Comparison

Happy Minds School vs CapyMaths

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

Head to head
About

Happy Minds School

Features
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Introducing the Happy Minds School Parent App! Stay connected with real-time updates on your child's academic journey. Download now for seamless parent-school collaboration.

About

CapyMaths

Practice primary school math skills at home with over 50,000 questions aligned with the UK National Curriculum. Features adaptive learning, timed challenges, and a virtual pet to keep children engaged. Offers detailed progress tracking for parents.

Highlights
  • 50,000+ UK curriculum math questions
  • Adaptive learning modes
  • Timed challenges
  • Virtual capybara pet and mini-games
  • Parent dashboard with AI reports
  • Step-by-step explanations for errors
  • Family account
Features
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Maths practice at home for Year 1 to Year 7, with KS2 SATs revision and 11+ maths in the same app. New families get 14 days of CapyMaths Pro free, with no card needed, and one subscription covers every child in the family. CapyMaths is written in British English and follows the UK National Curriculum. A dad built it for his own daughters; now any UK family can use it. 50,000+ QUESTIONS, YEAR 1 TO YEAR 7 - Year 1 to 6: 31,000+ questions on number bonds, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, measurement, geometry and more, each linked to a National Curriculum objective - KS2 SATs: 9,000+ questions on arithmetic, reasoning, fractions, measurement, geometry and ratio - 11+ maths: 7,000+ multiple-choice questions on number, algebra, sequences, ratio, geometry, data and multi-step problems - KS3 Year 7: 2,000 questions over 40 levels for the first year of secondary school FOUR WAYS TO PRACTISE - Self Practice: pick any topic from your child's year group - Smart Practice (Pro): adaptive practice, guided by a weekly AI focus plan - Challenge Mode: timed challenges to build speed and confidence - Skills Check: short checks that build a map of what your child has mastered WHEN AN ANSWER IS WRONG A step-by-step explanation shows where it went off track. With Pro, the question also goes into the Retry Zone, whichever mode it came from. Your child tries it again later, and two correct answers clear it. A CAPYBARA TO LOOK AFTER Practice earns River Coins. Your child spends them looking after a capybara and playing 17 mini-games. Set a daily goal and Game Zone opens once it's done. PARENT DASHBOARD AND WEEKLY AI REPORT (PRO) With CapyMaths Pro, AI reviews your child's work weekly. The report comes to your inbox with strengths, the topics that need work and what to practise next, and you can download it as a PDF. On the dashboard you can follow weekly trends, Retry Zone progress and the Skills Map for each topic area. FEATURES PARENTS USE - Daily practice goals, with games locked until the goal is met - Coin rewards you set for each practice mode - "I don't understand" tracking, so you can see which topics get skipped - Year group and topic limits - A timer on each question - A scratch pad for working out - One family account for all your children - Report a question straight from the app FREE AND PRO CapyMaths is free to download. Self Practice, Challenge Mode, the capybara and all 17 mini-games stay free, with one Skills Check a week. CapyMaths Pro adds Smart Practice, the Retry Zone, a daily Skills Check and the weekly AI report, for £7.99 a month or £79.99 a year. New families get the first 14 days of Pro free, and one subscription covers every child on your family account. BUILT FOR UK FAMILIES Word problems use pounds and pence. Written methods follow the ones the Department for Education sets out. Your child sees "maths" and "Year 5", never "math" or "grade". Privacy Policy: https://capymaths.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: davy@capymaths.com

Screenshots

Happy Minds School4 screens
CapyMaths4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Happy Minds School at none against CapyMaths's 2. CapyMaths's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CapyMaths sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Happy Minds School asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy Minds School ships an update every 5 months, CapyMaths every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Happy Minds School versus CapyMaths: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy Minds SchoolCapyMaths
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCloudSky Technologies Private LimitedRivermap Ai Solutions Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Happy Minds School

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CapyMaths

Subscriptions2
  • CapyMaths Pro$7.991 Month
  • CapyMaths Pro (Annual)$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Happy Minds School free?
Happy Minds School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CapyMaths free?
CapyMaths is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Happy Minds School or CapyMaths have ads?
Neither Happy Minds School nor CapyMaths shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy Minds School or CapyMaths?
Happy Minds School ships an update every 5 months, and CapyMaths every 8 days. Most recently, Happy Minds School was updated on October 31, 2026 and CapyMaths on November 5, 2026.

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