Comparison

Math Trainer vs Mental Math Monsters

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

Head to head
About

Math Trainer

Sharpen your mental math skills with rapid-fire arithmetic challenges. Practice addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication across four difficulty levels. Compete on global leaderboards and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Addition, Subtraction, Division, Multiplication
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Over 20 achievements
  • iCloud sync
  • Full iOS support (Dark Mode, Split Screen, VoiceOver)
  • Privacy-focused (no external data storage or tracking)
Features
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Make a little time for maths, wherever you are. Math Trainer gives you quick mental arithmetic questions you can solve at your own pace or against the clock. Start with addition for free. Math Trainer Pro is a one-time purchase that opens up subtraction, multiplication and division, five difficulty levels from Easy to Extreme, focused practice and colourful themes. Work through ten-question rounds, see your progress, and get a helpful hint when you need one. Practise the questions you missed in an unranked round. You can also have questions spoken aloud, switch off negative answers, and choose the theme that feels right for you. Game Center leaderboards let you compare your fastest standard rounds, and achievements give you more to aim for. Your settings can follow you across your Apple devices with iCloud. Made for iPhone and iPad, with no ads or subscriptions.

About

Mental Math Monsters

A fast-paced math game designed for children to improve their mental math skills. Players solve problems to free monsters, earn coins, and compete with friends and classmates. The game offers various math operations and difficulty levels, encouraging learning through fun.

Highlights
  • Mental math practice
  • Monster collection
  • Competitive play with friends
  • School-based competitions
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Progressive difficulty levels
Features
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A fast paced Mental Maths game for kids where they can compete with their friends and even class mates. Build confidence and speed with mental maths. Free the monsters from their cages - how many monsters can you collect? Swipe the monster with the correct answer to break down the wall to get to the next level. Earn coins to release new lively monsters from their cages. The faster you are with the answer the more damage to the wall and coins you will collect. But be careful! Get the wrong answer and your health will quickly run out. Who will be the champion in each maths area? And who will be the overall Top Player? Children can compete against all their school friends, with our great new Made For Schools mode. Schools can register with Mental Math Monsters and provide students with their own logins to enable them to compete against all their school friends. You might be the Top Player at home but can you rise to the challenge against your entire class! - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division modes. - Made for children 4 and up. - Compete with your class mates as well as friends at home. - Grow your collection of rowdy monsters, who will you release next? - Maths questions advance as you progress through the levels. - Many colourful landscapes to discover. - Play on Apple TV, iPad and iPhone. - iCloud sync and Made For Schools login lets you continue where you left off no matter which device you last used. - Fully COPPA compliant (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). Our aim is to design apps where the kids have so much fun, they don't even realise they are learning! We hope you enjoy Mental Math Monsters.

Screenshots

Math Trainer3 screens
Mental Math Monsters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Math Trainer at every 2 months against Mental Math Monsters's every 11 months. Mental Math Monsters's advantage is ratings volume (657 vs 15) and review sentiment (89% vs 78%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Math Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mental Math Monsters sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Math Trainer against 4.4 for Mental Math Monsters. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mental Math Monsters has 657 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Math Trainer's written reviews are positive against 89% of Mental Math Monsters's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math Trainer ships an update every 2 months, Mental Math Monsters every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Math Trainer versus Mental Math Monsters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath TrainerMental Math Monsters
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings)4.4 (657 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews88.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15657 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRob SammonsFehners Software LLP

Customer experience

Math Trainer

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%

Mental Math Monsters

All ratings656 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative2.9%

Bugs and requests

Math Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mental Math Monsters

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Monster unlock bar not progressing despite completion
  • Monsters not unlocking on secondary player profiles
  • Login authentication issues
  • Account data exposure concerns

Requested features

4 requests
  • Pause button during gameplay
  • Single multiplication table focus mode for early learners
  • Multiples/skip counting practice games
  • Better progression system clarity

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Math Trainer

One-time1
  • Math Trainer Pro$0.99
1 purchases

Mental Math Monsters

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Math Trainer free?
Math Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Math Monsters free?
Mental Math Monsters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Math Trainer or Mental Math Monsters?
Mental Math Monsters is rated higher. Math Trainer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Mental Math Monsters averages 4.4 from 657 ratings.
Do Math Trainer or Mental Math Monsters have ads?
Neither Math Trainer nor Mental Math Monsters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math Trainer or Mental Math Monsters?
Math Trainer ships an update every 2 months, and Mental Math Monsters every 11 months. Most recently, Math Trainer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mental Math Monsters on November 2, 2026.

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