Comparison

Absorb vs AFS5.com

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

Head to head
About

Absorb

Enhance your ability to understand and retain information through daily training sessions. This app focuses on improving reading, listening, memory, attention, and visual reasoning skills with practical exercises.

Highlights
  • Reading comprehension training
  • Listening recall exercises
  • Visual reasoning with charts and tables
  • Critical thinking practice
  • Short, daily brain-training sessions
  • Guided path with 180 comprehension sessions
Features
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Absorb is a daily comprehension trainer for people who want to read more clearly, listen more carefully, remember details, and reason before they answer. Instead of abstract memory drills, Absorb trains the way you take in information in real life: short passages, audio prompts, charts, tables, claims, and conversations. Quick sessions help you build practical comprehension skills across reading, listening, memory, attention, and visual reasoning. TRAIN THE SKILLS YOU USE EVERY DAY Reading Comprehension Find main ideas, track details, notice contrast, and understand tone or subtext. Listening Comprehension Hear short audio prompts, then answer from memory to strengthen recall and sequence tracking. Visual Reasoning Study charts, tables, and evidence. Spot unsupported claims, compare sources, and notice when a conclusion goes beyond the data. Critical Thinking Practice slowing down, checking assumptions, and choosing answers based on evidence. WHY ABSORB - Quick daily brain-training sessions - Reading, listening, memory, and visual reasoning games - A guided path across 180 comprehension sessions - Progress, streaks, and skill insights - Built for students, professionals, and lifelong learners USE ABSORB TO PRACTICE - Reading comprehension without endless re-reading - Listening recall for lessons, calls, and conversations - Attention to details, caveats, and contrast - Critical thinking when claims and data compete - Clearer reasoning in short, focused sessions If you skim too fast, forget what was said, or lose the thread when information gets dense, Absorb gives you a simple daily practice for building sharper comprehension. Download Absorb and train how your mind takes in information. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AFS5.com

Engaging arithmetic games designed to help children practice math skills. Features include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and more, with a focus on explanatory feedback rather than pressure.

Highlights
  • 10 arithmetic games
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Fractions and money practice
  • Clock reading and time calculation
  • Explanatory feedback for mistakes
  • Offline play
  • Multilingual support
Features
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AFS5.com – Math learning games for kids Ten lovingly designed arithmetic games in a school-notebook look: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, money, clock and more. AFS5.com was built for children who want to practice arithmetic – including children with math learning difficulties (dyscalculia). Instead of time pressure and penalties there is explanatory feedback: after a mistake, the app shows what the correct solution looks like. THE GAMES • Addition and subtraction – with answer cards • Multiplication and division – with number pad • Fractions and fraction arithmetic • AddUp – add numbers to reach the target • Math bingo – 5×5 board with countdown • Money – count coins and bills, work out the change • Clock – read the time, find the clock, calculate with times HIGHLIGHTS • Completely free, no ads, no in-app purchases • Works offline – perfect on the go • No account needed, no data collection • 10 languages: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Ukrainian, Romanian, Turkish • Progress shown in 10 notebook squares, best times and confetti • Big buttons and clear type – made for children's hands Brought to you by Dachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V. (DVLD). More exercises at www.afs5.com.

Screenshots

Absorb4 screens
AFS5.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AFS5.com at none against Absorb's 2. Absorb's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Absorb sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. AFS5.com 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 Absorb against 5.0 for AFS5.com. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Absorb versus AFS5.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbsorbAFS5.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanul TewariDachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Absorb

Subscriptions2
  • Absorb Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Abrosb Pro3 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

AFS5.com

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Absorb free?
Absorb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AFS5.com free?
AFS5.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Absorb or AFS5.com?
Absorb and AFS5.com are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Absorb or AFS5.com have ads?
Neither Absorb nor AFS5.com shows ads.

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