Comparison

Math vs SHSAT Prep

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

Head to head
About

Math

This app offers adaptive math training for students preparing for competitive exams and school-level math. Generate custom practice problems based on competition type, topics, and difficulty with an intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Adaptive math training
  • Custom problem generation
  • Competition-specific practice (AMC 8/10/12, AIME)
  • Topic and difficulty customization
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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MathPrac is an intelligent, adaptive math training app designed for students preparing for competitions like the AMC 8/10/12 and AIME, as well as school-level mathematics. With a sleek, intuitive interface, the app allows users to generate custom practice problems based on competition type, topics, and difficulty.

About

SHSAT Prep

This app provides a personalized study plan for the SHSAT exam, starting with a diagnostic test to identify weak areas. It offers practice questions, lessons, and full-length adaptive tests that mimic the actual computer-based exam format, complete with worked answers and explanations.

Highlights
  • Personalized study plan
  • Diagnostic test
  • Adaptive practice tests
  • Worked answers with step-by-step methods
  • On-screen tools (highlight, cross-out)
  • iPad and Apple Pencil support
Features
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Most SHSAT prep starts with drilling. That is the fastest way to waste the time you have, because you cannot study everything at once and you do not yet know what is weak. This app starts with a 24-question diagnostic, about half an hour. It is not a score. It tells you where to begin, and builds a study plan around your test date. BUILT FOR THE TEST AS IT IS NOW The SHSAT is computer-adaptive now, and it runs on screen: 50 questions in ELA and 50 in Math, 180 minutes, one question at a time — you can move around inside a reading passage set until you submit it, and nowhere else — and no calculator. Practice here runs by those same rules — timed, one at a time, no going back, no calculator — with the on-screen tools to work with: highlight a passage, cross out a choice you have ruled out, line numbers to point at. The format itself is a lesson, so nothing on test day is new. And one of the full-length tests adapts. The Adaptive Practice Test picks what to ask next from how the sitting is going, the way the real exam does, and afterwards tells you the difficulty level you were working at in each section. The other full-length tests are linear: the whole paper is drawn before you start and does not change with your answers. Either way every sitting draws a fresh set of questions to the same blueprint, so a test is worth sitting more than once. Drills and the question bank are not adaptive; you pick those yourself. WORKED ANSWERS, NOT ANSWER KEYS Every question shows the method, step by step, and then checks the answer against it. Get one wrong and you find out why, not just which letter you missed. MADE FOR iPad, INCLUDING APPLE PENCIL The SHSAT gives you scrap paper and no calculator, so the working is the whole job. On iPad the question sits beside a scratch pad you can write on with Apple Pencil or a finger, and your working stays next to the worked explanation afterwards so you can compare them line by line. Reading passages open side by side with their questions rather than folded into a drawer. WHAT IS INSIDE - 1,231 practice questions for the Grade 8 test; 1,349 in all, including the Grade 9 material - 82 lessons covering every topic, each with worked examples - 47 full-length reading and revising passage sets - Full practice tests: 100 questions, 3 hours, in the digital format — linear, or the Adaptive Practice Test - A one-page report your child can send you when they want to show how it is going The pass unlocks all of it. What stays free is next. FREE, PERMANENTLY - The 24-question diagnostic and the study plan it builds - Your error journal and your progress, always - 10 new questions a day, up to 150 in total - Unlimited redo of anything you have already answered Your progress is never locked — with or without the pass, and after it expires. THE PASS: ONE PAYMENT, NO AUTO-RENEWAL It lasts 365 days from the day you buy it, it does not renew itself, and you will not be charged again. No subscription to remember to cancel. It unlocks every full practice test, the whole lesson library, and the whole question bank with no daily limit. NO DATA COLLECTED No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking, and nothing sold to anyone. Your work syncs privately between your own devices through your iCloud account and goes nowhere else. The App Privacy section on this page says "Data Not Collected" because that is literally true. Written for students sitting the SHSAT for Grade 8 or Grade 9 entry.

Screenshots

Math4 screens
SHSAT Prep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SHSAT Prep at 5.0 against Math's 3.8. SHSAT Prep also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). Math's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. SHSAT Prep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SHSAT Prep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Math ships an update every 6 weeks, SHSAT Prep weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Math versus SHSAT Prep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathSHSAT Prep
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShashwath ManjunathSimple Tree LLC

Customer experience

Math

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SHSAT Prep

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Math

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SHSAT Prep

One-time1
  • 365-Day Pass$24.99

Questions

Is Math free?
Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SHSAT Prep free?
SHSAT Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Math or SHSAT Prep?
SHSAT Prep is rated higher. Math averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while SHSAT Prep averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Math or SHSAT Prep have ads?
Neither Math nor SHSAT Prep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Math or SHSAT Prep?
Math ships an update every 6 weeks, and SHSAT Prep weekly. Most recently, Math was updated on September 19, 2026 and SHSAT Prep on September 23, 2026.

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