Sketchy Learning vs Math Dash Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sketchy Learning
This app transforms complex medical subjects into memorable visual lessons and interactive patient scenarios. It's designed to help students learn faster, master exams, and build clinical confidence. Engage with high-yield content and practice real-world reasoning.
- Visual lessons for memorization
- Interactive patient case simulations
- High-yield exam content
- Quizzes and custom tests
- Customizable playlists
- Mobile-friendly learning
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Sketchy turns tough medical content into unforgettable visual lessons and interactive patient cases, so you learn faster, ace exams, and feel ready in the clinic. Built for how medical, PA, NP, and premed students actually learn, Sketchy helps you make sense of high-yield topics fast and recall them when it counts. Watch engaging visual lessons that lock in tough topics like pharm, micro, path, and more. Apply what you’ve learned to a clinical scenario with interactive patient cases that build real clinical reasoning skills. Whether you are squeezing in a quick review between classes or deep in exam and board prep, Sketchy goes where you go and helps concepts stick for the long haul. What you’ll love about Sketchy: * Unforgettable visual lessons that make hard concepts easy to remember * Interactive symbol explorer for quick visual lesson review * Interactive patient case sims to practice thinking like a clinician * High-yield content for exams, boards, and clinical rotations * Quizzes and custom tests that reinforce memory and reveal weak spots * Customizable playlists to organize lessons and cases your way * Mobile-friendly learning for quick reviews or deep dives Loved by over half a million students and created by expert clinicians, Sketchy helps learners feel more confident in class, on rotations, and on exam day. Terms: https://www.sketchy.com/terms Privacy: https://www.sketchy.com/privacy
Math Dash Practice
This app offers daily math practice for young children, allowing them to write answers directly on the screen with a finger or stylus. It features multiple levels, progress tracking, and positive reinforcement through stars and certificates. All data is stored locally on the device for privacy.
- Handwriting recognition for answers
- 12 levels and sets A-E
- Timed or untimed modes
- Progress tracking with stars and certificates
- Kid nicknames
- Local data storage
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MathDash is daily math practice for kids. They write answers on the screen with a finger or stylus. The app reads the digits. There is no keyboard. • Kid nicknames on this device • 12 levels and sets A–E, timed or untimed • Built-in handwriting recognition—start playing right away • Stars, certificates, and history kept on the device • Paper, Cheerful, or Playful look • In-order progress or any set open Nothing is uploaded to our servers. Names, answers, and progress stay on this iPhone. Meant for children ages 5–8 with a grown-up nearby. Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account.
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Verdict
Sketchy Learning and Math Dash Practice both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Math Dash Practice's written reviews are positive against 53% of Sketchy Learning's. Math Dash Practice also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Sketchy Learning's advantage is ratings volume (827 vs 2). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sketchy Learning sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $289.99 per year. Math Dash Practice asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sketchy Learning against 5.0 for Math Dash Practice. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sketchy Learning has 827 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Sketchy Learning's written reviews are positive against 100% of Math Dash Practice's.
| Parameter | Sketchy Learning | Math Dash Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (827 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 827 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sketchy Group, LLC | VADALI RAMESH |
Customer experience
Sketchy Learning
Math Dash Practice
Bugs and requests
Sketchy Learning
Reported bugs
14 issues- Video stops playing and closes in landscape orientation
- Keyboard covers submit button when giving feedback on mobile app
- Closed captioning settings do not save
- App crashes when videos are full-screened and phone is turned sideways
- App crashes frequently
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- App becomes laggy and unusable after an update
- Video controls (pause, rewind) do not work after update
- Videos randomly stop playing without explanation
- Videos always crash on iPhone X
- Videos close by themselves on iOS
- Can't watch videos horizontally
- New layout makes symbols tiny and difficult to view
- Can't scroll on the side panel to see other videos in a course subsection
- Full screen symbol mode forces device orientation switch
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to create customized tests in the app
- Save closed captioning settings
- Improve zoom and pan functionality in landscape mode
- Bring back bookmarking feature
- Allow scrolling on the side panel within video courses
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- Make video speed and caption settings persistent across videos
Math Dash Practice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sketchy Learning
- Sketchy NP 12 month7 Days trial$289.991 Year
- MCAT Science Review 12 month7 Days trial$399.991 Year
- Sketchy PA 12 month7 Days trial$399.991 Year
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- Medical 12 month7 Days trial$459.991 Year
Math Dash Practice
No in-app purchases
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