Comparison

Nihongo Boost vs Math Drills Mental Arithmetic

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

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Nihongo Boost

Features
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Nihongo Boost brings four Japanese tools into one app, with nothing locked behind in-app purchases. โ€ข Course โ€” a 24-chapter story that follows Sato Misaki through her first year after moving to a new flat and a new job: neighbours, the office, a summer festival, a hot-spring inn, New Year. Every chapter has a dialogue with sentence-by-sentence English, grammar notes, vocabulary and a quiz, with polite and casual speech used naturally for each relationship. โ€ข Stories โ€” five classic fables told in Japanese (Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, Peter Rabbit, Jack and the Beanstalk) with furigana, tap-to-translate and audio. โ€ข Flashcards โ€” spaced-repetition decks of everyday Japanese words and grammar patterns. โ€ข Dictionary โ€” search in Japanese or English, with readings and audio. Language Basics guides cover hiragana, katakana, kanji, particles and counters.

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Math Drills Mental Arithmetic

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Build faster mental math skills with quick daily drills. Math Drills covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with grade-friendly practice setsโ€”no account required. Review mistakes in the wrong book, track practice history, unlock achievements, and create custom problem sets for homework or exam prep. Clear stats help students and parents see progress over time. Offline-first by design: your practice data stays on your device, with no login, no tracking, and no ads.

Screenshots

Nihongo Boost4 screens
Math Drills Mental Arithmetic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Math Drills Mental Arithmetic at 13.0 against Nihongo Boost's 18.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Nihongo Boost costs $1.99 and Math Drills Mental Arithmetic $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Nihongo Boost versus Math Drills Mental Arithmetic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNihongo BoostMath Drills Mental Arithmetic
Price$1.99$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.213.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size508 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey DickXiamen City Fanyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Nihongo Boost

No in-app purchases

None

Math Drills Mental Arithmetic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nihongo Boost free?
Nihongo Boost costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Math Drills Mental Arithmetic free?
Math Drills Mental Arithmetic costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nihongo Boost or Math Drills Mental Arithmetic have ads?
Neither Nihongo Boost nor Math Drills Mental Arithmetic shows ads.

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