Comparison

Moose Math vs Parenting Hero

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

Parenting Hero

This app offers practical communication strategies and expert advice for parents to foster more harmonious relationships with their children. Learn to manage negative emotions, encourage cooperation, and resolve conflicts effectively through interactive guides and proven techniques.

Highlights
  • Expert communication tips
  • Cope with negative feelings
  • Engage children's cooperation
  • Set limits with goodwill
  • Encourage responsibility
  • Resolve conflicts creatively
  • Effective praise techniques
Features
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Parenting Hero features tips and advice from Joanna Faber and Julie King, internationally acclaimed experts on communication between adults and children. They are the authors of the best-selling book "How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7". The duo has years of experience working worldwide with parents, teachers and other professionals, helping families become more harmonious and less of a battleground. Parenting Hero presents practical skills that can be used immediately to make relationships with children more satisfying and rewarding. Interactive graphics and story guides will help you to: • cope with children’s negative feelings • engage children’s cooperation without bribes, threats or punishment • set limits while maintaining goodwill • encourage children to assume responsibility • resolve conflicts creatively • use praise effectively Parenthood isn’t easy! Parenting Hero is fun to play and brings to your fingertips tried and tested strategies that will make your family life happier and more peaceful.

Screenshots

Moose Math4 screens
Parenting Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Moose Math at Free against Parenting Hero's $2.99. Moose Math also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 52%) and ratings volume (591 vs 40). Parenting Hero's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 11.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Moose Math is free to download; Parenting Hero costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Moose Math against 4.1 for Parenting Hero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moose Math has 591 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Moose Math's written reviews are positive against 52% of Parenting Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moose Math ships an update every 2 months, Parenting Hero weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Moose Math versus Parenting Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoose MathParenting Hero
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.2 (591 ratings) — better4.1 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews — better52.2% of reviews
Number of ratings591 — better40
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCMYTHICOWL SP Z O O

Customer experience

Moose Math

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

Parenting Hero

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative43.5%

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

Parenting Hero

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Moose Math

No in-app purchases

None

Parenting Hero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moose Math free?
Moose Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parenting Hero free?
Parenting Hero costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moose Math or Parenting Hero?
Moose Math is rated higher. Moose Math averages 4.2 out of 5 from 591 ratings, while Parenting Hero averages 4.1 from 40 ratings.
Do Moose Math or Parenting Hero have ads?
Neither Moose Math nor Parenting Hero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moose Math or Parenting Hero?
Moose Math ships an update every 2 months, and Parenting Hero weekly. Most recently, Moose Math was updated on November 5, 2026 and Parenting Hero on November 2, 2026.

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