Musical Multiplication vs TimeTableExpress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Musical Multiplication
Master multiplication with catchy, original songs designed for elementary-aged children. This app uses the power of music to make memorization fun and effective, with interactive learning and progress tracking to keep kids motivated.
- 42 original multiplication songs
- Music-based learning for faster memorization
- Interactive learning with progress tracking
- Mastery tracking for individual progress
- Multiple student profiles
- Offline accessibility
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Introducing the Musical Multiplication app from The Good and the Beautiful! Music makes learning stick—and now your kids can master multiplication through fun, catchy songs! With 42 entirely original songs, this app turns essential math skills into unforgettable tunes, making memorization easy and enjoyable. Research shows that music activates several brain centers at once, helping children memorize faster and retain information longer. Sing along, learn faster, and remember longer! With mastery tracking, your child can see their progress and celebrate every milestone, making learning interactive and motivating. This all-in-one app combines the power of music to help your child master multiplication—wherever you go! Main Features: 42 Original Songs: Catchy tunes that turn multiplication into something your child will never forget. Music-Based Learning: Proven to help kids memorize faster and retain information longer. Interactive Learning: Your child doesn’t just listen—they actively engage with the songs and track their progress. Mastery Tracking: Celebrate progress and identify learning gaps as your child advances. Multiple Student Profiles: Create up to 6 unique student profiles, so each child can have their own personalized progress tracking. Accessible Anywhere: Learn at home or on the go, with offline capabilities. Perfect for Ages 6-12: Designed to help elementary-aged kids master multiplication. Download Musical Multiplication today and watch your child’s math skills soar! Standard Apple End User License Agreement (EULA) applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
TimeTableExpress
Embark on a multiplication adventure with a train theme. This app offers interactive challenges that build on mastered concepts, rewarding progress with badges. It makes learning multiplication engaging and fun for young learners.
- Engaging train theme
- Interactive drag-and-drop learning
- Cumulative learning approach
- Rewarding progress with badges
- Multiplication fact challenges
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TimeTable Express turns multiplication tables into an adventure for grades 2 through 4. Built on a research-backed "hard first" method, the app helps students practice key multiplication facts through train-themed drag-and-drop gameplay. TimeTable Express is free to try for 7 days. After the free trial, a paid auto-renewing subscription is required to continue accessing gameplay and learning features, including: - Seven progressive levels - Drag-and-drop multiplication practice - Badge rewards - Score tracking after each round - Parent and teacher progress dashboards - A built-in tutorial for new players Subscriptions are offered as monthly or yearly auto-renewing options and begin after the 7-day free trial. Your subscription will automatically renew and your payment method will be charged unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your device’s App Store account settings. Pricing: Monthly subscription is $5.99 per month, or the yearly subscription is $19.99 per year, following the 7-day free trial. Prices may vary by region. Why "Hard First" Works After nearly 30 years in schools, the same pattern showed up again and again: kids do not struggle with every multiplication fact. They struggle with the sevens, eights, and nines. Those are the facts kids often cannot skip count quickly in their heads, so they get stuck and start guessing. TimeTable Express was born from a real tutoring session. A seventh-grader in pre-algebra was falling behind because her multiplication facts were slowing her down. A quick card game changed that. She flipped cards and raced to answer, starting with the nines, then the eights, then the sevens. Once past the sixes, everything got easier. That experience revealed the core insight: why overwhelm kids with all 100 multiplication facts when only 36 need focused memorization? It is a triangle from 2x2 through 9x9, the Multiplication Pyramid, and mastering it from the top down works. How the Levels Are Structured Instead of starting with the 1s and 2s like most multiplication apps, TimeTable Express tackles the biggest obstacles first. The progression begins at 9x9, works through the 8s and 7s, then moves into the 6s, 5s, and lower. By the time students reach the easier facts, they have already practiced the hardest ones. The app still covers multiplication facts over time. Focused memorization targets the 36 key facts, and the difficulty curve runs backward by design. Students who work through all seven levels practice the hardest multiplication problems first and build confidence as they progress. More Than a Flashcard App Traditional math drills are passive: see a fact, recall an answer, repeat. TimeTable Express makes multiplication practice active through drag-and-drop interaction, level-based progression, score tracking, and badge rewards. Students who resist flashcard drilling may engage more willingly with the same math facts when they are wrapped inside an interactive challenge. The methodology came from real classrooms and real tutoring sessions, not a textbook theory. Download TimeTable Express to start your 7-day free trial. A paid subscription is required after the trial to access gameplay, levels, badges, score tracking, tutorials, and parent/teacher progress dashboards. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your subscription will begin and your payment method will be charged automatically. Privacy Policy https://www.multiplicationhustle.com/time-table-express-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use https://www.multiplicationhustle.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TimeTableExpress at 5.0 against Musical Multiplication's 4.3. TimeTableExpress also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Musical Multiplication's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (163 vs 8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Musical Multiplication sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and TimeTableExpress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TimeTableExpress holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Musical Multiplication has 163 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Musical Multiplication's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimeTableExpress's.
Musical Multiplication ships an update every 2 months, TimeTableExpress every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Musical Multiplication | TimeTableExpress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (163 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Good and the Beautiful LLC | Cleverall LLC |
Customer experience
Musical Multiplication
TimeTableExpress
Bugs and requests
Musical Multiplication
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues and inability to save student profiles
- Restrictions on retrying questions
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to create custom playlists of specific multiplication facts
- More content and features beyond just the songs
TimeTableExpress
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Musical Multiplication
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Annual subscription$26.991 Year
- Unlimited one-time purchase$35.99
TimeTableExpress
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Game Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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