DICTA Learning vs Mental Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DICTA Learning
Master Latin and ancient Greek vocabulary with interactive flashcards, writing exercises, and drawing activities. Access a comprehensive lexicon with audio pronunciations. Receive daily vocabulary reminders via notifications and widgets.
- Digital flashcards
- Write Mode for self-assessment
- Draw Mode for muscle memory
- Lexicon of terms
- Audio recordings of terms
- Daily term notifications
- iPhone widget for daily term
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DICTA assists with the learning of Latin and ancient Greek vocabulary by unique study features; these features include pre-made, digital flashcards, "Write Mode" for self-assessment, and "Draw Mode" for muscle-memory development. DICTA also provides a lexis of relevant terms in each language, audio recordings of Latin terms, and an optional daily notification and iphone widget displaying a "Daily Term," among other features.
Mental Math
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Mental arithmetic that feels like a game. An exercise sits on a chip in the middle — 7 + 5, 9 × 8 + 4, √144. Drag it onto the right answer on the board before the clock runs out. Land it and your combo grows, taking the multiplier up to ×3. Miss and you only lose the combo: nothing here breaks. HOW IT PLAYS • 14 seconds per exercise, shown by the ring around the chip: green, then amber, then red • Answer early and score more — the bonus follows those exact colours • Three correct answers in a row lift the multiplier one step • Eight exercises per chapter, up to three stars — fewer misses, more stars • No exercise repeats inside a run TWELVE CHAPTERS 1. Adding to 20 2. Adding to 50 3. Missing addends 4. Subtraction 5. Missing subtrahends 6. Times tables 7. Division 8. Square numbers 9. Square roots 10. Big numbers 11. Order of operations 12. Everything mixed FOR PARENTS • No ads, no purchases, no accounts, no sign-up • No cross-app tracking, no advertising ID — only anonymous statistics and crash reports, so we can find bugs • Works fully offline — the app needs no internet and asks for no permissions • Progress stays on the device and never leaves it Made for primary and lower secondary school, for anyone getting their mental arithmetic back up to speed — and everyone in between.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Mental Math at 15.0 against DICTA Learning's 18.2. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | DICTA Learning | Mental Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DICTA LANGUAGES LEARNING DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM COMPANY INC. | Johannes Lauber |
In-app purchases
DICTA Learning
No in-app purchases
Mental Math
No in-app purchases









