Comparison

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle vs Math Balance Educational Games

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

Head to head
About

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle

Engage in competitive logic puzzles and brain games against friends or solo. Track your progress with custom stats and unlock over 230 achievements. Adjust difficulty levels to suit any player.

Highlights
  • Multiple addictive brain games
  • Challenge friends and other players
  • Over 230 achievements
  • Leaderboards
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Custom player stats
Features
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Test yourself in a series of addictive, competitive brain games against other people. You can challenge your friends to see who is REALLY the smartest, or play solo and try and beat your personal best. ------------------------------- Brain Bust features: ● Multiple simple addictive games to train your brain ● Challenge other players or friends to see who is the smartest ● Over 230 achievements to unlock ● Leader boards for you and your friends ● Adjust difficulty level for any player ● Custom stats for all players to track your progress ------------------------------- WARNING, this game is highly addictive and competitive when playing in challenge mode! Remember it is only a game and hopefully you can still remain friends after you have smashed your best mate's scores.

About

Math Balance Educational Games

This app makes learning mental math engaging for children aged 6-10. Through interactive games, kids develop number flexibility, understand equality and comparison, and build essential algebra readiness skills.

Highlights
  • Develops understanding of equality and comparison signs
  • Teaches commutative property of addition
  • Strategies for missing addends
  • Inverse relationship between addition and subtraction
  • Multiplication as repeated addition
  • Place value strategies for addition
  • Mental addition/subtraction of 10 or 100
Features
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Mental Math is fun with Math Balance - kids help Toby reach home by balancing bridges and while they have fun, they also learn about equality/comparison, gain flexibility with numbers and practice skills that are essential for understanding algebra. This mental math game with 30 levels will help your child get necessary fluidity with numbers. Your child will learn things like addition can happen in any order for the same result, or that sum of different numbers can add up to be the same number. They will also end up having to use different number strategies, such as bridging and compensation which can significantly speed up their mental math computations. These are the skills covered by Math Balance - - Developing meaning of equal sign, using, greater than and less than sign - Set up numbers in their expanded form - Commutative property of addition and, later, using it and expanded form as a strategy to add ex: 67+25 = 60+7+20+5 = 80+12 =92 - Missing Addend strategies:x+b=c, where x is to be found, situations where difference is unknown, where there is a bigger unknown and where there is a smaller unknown -one step problems - Showing that addition and subtraction are inverse; 4+5=9, 9-5=4 - Use only doubles, Use only even/odd numbers to get to a total - 1 step word problems -Change unknown, Result unknown, Start unknown - add a string of two-digit numbers (up to four numbers) by applying place value strategies and properties of operations. Example: 43 + 34 + 57 + 24 = __ - Using concrete models to show addition and subtraction - Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900 - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction - Multiplication as repeated addition For those who follow the Core curriculum, this maps to the following core standards - 2.OA.B.2, 2.NBT.4, 2.OA.2, 1.OA.6, 2.OA.C.3, 2.OA.1, 2.NBT.6, 2.NBT.7, 2.NBT.8, 3.NBT.2. Subscription info: - Math Balance can be purchased standalone, or as part of a makkajai Genius subscription. - Makkajai Genius subscriptions are auto-renewable and annual. ($59.99/yr) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase - Cancellation will not go into effect until the end of the monthly billing cycle For support, questions or comments, write to us at: support@makkajai.com Our privacy policy can be found at: http://www.makkajai.com/privacy-policy and our terms can be found at: https://www.makkajai.com/terms

Screenshots

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle4 screens
Math Balance Educational Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle at free with in-app purchases against Math Balance Educational Games's subscription. Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 45%). Math Balance Educational Games's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Math Balance Educational Games sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Math Balance Educational Games holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Balance Educational Games has 4.2K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 45% of Math Balance Educational Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle ships an update every 6 months, Math Balance Educational Games fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle versus Math Balance Educational Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain Bust Simple Logic PuzzleMath Balance Educational Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (17 ratings)4.4 (4.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings174.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRevosoft Technologies PTY LTDMakkajai Edu Tech Private Limited

Customer experience

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews291 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral21.3%
Negative11.7%

Math Balance Educational Games

All ratings4,215 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative48.4%

User reviews

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle

From 17 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive
  • 👍 Challenging and brain-stimulating
  • 🤔 Helps improve math skills
  • 💡 Competitive mode with friends
  • 👍 Simple but engaging interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional incorrect answers
  • 🤔 Repetitive puzzles
  • 🤔 Forced to write review to continue playing

Math Balance Educational Games

From 4.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Engaging learning experience
  • 💡 Helpful for improving math skills
  • 👍 Fun and interactive for kids

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Requires email and login
  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy performance
  • 📉 Lack of challenge for older students

Bugs and requests

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on older devices
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Progress tracking and personal best scores
  • More variety in puzzle types
  • Option to play without a timer

Math Balance Educational Games

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Disappearing progress and data loss
  • Incompatibility with some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More advanced math content
  • Ability to customize difficulty levels
  • Option to play without subscription

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle

One-time2
  • Image Blaster$0.99
  • Brain Bust Remove Ads$0.99
3 purchases

Math Balance Educational Games

Subscriptions2
  • Makkajai Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Genius Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version$9.99

Questions

Is Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle free?
Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Math Balance Educational Games free?
Math Balance Educational Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle or Math Balance Educational Games?
Math Balance Educational Games is rated higher. Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle averages 4.2 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Math Balance Educational Games averages 4.4 from 4.2K ratings.
Do Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle or Math Balance Educational Games have ads?
Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle shows ads; Math Balance Educational Games does not.
Which is updated more often, Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle or Math Balance Educational Games?
Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle ships an update every 6 months, and Math Balance Educational Games fortnightly. Most recently, Brain Bust Simple Logic Puzzle was updated on October 22, 2026 and Math Balance Educational Games on October 29, 2026.

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