Comparison

Flash Math vs Mental Math

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

Head to head
About

Flash Math

Practice mental math with interactive flashcards. Choose from various game modes and math categories, including addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Track your progress and unlock achievements as you improve your math skills.

Highlights
  • Multiple game modes (timed, untimed, streak)
  • Addition, subtraction, and multiplication practice
  • Grade-level specific problem sets
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Achievement unlocking
  • Privacy-focused, on-device progress storage
Features
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Flash Math Simple flash card math. No ads, no subscriptions, no logins. Just getting better at mental math. Pick a category, pick a format, and go. That's it. Three ways to play: • 20 Problems — focused, untimed sets to build accuracy • Survival — answer until your first mistake, then beat your streak • 30 Second Rush — how many can you answer in 30 seconds? Three categories: • Addition & Subtraction — single, double, and triple digit • Multiplication — every times table from ×2 through ×12 • Grade Levels — mixed problem sets for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade Track your streak, accuracy, and total problems solved. Unlock achievements as you improve. See exactly how you perform on every multiplication fact and digit range. Privacy first. All your progress lives on your device. Nothing is collected, shared, or tracked. No account needed, ever. --- Optional upgrades — one-time purchases, not subscriptions: • Color Scheme Pack — unlock Dark, High Contrast, and five more themes • Lifelong Gold Member — advanced stats, color schemes, and everything we add in the future The core app is free. The math is always free.

About

Mental Math

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Flash Math4 screens
Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mental Math at none against Flash Math's 2. Flash Math's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flash Math sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Mental Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Flash Math versus Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlash MathMental Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCody PalmerJohannes Lauber

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flash Math

One-time2
  • Color Theme Pack$4.99
  • Gold Member$24.99
None

Mental Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flash Math free?
Flash Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flash Math or Mental Math have ads?
Neither Flash Math nor Mental Math shows ads.

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