Mental Math Drills vs Spaced Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mental Math Drills
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CalcFlow is a calculation drill app that supports math skill improvement through daily practice. 【3 Practice Modes】 ◆ Endless Mode: Practice at your own pace without time limits ◆ Time Attack: Focused training with 1-min/3-min/5-min time limits ◆ Daily 20: Build habits with 20 unique problems every day 【Key Features】 • Auto-adjusting difficulty for optimal problem levels • Detailed statistics including total problems and accuracy rates • Streak tracking and consecutive correct answers for motivation • Simple design to focus on problems • Fully offline - practice anytime and anywhere 【Supported Calculations】 Covers basic arithmetic operations (addition/subtraction/multiplication/division) through fractions and decimals. Difficulty auto-adjusts to your level making it effective for beginners through advanced users. Perfect for students reviewing lessons or adults maintaining sharp calculation skills and brain training. Daily practice ensures steady improvement in math abilities.
Spaced Math
Master math facts with engaging daily practice. This app uses spaced repetition to focus on what your child needs to learn, offering multiple input methods and detailed progress tracking. It's designed for families with multiple profiles and no ads or subscriptions.
- Spaced repetition learning
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Keypad, voice, and handwriting input
- Multiple child profiles
- Detailed progress tracking
- iCloud sync and family sharing
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Spaced Math helps kids master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts with short daily practice. Instead of random drills, it uses spaced repetition to bring each fact back right when it's ready to review — so practice stays short and focused on what your child actually needs. FREE TO TRY Start free with one child profile and one operation of your choice — the complete spaced-repetition experience, with voice, handwriting, iCloud backup, and progress all included. One simple unlock adds everything else, and it's shared with your whole family. No subscriptions, no ads, no accounts. MATH FACTS THAT STICK Every child gets a personal review queue. New facts, weak facts, recent mistakes, and overdue facts are tracked separately, so sessions stay short and useful. Choose any operation and control the active numbers from 1–12. THREE ANSWER MODES Kids can answer the same fact three ways: • Keypad — fast, simple, reliable. • Voice — speak the answer naturally ("twenty-four", "two four", or "144"). • Handwriting — write with Apple Pencil or a finger. Switch modes anytime. Voice uses Apple's speech recognition; we never see or store the audio. BUILT FOR FAMILIES Create up to 8 profiles on one device. Each profile keeps its own progress, settings, streak, mistakes, and review schedule. Parent-locked settings keep kids practicing the facts you picked. THREE SESSION TYPES • Study — spaced-repetition review for the facts due today. • Practice — free drill, biased toward weak facts by default. • Review — focused cleanup for mistakes, lapsed facts, and overdue cards. READABLE PROGRESS See due and new counts, learned facts by operation, streaks, and mistakes. Parents can tell what's improving and what still needs work — without managing a classroom system. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC AND HOUSEHOLDS Use Spaced Math on one device, or turn on iCloud sync to keep progress in step across your devices. Set up a household to share every child's profile with family members. Manual JSON export/import is available for backup. Sync uses Apple's CloudKit — your data goes to your private iCloud, never to us. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no subscriptions, no accounts. • One simple one-time unlock — that's the only purchase, and it's Family-Shared. • No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no developer-operated servers. • Microphone audio is processed live and discarded. We never see it. • Deleting a profile actually wipes it — including the iCloud copy on the originating account. iPhone and iPad. iOS 15.0 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spaced Math at none against Mental Math Drills's shown. Spaced Math also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mental Math Drills sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Spaced Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mental Math Drills ships an update every 6 months, Spaced Math every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mental Math Drills | Spaced Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kota tada | Frank Galanti III |
In-app purchases
Mental Math Drills
- Ad-free for 1 month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Ad-free for 1 year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
Spaced Math
- Spaced Math Lifetime Unlock$9.99
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