Comparison

Moose Math vs Bug Art

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

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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

Bug Art

Unleash creativity by designing animated bugs with various art tools and then race them in fun challenges. Explore vibrant environments, play mini-games, and learn to draw with interactive templates.

Highlights
  • Create animated bugs with paint, glitter, stamps, and stickers
  • Race custom bug creations against AI competitors
  • Interactive bug drawing templates to learn drawing
  • Explore playgrounds with mini-games and characters
  • Intuitive touch and tilt controls
  • Multiple user profiles
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CREATE Create artwork using paint, glitter, stamps, brushes, stickers, or snap a picture with your camera! Design a bug and transform it into an animated insect with the tap of a finger! Learn to draw using our interactive bug drawing templates. PLAY Use your very own bug creations to race against 13 uniquely designed competitors like “Sparky,” “Kicks,” and “Turbo” in Bug Race. Steer a butterfly, dragonfly, or bee through dandelion gates in the lush gardens of Butterfly Valley. Explore, meet funny characters, and play mini games in our special playgrounds for both ground and airborne bugs. FEATURES: • Designed for ages 4 and up. • Simple and intuitive touch and tilt controls. • Complete painting activity for whatever the mind dreams. • Advanced Bug designer activity (includes a disco floor for testing creations). • 20+ design tools, including camera and bug brushes that you can control! • 10+ backgrounds for fun art design. • 40+ stickers (position, rotate, and scale). • 7 Interactive learn to draw bug designs. • Multiple user profiles • NO In-Apps / NO third party advertising. • Parental Gate Localized for: English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. We want and appreciate your feedback! Email: support@littlebitstudio.com Instagram: @littlebitstudio Facebook: @littlebitstudio Twitter: @lilbitstudio

Screenshots

Moose Math4 screens
Bug Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Moose Math at Free against Bug Art's $0.99. Moose Math also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (581 vs 23). On rating, 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

Moose Math is free to download; Bug Art costs $0.99 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 4.2 for Bug Art. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moose Math has 581 ratings behind it against 23, 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 62% of Bug Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moose Math ships an update every 2 months, Bug Art every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Moose Math versus Bug Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoose MathBug Art
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.2 (581 ratings)4.2 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings581 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCLittle Bit Studio, LLC

Customer experience

Moose Math

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

Bug Art

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

User reviews

Moose Math

From 581 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 🚀 Helps with math skills
  • 💡 Customizable player profiles
  • 🚀 Free and ad-free

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Incorrect answers in some mini-games
  • 🔋 Progress lost when app is closed
  • 👎 Limited content and repetitive

Bug Art

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Creative art and drawing
  • 🤩 Engaging for kids
  • ✨ Visually stunning graphics
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 💰 Worth the price

Room to improve

  • ❌ App no longer works
  • 💸 Waste of money
  • 😞 Disappointing for children
  • ⏳ No developer support
  • 📉 Outdated and incompatible

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

Bug Art

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App needs to be updated to be used on a new iPad
  • App does not work after updating to iOS 11
  • App no longer works
  • No audio
  • Download issues

Requested features

12 requests
  • More bugs to paint
  • Go inside the bee hive in playground game
  • Make a home for the bugs
  • Add praying mantis, swallow tail butterfly, grasshopper, snails
  • Add snail racing and hunting games
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  • Add racing snail stickers
  • Add racing clothing for bugs
  • Update for iOS 11
  • Name your bugs
  • Make ladybugs fly in butterfly valley
  • Hide scary insects like cockroaches
  • More bug brushes and colors

In-app purchases

None

Moose Math

No in-app purchases

None

Bug Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moose Math free?
Moose Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bug Art free?
Bug Art costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moose Math or Bug Art?
Moose Math and Bug Art are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 581 and 23 ratings respectively.
Do Moose Math or Bug Art have ads?
Neither Moose Math nor Bug Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moose Math or Bug Art?
Moose Math ships an update every 2 months, and Bug Art every 8 months. Most recently, Moose Math was updated on October 18, 2026 and Bug Art on October 17, 2026.

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