Comparison

ASTC vs Early School Math

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

Head to head
About

ASTC

Enhance your conference experience by accessing schedules, speaker details, and exhibitor information. Take notes directly on presentation slides in real-time and share insights with attendees via in-app messaging, tweeting, or email.

Highlights
  • View conference schedule
  • Access speaker and exhibitor details
  • Take real-time notes on slides
  • Draw directly on presentation slides
  • In-app messaging with attendees
  • Share information via tweet/email
Features
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The ASTC Events mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent to the presentation slides real time during presentations and draw and highly directly on the slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors pages as well. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with the in app messaging feature, tweeting, and emailing.

About

Early School Math

Features
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This is a free resource for math teachers of PreK to Grade 3 around the world. This all-in-one-place teaching assistant can be a mentor for inexperienced math teachers, and a large instructional resource for all math teachers. Once you have the app in your phone, there is nothing further to download or link to. The app has short descriptions of 100 topics covering all areas of early math education. The topics are organized by strands and substrands in whichever math standard you prefer. The topics can also be displayed as part of a collection of learning pathways to aid in understanding how each topic relates to other topics. The 100 topics are linked to associated resources through the Resource Finder, which greatly reduces the time it takes to find ideas for your class. The resources are: - dozens of short 2-10 minute instructional routines - dozens of 1 to 3-period rich tasks - 150 math puzzles - 75 math games for the classroom - 59 annotated storybooks - a glossary of about 150 math terms This version of the app supports the math standards of Australia (vers. 9.0), US Common Core State Standards for Math, Ghana (2019), India NCRT Math, Kenya (2024), Texas (2012), and the UK (2020). This app is co developed by Early Family Math and IDEMS International.

Screenshots

ASTC4 screens
Early School Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Early School Math at every 2 months against ASTC's every 11 months. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASTC ships an update every 11 months, Early School Math every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ASTC versus Early School Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASTCEarly School Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INC.IDEMS International Community Interest Company

In-app purchases

None

ASTC

No in-app purchases

None

Early School Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASTC free?
ASTC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Early School Math free?
Early School Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASTC or Early School Math have ads?
Neither ASTC nor Early School Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASTC or Early School Math?
ASTC ships an update every 11 months, and Early School Math every 2 months. Most recently, ASTC was updated on October 16, 2026 and Early School Math on October 1, 2026.

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