Comparison

Mental Math vs RocketBlocks

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

Head to head
About

Mental Math

Enhance your mental math skills for consulting, investment banking, and quant interviews. Practice realistic drills, track your progress with streaks, and build confidence with adaptive exercises and exam-style sessions.

Highlights
  • Adaptive drills
  • Case math chains
  • Estimation sandbox
  • Lightning rounds
  • Interview mode
  • Exam-style sessions
  • Career-specific prep
Features
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Sharpen mental math for consulting, IB, and quant interviews. Practice fast, realistic drills with estimation‑friendly scoring, track progress with streaks and XP, and build confidence under pressure. Highlights: - Adaptive drills, case math chains, and estimation sandbox - Lightning rounds, interview mode, and exam‑style sessions - Career‑specific prep for Consulting, IB, and Quant The career-specific content requires a subscription to access, one subscription allows for the use of ANY feature of the app. Privacy Policy: https://marble-liquid-091.notion.site/Heat-Studio-LLC-Privacy-Policy-28652966b06a807282efed41b058f5dd Terms of Service: https://marble-liquid-091.notion.site/Heat-Studio-LLC-Terms-of-Service-28652966b06a80028c0deeca197b4912?source=copy_link

About

RocketBlocks

Practice essential case interview math skills on the go with realistic drills. Track your speed and accuracy, compare performance to benchmarks, and master 11 different problem types. Built by former consultants to help you succeed.

Highlights
  • Unlimited realistic case math drills
  • Track speed and accuracy
  • Compare performance to benchmarks
  • 11 different math problem types
  • Optional daily practice reminders
  • Simple, intuitive UI
Features
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**NOTE: This app requires an active RocketBlocks subscription to login** Case interview math problems on the go! Mental math is a critical part of success in case interviews. And the RocketBlocks Math App helps you build these critical skills so you shine on interview day. With easy, mobile access to realistic case math problems, you can practice anytime you've got a free minute - whether it's between classes or on the bus. * Features * - Unlimited, realistic case mental math drills - Super simple UI - no fluff! - Track your speed and accuracy - Compare your performance to system wide benchmarks - 11 different types of math problems - Optional daily reminder to practice a 5-problem math set - we'll help you remember to practice! * 11 Different Problem Types * - Grab Bag — a random mix of all types - Big Multiplication (e.g., 100k * 200) - Big Division (e.g., 200M / 4K) - Small Multiplication (e.g., 300 * 700) - Percentages (e.g., 45% of 150M) - Percent × Percent (e.g., 20% of 90%) - Market Math (e.g., If $5M is 10% of the market, how big is the total market) - Break Evens (e.g., If you sell a widget at $200, it costs $180 to make...) - Growth Estimations (e.g., $2M growing at 10% for five years...) - Time Series Conversions (e.g., If a company makes $1.5M per week, it makes how much per year ) - NPV Calculations (e.g., Annual cash flow is 2M, the discount rate is 5% and growth is flat...) * About RocketBlocks * Built by former McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and Google employees. Trusted by 100,000+ candidates at top MBA programs and undergraduate schools worldwide, including leading institutions like Stanford GSB and Harvard Business School.

Screenshots

Mental Math4 screens
RocketBlocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RocketBlocks at none against Mental Math's 3. On price, rating, 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. Mental Math sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. RocketBlocks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mental Math against 5.0 for RocketBlocks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Mental Math versus RocketBlocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental MathRocketBlocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeat Studio LLCRocketBlocks

Customer experience

Mental Math

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RocketBlocks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mental Math

Subscriptions3
  • Career Pass - Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Career Pass - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Career Pass - Annual$24.991 Year
None

RocketBlocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RocketBlocks free?
RocketBlocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mental Math or RocketBlocks?
Mental Math and RocketBlocks are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Mental Math or RocketBlocks have ads?
Neither Mental Math nor RocketBlocks shows ads.

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