Comparison

Moose Math vs Math for Kindergarten

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

Head to head
About

Moose Math

This app offers an engaging mathematical adventure for children aged 3-7, teaching core concepts like counting, addition, and subtraction through interactive games. Kids can earn rewards to build and decorate a virtual city while developing essential math skills aligned with early elementary standards.

Highlights
  • Counting, addition, and subtraction practice
  • Geometry and sorting activities
  • Interactive multi-level games
  • Reward system for city building
  • Parental progress reporting
  • Aligned with Common Core Standards
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Moose Math engages kids in a mathematical adventure and teaches counting, addition, subtraction, sorting, geometry and more. While playing 5 multi-level activities in the Moose Juice Store, Puck’s Pet Shop and Lost & Found, kids can earn rewards to help build their own city and decorate buildings. Moose Math introduces a new whimsical group of Duck Duck Moose characters, The Dust Funnies, who help with mastering math skills. Moose Math is aligned with Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten and 1st Grade and includes a Report Card section where parents and teachers can monitor progress and find additional skill-building activities. AGES: 3-7. CATEGORY: Curriculum ACTIVITIES Moose Math features 5 engaging math activities: 1) MOOSE JUICE: Make smoothies while practicing counting, addition and subtraction 2) PAINT PET: Match the pets by counting the number of dots 3) PET BINGO: Solve addition, subtraction and counting problems to get BINGO 4) LOST & FOUND: Learn and sort through shapes and colors 5) DOT TO DOT: Help the Dust Funny find his way home by joining the dots SKILLS Kids will learn the following math skills based on Common Core State Standards: NUMBERS: -  Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities -  Solve word problems and algebraic thinking -  Practice number pattern recognition COUNTING: -  Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s -  Master counting to 100 ADDITION & SUBTRACTION: -  Add and subtract by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s -  Add and subtract up to 20 -  Learn to add and subtract with numbers, dice and rekenrek racks GEOMETRY: -  Master geometry at Kindergarten and First Grade levels -  Learn to identify and recognize shapes MEASUREMENT: -  Understand and compare lengths PARENT REPORTING: Includes a Report Card section where parents and teachers can monitor progress for each child and learn about new skill-building activities. DEVELOPED WITH EDUCATORS: -  Developed in conjunction with Stanford University Educator, Jennifer DiBrienza, PhD in -   Early Elementary Education and former NYC public school teacher (K-Grade 2) COMMON CORE STANDARDS: K.CC.1, K.CC.2, K.CC.4, K.CC.6, K.OA.1, K.OA.2, K.OA.5, K.MD.2, K.MD.3, K.G.2, K.G.3, K.G.4, 1.OA.1, 1.OA.2, 1.OA.6 ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now free, without ads or subscriptions. We rely on our community of volunteers and donors. Get involved today at www.duckduckmoose.com/about. Check out the Khan Academy app to learn and practice all kinds of topics for elementary school through college and beyond. We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

About

Math for Kindergarten

Engaging games designed to introduce young children to fundamental math concepts. Covers number recognition, shapes, and colors through interactive play, fostering early logical thinking and math literacy.

Highlights
  • Number recognition (1-20)
  • Basic shapes and colors
  • Puzzle games
  • Sequence building
  • Question and answer games
  • Parent-child play
Features
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Kindergarten Math games let Kids have fun while getting practice with early Math concepts like Number Recognition(1-20) with images demonstration of fruits, animals and dots. Kids also can play with basic Shapes and Colours. These things helps Kids first time familiar with Math language, explore new world and develop first step of logical thinking. Children can play some games like Puzzle Numbers/Shapes/Colours, Which one is correct, Move Number to correct place, make correct sequence Numbers, Question and Answer...It's very interesting if Parents can play with Children. App for Kid's learning this time need designed carefully with many pictures, images, sound, music. MITSoftware team took 6 months for researching to create database for this app fulfil requirement of Kindergarteners (4-6 years old kids), especially thanks for supports and helps of teachers in Kindergarten schools that make this app more helpful for our Children. As the Parent of a Kindergartener, you probably enjoy experiencing new world through your child’s eyes (and hands and feet) as he or she explores and learns with great enthusiasm. And as your child’s first teacher, you can start teaching the basics of reading, writing, and especially; Math. Giving Kindergartener a solid foundation in early math literacy is very important to their future academic success. Thanks for choosing us! Let's play!

Screenshots

Moose Math4 screens
Math for Kindergarten4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Moose Math at 590 against Math for Kindergarten's 5. Math for Kindergarten's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Math for Kindergarten holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moose Math has 590 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moose Math ships an update every 2 months, Math for Kindergarten monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Moose Math versus Math for Kindergarten: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoose MathMath for Kindergarten
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (590 ratings)4.4 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings590 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCTran Van Nam

Customer experience

Moose Math

All ratings581 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative15.4%

Math for Kindergarten

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Moose Math

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Incorrect answers in fruit blending mini-game
  • App crashing when exiting levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and locations to explore
  • Ability to delete player profiles
  • Multiplayer or competitive modes
  • Expanded math concepts beyond addition/subtraction

Math for Kindergarten

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Moose Math

No in-app purchases

None

Math for Kindergarten

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moose Math free?
Moose Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Math for Kindergarten free?
Math for Kindergarten is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moose Math or Math for Kindergarten?
Math for Kindergarten is rated higher. Moose Math averages 4.2 out of 5 from 590 ratings, while Math for Kindergarten averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Moose Math or Math for Kindergarten have ads?
Neither Moose Math nor Math for Kindergarten shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moose Math or Math for Kindergarten?
Moose Math ships an update every 2 months, and Math for Kindergarten monthly. Most recently, Moose Math was updated on November 1, 2026 and Math for Kindergarten on November 2, 2026.

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