights
  • Mental math lessons and tricks
  • Multi-digit number calculations
  • Fraction addition and subtraction
  • Multiplication and division techniques
  • Number squaring methods
  • Practice tests and quizzes
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Mencal is an app help you expand your ability to mentally solve math problems. All of us can do simple addition and subtraction of one or two digit numbers without a calculator.Now mencal is here to kick that ability into overdrive. Mencal provides you with lessons and simple tricks to allow you to: work with three digit numbers; fractions of different styles regardless if you are adding them or subtracting them; and finding sums with multiplication and division. Then it will test you on your grasp and knowledge of the methods you've learned. • Example: Same ten's digit,1's sum to 10 38×32=1216 ①:Multiply tens place digit by itself plus 1 (3+1)×3=12 ②:Add two zeros to the end of step① 12←00=1200 ③:Multiply the two one's digits together 8×2=16 ④:Add the results of step ②and③ 1200+16=1216 • Quickly Square: - Square numbers made up of 1's - Square numbers made up of 3's - Square numbers in the 90's - Square numbers ten`s digit is 0 - Square a number ending in 25 - Square numbers made up of 6's - Square numbers made up of 9's - Square a number ending in 1 - Square a number ending in 5 - Square a number ending in 9 - Square numbers in the 10's - Square numbers in the 40's - Square numbers in the 50's - Square numbers in the 500's - Square numbers in the 600's - Square numbers in the 700's - Square numbers in the 800's - Square numbers in the 900's •Standard: - Same ten's digit, 1's sum is 10 - Same ten's digit, 1's sum isn`t 10 - Same 1's digit, ten's digits sum is 10 - Same 1's digit, ten's digits sum isn`t 10 - two-digit number ab×cc (a+b=10) - ab×ccc.....c (a+b=10) - Multiply by 11 - 2-digit number if 1's digit is 1 - 2-digit number if tens place digit is 1 - 2-digit number ×2-digit number(universal) - Multiply differing by 5 - Multiply differing by 6 - Multiply differing by 7 - Multiply differing by 8 - Multiply differing by 9 - Multiply differing by 10 - Multiply two numbers that in the 90‘s - Two-digit number like ab+ba - Three-digit number like abc+cba - Two fractions like 1/a+1/b - Two fractions like (a-1)/a + (b-1)/b - Sum of first n odd numbers - Sum of first n even numbers - Two-digit number like ab-ba - Three-digit number like abc-cba - m-n if m+n=100,1000,10000... - Two fractions like 1/a-1/b - Two fractions like c/a-c/b - Two fractions like (a-1)/a-(b-1)/b - Divide any number by 5 - Divide any number by 25 - Divide any number by 125 - Divide any 3-figure number by 9 "This app rocks!! Great for Math Team practice!" - by Bubba Smith "Great app, make me feel less stupid" - by Howie_Serious "Its a useful app for anyone who wants to know the numbers deeper" - by sjzbim "It's a good app for both kids and sometimes even adults" - by Willwang Love mencal or have a question? We would love to hear your feedback! Contact us anytime at instantcj@gmail.com

About

Quick Compute

This app offers practice exercises and guidance for various mental math techniques. Users can select exercise types, enter answers, and review calculation processes to improve their speed and comprehension. It also supports batch question generation and tracks exercise history.

Highlights
  • Speed calculation techniques
  • Practice exercises
  • Comprehension support
  • Batch question generation
  • Exercise history tracking
  • Multiple formula examples
Features
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Quick Calculate Gather speed calculation techniques commonly used to produce the corresponding topics students can practice and see help for quick calculation process. For example: Head same, tail complement,Formulas: the head by head, tail plus tail, tail by tail. Complement first , same digital another,Formulas: a first add 1 to the head by head, tail by tail. QuickCalculate: 1 Select the type of exercise 2 Go to practice, enter the answer, or watching quick calculation process and help. 3.support comprehension practise. 4.batch exercise question generate. 5.support my exercise history

Screenshots

Mencal4 screens
Quick Compute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Compute at Free against Mencal's $0.99. Quick Compute also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Mencal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Quick Compute is free to download; Mencal costs $0.99 up front. Mencal sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Quick Compute sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Compute holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mencal has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mencal ships an update every 2 months, Quick Compute every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mencal versus Quick Compute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMencalQuick Compute
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (26 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer军 曹涛 殷

Customer experience

Mencal

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.1%

Quick Compute

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mencal

One-time5
  • Unlock all math games$0.99
  • Unlock Numbers Mode$0.99
  • Unlock Operators Mode$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Unlock Fractions Mode$0.99
  • Unlock Random Mode$0.99
1 purchases

Quick Compute

One-time1
  • RMB18-Ad Free$2.99

Questions

Is Mencal free?
Mencal costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Quick Compute free?
Quick Compute is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mencal or Quick Compute?
Quick Compute is rated higher. Mencal averages 4.5 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Quick Compute averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mencal or Quick Compute have ads?
Quick Compute shows ads; Mencal does not.
Which is updated more often, Mencal or Quick Compute?
Mencal ships an update every 2 months, and Quick Compute every 4 months. Most recently, Mencal was updated on October 7, 2026 and Quick Compute on September 30, 2026.

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