Moose Math vs Sapling Draw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Sapling Draw
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Sapling Draw is a calm drawing, painting, and coloring app for kids. It opens straight onto a blank page, so toddlers, preschoolers, older children, and grown-ups can start creating without an account, lesson, or setup. Draw and doodle with markers, crayons, watercolor, spray paint, splatter, leafy brushes, and smooth color blending. Choose friendly colors and brush sizes, erase mistakes, undo and redo, zoom into details, and keep pictures in an on-device gallery. Turn drawings into stories with playful stamps: dinosaurs, unicorns, rockets, rain clouds, fire trucks, trees, mountains, stars, and Saturn. Some stamps come alive with gentle sounds and animations: hear a dinosaur roar, launch a rocket, call up a rainstorm, or make a unicorn sparkle. Sapling Draw supports open-ended creative play. There are no levels, scores, timers, or prescribed results. Children can make art, coloring experiments, imaginative scenes, and simple stories at their own pace. Designed for families: - Simple picture-first controls - Large buttons for little hands - Quiet visual tips and replayable drawing guides - Saved pictures stay on the device - Core drawing works completely offline - No ads - No subscriptions - No accounts or social features - No analytics or data collection Free to start. One optional parent-gated, one-time purchase unlocks the Creative Collection: additional imaginative stamps and brushes, including special seasonal designs. The free tools stay free. From Sapling Hollow Studios: calm educational apps for curious kids.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Moose Math at none against Sapling Draw's 1. Moose Math also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sapling Draw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Moose Math asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Moose Math | Sapling Draw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (581 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 581 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duck Duck Moose LLC | Jonathan Hood |
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
Sapling Draw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Moose Math
No in-app purchases
Sapling Draw
- Creative Collection$1.99
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