Mentava Reading vs Mathsie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mentava Reading
This app guides children through the entire reading journey, from basic phonics to independent reading. It is designed to foster self-sufficiency and confidence in young learners. Contact your teacher for login details.
- Step-by-step reading guidance
- Zero to independent reading
- Fosters self-sufficient learners
- Designed for children
- iPad compatible
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Mentava is now available as an iPad app! Contact your teacher for login instructions. Mentava guides students step-by-step along the entire reading journey from zero to independent reading. It's designed from the ground up to help students become self-sufficient, independent learners.
Mathsie
This app offers a calm and colorful way for children to practice basic arithmetic. It features short rounds of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with progress tracking and a unique visual representation of learning history. Designed for ease of use on iPhones and iPads, it aims to build confidence in young learners.
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice
- Number sets up to 12
- Quick practice rounds
- Local progress tracking
- Progress Garden visualization
- Kid-friendly design
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MathEasy makes arithmetic practice calm, colorful, and encouraging for kids. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with simple 12-question rounds designed to help learners build confidence one fact at a time. Kids can pick a number, answer with a friendly built-in keypad, and see progress grow over time. MathEasy includes: -Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division practice -Number sets from 1 through 12 -Quick practice rounds for focused learning -Local progress tracking and high scores -A Progress Garden that shows practice history -A clean, kid-friendly design for iPhone and iPad No account, no ads, no tracking, and no personal data collection MathEasy is built for everyday practice at home, in classrooms, or anywhere a learner wants a little extra arithmetic confidence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mentava Reading at Free against Mathsie's $0.99. Mentava Reading also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Mathsie's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). 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
Mentava Reading is free to download; Mathsie costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mathsie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mentava Reading has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Mentava Reading's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mathsie's.
Mentava Reading ships an update fortnightly, Mathsie every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mentava Reading | Mathsie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 380 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mentava | Anjan Panneer Selvam |
Customer experience
Mentava Reading
Mathsie
In-app purchases
Mentava Reading
No in-app purchases
Mathsie
No in-app purchases
