Comparison

ELI5 vs Mental Math

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

Head to head
About

ELI5

This app simplifies complex topics into easy-to-understand explanations tailored to different age groups. It allows users to paste text for instant clarification, offers multiple reading levels, and supports six languages. All explanations are saved for later access.

Highlights
  • Multiple reading levels (Age 5 to Expert)
  • Paste text for instant explanation
  • Re-explain at different levels
  • Examples, analogies, and stories
  • Read aloud functionality
  • Save explanations to your library
  • Supports six languages
Features
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ELI5: Simple Explanations explains anything in plain words, at the level you choose. Pick who's asking: Age 5, Age 10, Teen or Expert. Ask about anything, or paste a paragraph you don't understand, and get a clear answer in seconds. WHY PEOPLE LOVE ELI5 - Four reading levels: friendly and playful for young kids, calm and precise for grown-ups - Simpler or Go deeper: re-explain any answer one level down or up, free - Examples, analogies and stories: one tap to make it click - Explain This: highlight text in Safari, Notes or any app, share it to ELI5 and get it explained - Read aloud: hear any answer in a natural voice - Your Library: every explanation is saved on your device and free to reopen - Six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese GREAT FOR - Kids asking "why?" and the parents answering them - Students getting to grips with a tricky concept - Anyone who meets a word or idea they don't know PLANS Start with 5 free questions every month. Premium plans give you 100, 250 or 500 new questions a month. Follow-ups, Simpler, Go deeper and your Library are always free. Subscriptions renew monthly; cancel anytime in Settings. Answers are generated by AI and can contain mistakes. Check anything important with a trusted source. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://miriguru.github.io/ankharis-policies/eli5-privacy-policy.html

About

Mental Math

Features
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Mental arithmetic that feels like a game. An exercise sits on a chip in the middle — 7 + 5, 9 × 8 + 4, √144. Drag it onto the right answer on the board before the clock runs out. Land it and your combo grows, taking the multiplier up to ×3. Miss and you only lose the combo: nothing here breaks. HOW IT PLAYS • 14 seconds per exercise, shown by the ring around the chip: green, then amber, then red • Answer early and score more — the bonus follows those exact colours • Three correct answers in a row lift the multiplier one step • Eight exercises per chapter, up to three stars — fewer misses, more stars • No exercise repeats inside a run TWELVE CHAPTERS 1. Adding to 20 2. Adding to 50 3. Missing addends 4. Subtraction 5. Missing subtrahends 6. Times tables 7. Division 8. Square numbers 9. Square roots 10. Big numbers 11. Order of operations 12. Everything mixed FOR PARENTS • No ads, no purchases, no accounts, no sign-up • No cross-app tracking, no advertising ID — only anonymous statistics and crash reports, so we can find bugs • Works fully offline — the app needs no internet and asks for no permissions • Progress stays on the device and never leaves it Made for primary and lower secondary school, for anyone getting their mental arithmetic back up to speed — and everyone in between.

Screenshots

ELI54 screens
Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mental Math at none against ELI5's 3. Mental Math also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ELI5 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Mental Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ELI5 versus Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterELI5Mental Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnkharis LtdJohannes Lauber

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ELI5

Subscriptions3
  • Premium$0.991 Month
  • Premium Plus$1.991 Month
  • Premium Ultra$3.991 Month
None

Mental Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ELI5 free?
ELI5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ELI5 or Mental Math have ads?
Neither ELI5 nor Mental Math shows ads.

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