Simuleaza vs Matepolis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simuleaza
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Get ready for the 2027 Romanian Baccalaureate (Bacalaureat) with Simulează: lessons, Bac quizzes, flashcards, maps and mock exams marked against the official scoring guide, across 13 subjects, in one app. Start without an account and keep studying even offline. The app itself is in Romanian. EVERY BAC SUBJECT Romanian Language and Literature, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Logic, Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy and Economics. Pick your exam subjects and the app shows you only what you need to study. STUDY OFFLINE Eleven subjects are built into the app: over 140 lessons, over 1,800 exercises, more than 1,400 of them Bac multiple-choice questions, and over 1,400 flashcards in 138 decks. Open them on the metro, in the countryside or between classes. BAC QUIZZES AND TESTS Multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blanks, matching and structured answers. You see right away whether you got it right, and every mistake comes back later until you know it for sure. MOCK EXAMS LIKE THE REAL THING Mock exams in Romanian and Mathematics (M1 and M2), timed like on exam day and saved automatically as you go. At the end you see your score against the scoring guide and where you stand on each chapter. You can browse the mock exam archive without an account; to sit one, you sign in. MARKING AGAINST THE SCORING GUIDE, AND AN AI TUTOR Your written answers are marked, with points for each requirement. You can photograph handwritten pages, and the tutor explains why you lost points. You can also turn your notes into new flashcards. ROMANIAN LITERATURE The works on the syllabus, with their texts and quizzes, audio Bac commentaries to listen to on the way to school, and a weekly contest with a leaderboard. BAC GEOGRAPHY Chapter summaries for Subjects I and II. Map exercises with all 41 counties and Bucharest, the county seats, rivers, landforms, and the countries and capitals of Europe. Climate chart practice with real data from 34 weather stations, for Subject III. And the daily test: ten new questions every morning. LOGIC Tools that apply the rules step by step: the 24 valid syllogistic moods with a Venn diagram, conversion and obversion, the square of opposition and the proposition builder. FLASHCARDS WITH SPACED REPETITION Ready-made decks for every chapter, plus your own, made by you or imported from Anki. Each card comes back just as you are about to forget it. READINESS SCORE A single number that shows how ready you are, worked out from what you have covered, how much you remember and your latest mock exam. It does not predict your grade and does not compare you with other students. The full method: simuleaza.ro/metoda ONE ACCOUNT, EVERYWHERE The same account on iPhone, iPad and simuleaza.ro, with your progress synced. We never ask for your password inside the app: you sign in on the secure page, in the browser. What you did before creating an account is kept. ABOUT THE OFFICIAL BAC PAPERS Looking for past Bac papers? Simulează shows you the year, the session and the link to the papers and scoring guides published by CNCE, on their website. The exercises in the app are written separately, following the Baccalaureate syllabus. The app is not official and is not endorsed by the Ministry of Education. NO ADS None, anywhere. SIMULEAZĂ PREMIUM Lessons, quizzes, flashcards and mock exams are free. Premium is an optional subscription that gives you unlimited marking against the scoring guide, the tutor, flashcard generation and transcription of handwritten pages. Payment is charged to your Apple account, and the subscription renews automatically until you turn it off in your account settings. Terms: simuleaza.ro/termeni Privacy: simuleaza.ro/confidentialitate Support: contact@codingshadows.com
Matepolis
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All the math of Romania’s school curriculum, from the preparatory class to grade 12, in Romanian: short lessons, exercises checked on the spot and tests with grading schemes and step-by-step guidance. Prepare for the Evaluarea Națională (the grade 8 exam) and the Bacalaureat, M1 and M2, with the official papers solved. The app is in Romanian, for students in Romania and Romanian families abroad. Pick your grade, solve on screen and see right away whether you got it right. When you get stuck, you get the next step, not the ready-made answer. WHAT’S INSIDE • 1,764 math lessons, one for each topic of the curriculum • 10,505 exercises with instant checking • almost 900 tests with grading schemes, all with step-by-step guidance • almost 14,000 drawings in lessons and tests • 508 formulas with worked examples and a 690-term glossary • download a grade once and it works offline BY GRADE Preparatory class to grade 4: numbers, addition and subtraction, multiplication tables, division, fractions, units of measurement. From the preparatory class to grade 2, questions can be read aloud. Grades 5–8: natural and rational numbers, equations, ratios and proportions, functions, plane and solid geometry. Grades 9–12: functions and equations, trigonometry, matrices and determinants, sequences and limits, derivatives, antiderivatives and integrals. You choose the track: M1 (mathematics-computer science) or M2 (natural sciences), each with its own lessons. EVALUAREA NAȚIONALĂ (GRADE 8 EXAM) 221 tests for grade 8, with grading scheme and score: 73 official papers and 148 practice tests. Plus 12 tests for the grade 6 assessment. Work step by step or as in the exam, with a timer. BACALAUREAT M1 AND M2 All 91 official Bac M1 papers (mathematics-computer science) and all 92 Bac M2 papers (natural sciences), 2010–2026, with grading scheme, worked solution and guidance on every question. DUEL WITH A FRIEND Challenge a friend to a live duel and choose how you play: 5, 10 or 15 exercises, a time limit per exercise, the same questions at the same time for both of you, and whether the winner has the most correct answers or the most speed points. The invite goes straight to WhatsApp. For the whole class there is the Class Cup, with the same exercises for everyone. MY CLASS, FRIENDS AND LEAGUE Join your teacher’s class with a code and your name; the teacher accepts you. In “Clasa mea” you see your classmates with their stars, trophies and level, see who is online and add them as friends; grades and mistakes are never shown between classmates. The weekly league has 7 tiers, Bronze to Legend: the top of each group moves up and the leading places earn bonus XP. MOTIVATION The Math City grows from the bricks you earn on exercises, through 14 historical eras. Collect XP, stars and badges, keep your daily streak and complete the daily missions. FOR TEACHERS Create a class, accept join requests and assign work: exercises you choose, Evaluarea Națională and Bacalaureat papers, a test or a lesson to read. See results per student, the grade, the time and the most common mistakes. Printable worksheets with grading schemes. FOR PARENTS The parents’ page shows time spent, progress and weak topics, with a printable report. Up to 4 child profiles on one device. ACCOUNT AND DATA On first launch you sign in with Google or Apple and accept the Terms and the Privacy Policy. Progress sync and email reports are separate options. No ads. Privacy: matepolis.ro/confidentialitate/ Account deletion: matepolis.ro/stergere-cont/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Matepolis at every 3 days against Simuleaza's fortnightly. Matepolis also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simuleaza ships an update fortnightly, Matepolis every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simuleaza | Matepolis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinu Stefan Rusu | Matepolis |
In-app purchases
Simuleaza
No in-app purchases
Matepolis
No in-app purchases









