Comparison

MESAMobile vs Mathalon

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

Head to head

MESAMobile

The T in STEM is Team.

Math, but multiplayer

Free

📚 Education

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About

MESAMobile

Features

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A place for all of MESA and STEM to collaborate and create together. - Build up your digital portfolio. - Showcase your interests and events. - Track your progress.

About

Mathalon

Features

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Mathalon turns math into a competitive arena. Daily challenge — one carefully-picked problem every day. Build a solve streak. Rush — 5-minute live climbing race. Solve fast, stay ahead, top the live leaderboard. Ranked 1v1 — Glicko-2 matchmaking against another player in your rating zone. Head-to-head, best of five. Practice — thousands of problems from arithmetic to olympiad. Filter by topic and difficulty. Escape rooms and mystery cases — narrative puzzle chains that reward mathematical reasoning. Every solve updates your rating. Every match sharpens it. Climb the global leaderboard.

Screenshots

MESAMobile4 screens

Mathalon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mathalon at every 2 days against MESAMobile's monthly. MESAMobile's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). 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

MESAMobile ships an update monthly, Mathalon every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

MESAMobile versus Mathalon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	MESAMobile	Mathalon
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Monthly	Every 2 days — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	15.1 — better	26.5
Further details — not scored
Size	47 MB	2 MB
Age rating	9+	12+
Developer	Joshua Jacob Rashtian	PETER CHRISTER ANDREAS NODTVEIDT

In-app purchases

None

MESAMobile

No in-app purchases

None

Mathalon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MESAMobile free?

MESAMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Mathalon free?

Mathalon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do MESAMobile or Mathalon have ads?

Neither MESAMobile nor Mathalon shows ads.

Which is updated more often, MESAMobile or Mathalon?

MESAMobile ships an update monthly, and Mathalon every 2 days. Most recently, MESAMobile was updated on October 18, 2026 and Mathalon on October 25, 2026.