Comparison

NumBee vs MathQuest

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

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NumBee

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NumBee makes preschool math feel like an adventure โ€” and it's the rare kids' app that keeps its promises to parents: no ads, no subscription, no tracking. One-time purchase, yours forever. Built for ages 3 to 5, NumBee is a complete preschool math curriculum wrapped inside a colorful 7-land world. Your child counts honey for hungry bees, hops a frog across the pond, builds shapes from boulders, weighs candy on a sign-shop scale, helps a royal mathematician solve story problems, learns the daily routine at the clock tower, and pops balloons in the arcade. Every activity teaches a real preschool math skill โ€” but it just feels like a game. EXPLORE 7 COLORFUL LANDS Counting Meadow โ€” Count, hop, build honeycomb, and quick-peek subitizing Shape Mountain โ€” Match, find, and build composed shapes with boulder pieces Pattern Forest โ€” Continue patterns and find what's hiding in the trail Comparison Candy โ€” More vs. less, tallest vs. shortest, ribbon races, fair sharing Math Castle โ€” Story problems, royal addition, treasure-chest tens, position words Clock Tower โ€” Daily routines, reading the clock, telling time, day vs. night Game Arcade โ€” Balloon pop, shape catch, daily-routine bubble order WHAT'S INSIDE 27 hand-drawn activities, each with its own friendly Buzzy guide 175+ unique stickers to collect โ€” every win earns one Numbers 1 to 20, with teen-number practice Counting, shapes, patterns, comparison, addition, position words, measurement, fractions, and time Voice instructions in every activity โ€” works whether or not your child can read Family Sharing โ€” every kid in the family plays from a single purchase WHY PARENTS CHOOSE NUMBEE No ads. No tracking. No analytics on your child. One-time purchase. No surprise subscription billing. Plays offline โ€” no internet needed after install. Family Sharing built in โ€” siblings, no extra fee. Aligned to U.S. preschool & kindergarten Common Core math standards. MATH SKILLS COVERED K.CC โ€” Counting & Cardinality (count to 20, compare numbers) K.OA โ€” Operations & Algebraic Thinking (addition within 10, story problems) K.NBT โ€” Number & Operations in Base Ten (teen numbers, ten-frames) K.MD โ€” Measurement & Data (length, weight, classification) K.G โ€” Geometry (2D shapes, composed shapes, position words) For homeschool parents, NumBee covers the full preschool math curriculum in a single app. FAIR PRICING Seven free activities โ€” one in every land โ€” let you try the full breadth of the app before deciding. Unlock all 27 activities with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. No upselling. No "premium" tiers later. Yours forever. ABOUT NUMBEE NumBee is built by an indie developer parent who got tired of subscription edu apps and ad-filled "free" math games. We make the kind of app we'd let our own kids play unsupervised โ€” and we mean it. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Contact us at mrrmfamily2022@gmail.com

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MathQuest

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MathQuest turns math practice into an adventure kids actually look forward to. Pick a cute animal hero, jump through colorful worlds, and solve math problems at every gate by jumping onto the correct answer block. Fun math games for kids in 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade (ages 6-10), with a curriculum that grows with your child. Built around the Common Core State Standards: - World 1 (Green Meadows) covers Grade 1 math: addition, subtraction, and place value within 20 - World 2 (Treehouse Canopy) covers Grade 2 math: time, money, geometry, and halves/thirds/fourths - World 3 (Sky Islands) covers Grade 3 math: multiplication, division, times tables, fractions, area, and perimeter - More worlds covering Grades 4-6 are in the works WHY KIDS LOVE IT - Four animal heroes (cat, bunny, bear, frog), each fully animated - Six beautiful world themes: blossom, ocean, forest, candy, galaxy, citrus - Story Mode with star-rating goals - Adventure Mode: endless procedural levels with hearts and adaptive difficulty - Optional friends leaderboard for kids who like a little friendly competition (parent-controlled) WHY PARENTS LOVE IT - No ads, ever. No third-party advertising. No cross-app tracking. - Parental gate before every purchase - Try the first 10 levels of every world for free, no account required - Optional cloud sync so progress moves between devices - Available in 11 languages: English, Swedish, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Privacy-first - we don't sell or share data with advertisers TRY FREE, BUY ONCE - 10 free levels per world to try before you buy - $2.99 (or local equivalent) to unlock the rest of any world - Each unlock includes full Story Mode AND unlimited Adventure Mode for that world - One-time purchase per world, no subscription, no recurring charges - Family Sharing supported ACCESSIBILITY - Touch and keyboard controls - iPhone, iPad, and macOS support - Works in portrait and landscape - Audio can be muted Questions or feedback? Visit mathquest.danielhan.dev.

Screenshots

NumBee4 screens
MathQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MathQuest at every 5 days against NumBee's every 6 weeks. MathQuest also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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

Both are free to download. NumBee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MathQuest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NumBee ships an update every 6 weeks, MathQuest every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
NumBee versus MathQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumBeeMathQuest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS26.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size116 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohan AgoramoorthyDANIEL XIANGYANG HAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NumBee

One-time1
  • NumBee Learning Premium$14.99
3 purchases

MathQuest

One-time3
  • Unlock Green Meadows$2.99
  • Unlock Treehouse Canopy$2.99
  • Unlock Sky Islands$2.99

Questions

Is NumBee free?
NumBee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MathQuest free?
MathQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NumBee or MathQuest have ads?
Neither NumBee nor MathQuest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NumBee or MathQuest?
NumBee ships an update every 6 weeks, and MathQuest every 5 days. Most recently, NumBee was updated on September 19, 2026 and MathQuest on September 15, 2026.

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