11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise vs Math Shed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise
Prepare for 11+ exams with over 950 practice questions covering all 21 question types. Track your progress with detailed results, review explanations, and take mock tests to gauge your readiness for grammar school and independent school entrance exams.
- 950+ practice questions
- Covers 21 question types
- Detailed test results
- Explanation for each answer
- Progress monitoring
- Mock tests
- Topic-wise review
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This app contains 24 full length verbal reasoning practice papers. There are 1,920 individual questions covering all 21 types of questions asked in 11+ Grammar School selection tests and Independent school common entrance examinations. Within each question type we cover all of the variances, all of the difficulty levels and with a generic approach we ensure that the course is easy to follow for both facilitator and student. This app is one of the apps in 11+ apps series published by us with comprehensive material and innovative design that make 11+ exam preparation a fun. DETAILED TEST RESULTS On the completion of each test the user is given a summary of questions answered correctly, incorrectly and skipped along with the time taken on each question. Every question can be reviewed and all questions have an explanation of the answer. PROGRESS MONITOR An interactive pie chart displays current progress for each topic. You can touch the different color slices of the pie and choose if you wish to answer only incorrectly answered questions, unattempted or correctly answered questions. This feature is very useful to achieve 100% score in each topic. MOCK TEST After you have practiced all types of questions, you can take a Mock Test with 80 questions. The Mock Test has questions selected randomly from each topic. Scores for the mock tests taken in the past are displayed in a bar chart. This is a great way to track how you are progressing in mock tests. There is no limit on how many mock tests you can take. FEATURE LIST • 24 full-length practice papers — doubled from the previous version. • Covers all 21 commonly found types of questions. • 1,920 multiple-choice questions across the 24 papers. • Explanation for each question. • Option to choose the number of questions to test. • Option to choose if user wants instant feedback on answer selection. • Progress monitor helps to track progress, topic wise and mock test wise. • Ability to re-attempt only the questions you get wrong or correct or never attempted • Option to choose "ON" or "OFF" for sound effects. • Option to reset the progress and start from scratch. About Verbal Reasoning There are 164 grammar schools in England; 95% of them set Verbal Reasoning tests as part of their selection process. Most independent schools also set Verbal Reasoning tests based on the 11+ format. The most common tests are administered by GL Assessment, they use questions created by NFER. There are 21 question types that contain variances and difficulty levels. Most test papers contain 80 questions with a selection of 13 question types from the 21. NOTE: This is a lite version and all features mentioned above are only unlocked when certain in-app items are purchased. * Privacy Policy: http://www.webrichsoftware.com/privacy.html * EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Math Shed
Practice essential math skills with this fun and easy-to-use application. It covers a range of topics from number bonds and times tables to addition, subtraction, and decimals, offering multiple gameplay levels for learners of all abilities.
- Number bonds practice
- Times tables drills
- Addition and subtraction
- Decimal and powers of ten
- Counting through zero
- Multiple gameplay levels
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Developed by a team of teachers including maths specialists, Math Shed gives a fun and easy-to-use way to practice math skills. The app includes: - Number bonds - Time tables - Related times tables facts - Powers of ten with and without decimals - Addition and Subtraction up to 4 digit numbers - Counting through zero The app also provides three levels of gameplay with Easy and Medium having more scaffolding to support learners where needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise at 5.0 against Math Shed's 4.2. Math Shed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14) and review sentiment (64% vs 33%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. 11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Math Shed asks for nothing beyond the download.
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Shed has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of 11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise's written reviews are positive against 64% of Math Shed's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise ships an update every 5 weeks, Math Shed every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise | Math Shed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Webrich Software Limited | Education Shed Ltd |
Customer experience
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise
Math Shed
Bugs and requests
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Math Shed
Reported bugs
5 issues- Keyboard not working
- Timer continues when paused
- App crashes
- Bugs in latest update (score discrepancies)
- Hard to close the app
Requested features
7 requests- Add an extreme mode
- Option to switch timer on/off
- Add KS2 content
- Add an avatar
- Remove timer for children with anxiety/autism
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- App for Amazon Fire
- Option to restrict store/leaderboards during assignments
In-app purchases
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practise
- Full Question Bank$7.991 Month
- Full Question Bank$14.993 Months
- Full Question Bank$19.996 Months
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- Full Question Bank$29.991 Year
- Paper 10$0.99
- Paper 9$0.99
- Paper 8$0.99
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- Paper 7$0.99
- Paper 6$0.99
- Paper 5$0.99
- Paper 4$0.99
- Paper 3$0.99
- Paper 2$0.99
- All Papers$6.99
Math Shed
No in-app purchases
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