Comparison

DreamBox Math vs Squeebles Maths Race

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

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About

DreamBox Math

This digital math program offers interactive, game-like lessons for PreK-8 students. Its adaptive technology personalizes learning, while parent and educator dashboards provide insights into progress and proficiency. Available in English and Spanish, it supports conceptual understanding and critical thinking.

Highlights
  • Adaptive learning technology
  • Interactive game-like lessons
  • Personalized learning paths
  • Conceptual understanding development
  • Parent and educator dashboards
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) lessons
  • Aligned to state standards
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DreamBox Learning Award-winning PreK-8 digital math program developed by educators with proven effectiveness. Awarded Best Math Learning Solution in 2019 by the EdTech Breakthrough Awards and scoring the highest privacy rating by Common Sense Media, DreamBox is meaningful screen-time that kids love! What You Need to Know About DreamBox: • Independent studies from Harvard and SRI found that kids who use DreamBox 60 minutes per week improved their math scores by 60% more than kids who don’t use DreamBox. • Interactive lessons with a game-like experience keep kids engaged – serious learning that’s seriously fun! • Adaptive technology meets each learner right where they are and adjusts based on how kids are solving problems for a truly personalized learning experience that’s age and grade agnostic. • Rigorous curriculum and rich learning pathways develop conceptual understanding, critical thinking, mental math skills, and procedural fluency. • Students learn independently with built-in help and in-the-moment scaffolding for “just in time” support tailored to their unique needs. • All student lessons are available either in English or Spanish and have closed captioning. • Parent and Educator Dashboards provide insight into each child’s growth and proficiency to help identify learning needs and celebrate learning milestones. • Using math proficiency insights, parents and educators can assign specific concepts or skills based on areas where additional support is needed. • Reporting aligned to all state standards. • Available for either school or home accounts. For school accounts, a school login is required. Contact your school for set-up instructions. By downloading the DreamBox Math app, students will have access to its full preK-8 curriculum. “DreamBox is such a fun platform for learning math for my kids. We have been using it for three years, sometimes as a primary resource and sometimes as a supplement to another program. Even when choosing another program, we keep the DreamBox subscription as a "go to" when the kids are feeling less motivated for book work.” — Fonda, Parent “DreamBox is awesome! My kiddo loves it and looks forward to playing on it. I love that they are learning so much, and that they think it's a game!” — Jules, Parent “DreamBox helps students understand the background information; making them stronger mathematically, conceptually, and helping them fully understand the material. That’s what I like. They’re walking away with a deeper understanding of math.” — Amber, Teacher “DreamBox allows our teachers to really provide in-the-moment differentiation to reach each student where they are.” — Leia, Principal

About

Squeebles Maths Race

This educational game makes practicing math skills fun for children aged 5-11. It offers competitive races, customizable difficulty, and rewards to motivate learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Highlights
  • 1 or 2 player math races
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • 4 difficulty levels
  • Parent/teacher locking of levels
  • Progress tracking
  • Collectible Squeebles and Flipfish
  • Password-protected parent zone
Features
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Designed for children aged 5 to 11, Squeebles Maths Race offers an exciting 1-player or 2-player game, which makes practising addition, subtraction, multiplication and division a huge amount of fun. The app has been carefully designed to challenge each child’s unique ability level, allowing players of different abilities to take part in a "Maths Race" against one another. Features: > 1 or 2 player mode lets you take part in a maths race against a friend, sibling or the computer. > Choose from addition, subtraction, multiplication or division questions. > 4 difficulty levels allow each child to compete at a level appropriate for them. > Parents / teachers can lock difficulty levels and certain times tables on a per-child basis. > Progress is tracked for each child so parents and teachers can see how they're doing. > With 35 Squeebles and 12 flipfish to collect, there are plenty of rewards for children to earn for doing well on the educational part of the app. > Password-protected parent / teacher zone contains stats and settings for each child. > Unlimited numbers of children can be registered with the app. > No in app purchases, no advertising and no internet links of any kind. The actual race takes place in the Rushing River on Squeeble Island. Children choose a Squeeble, and then a Flipfish for the Squeeble to ride upon. Once they’ve selected which maths skills they’d like to be tested on and chosen a difficulty level, the race begins! With each correct answer, the child’s Flipfish swims a little further toward the finish line and the winner is the first to answer ten questions correctly! This is the first app within the series of Squeebles educational apps to introduce an element of competition into learning (in the 2-player mode) – a feature that teachers have suggested works well for some children – although we’ve carefully designed the app so that each child is competing at the level that’s just right for them. In one-player mode, children can choose a friendly Squeeble opponent, who is either a mathematical ‘Beginner’, ‘Rookie’, ‘Pro’, ‘Expert’, ‘Legend’ or ‘Super Legend’. In two-player mode, children will enjoy the rare opportunity to use a touchscreen at the same time as a sibling, friend or classmate – it’s a great way to maximise learning time without needing a device for each child. As well as being motivated by the wish to win a race, children are awarded stars for answering questions correctly. The stars can be saved up and then traded in for different Squeebles and Flipfish to ride during the races. There are three scoreboards, which show the top ten racers for that day, that week and for ‘all time’. For parents and teachers, the "Parent / Teacher Zone" can be password protected and contains stats for each child so that you can keep in touch with their learning and progress. As with all Squeebles apps, we aim to offer a happy, positive, self-contained, environment for learning. Our apps have NO in-app purchases, NO third party advertising and NO active links that take children away from the confines of the app. We’re always grateful to people who take the time to review or rate our apps in the App Store. For support or enquiries, please email us at info@keystagefun.co.uk. We’re always happy to hear from you. If you’d like to see more of our maths and spelling apps, just search for ‘Squeebles’ in the app store.

Screenshots

Squeebles Maths Race4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DreamBox Math at Free against Squeebles Maths Race's $2.99. DreamBox Math also leads on ratings volume (891 vs 6) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Squeebles Maths Race's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 23%) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

DreamBox Math is free to download; Squeebles Maths Race costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DreamBox Math holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DreamBox Math has 891 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of DreamBox Math's written reviews are positive against 64% of Squeebles Maths Race's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DreamBox Math ships an update every 2 months, Squeebles Maths Race every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DreamBox Math versus Squeebles Maths Race: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreamBox MathSqueebles Maths Race
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.0 (891 ratings) — better2.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews63.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings891 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDreamBox Learning, Inc.KeyStageFun

Customer experience

DreamBox Math

All ratings673 ratings
Positive48.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews309 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative71.2%

Squeebles Maths Race

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

Bugs and requests

DreamBox Math

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Glitches with lesson progress tracking
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow skipping of explanations
  • Provide more detailed feedback on mistakes
  • Offer different difficulty levels for lessons
  • Improve game mechanics and mini-games

Squeebles Maths Race

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

DreamBox Math

No in-app purchases

None

Squeebles Maths Race

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DreamBox Math free?
DreamBox Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squeebles Maths Race free?
Squeebles Maths Race costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DreamBox Math or Squeebles Maths Race?
DreamBox Math is rated higher. DreamBox Math averages 3.0 out of 5 from 891 ratings, while Squeebles Maths Race averages 2.8 from 6 ratings.
Do DreamBox Math or Squeebles Maths Race have ads?
Neither DreamBox Math nor Squeebles Maths Race shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DreamBox Math or Squeebles Maths Race?
DreamBox Math ships an update every 2 months, and Squeebles Maths Race every 7 months. Most recently, DreamBox Math was updated on October 21, 2026 and Squeebles Maths Race on October 9, 2026.

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