lemma vs MonkeyMac
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
lemma
This app provides focused, daily practice for quantitative interviews, featuring timed sprints of math and probability problems. It tracks your skill across disciplines with adaptive difficulty and offers hints and solutions to help you improve. Designed for those preparing for trading firm interviews or seeking to build a quantitative thinking habit.
- Daily timed problem sprints
- Per-category ELO skill tracking
- Adaptive difficulty
- Hints and step-through solutions
- Streaks, XP, and achievements
- Leaderboard
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Train like a quant. Daily. Lemma is the focused, no-fluff prep app for quantitative interviews — built for students and grads targeting Jane Street, Citadel, Optiver, Two Sigma, and the rest of the trading-firm gauntlet. WHAT'S INSIDE WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION • Daily sprints — bite-sized timed sets of mental math, probability, combinatorics, expected value, and market-making problems • Per-category ELO — your skill is tracked across 10 disciplines, from Novice to Expert • Adaptive difficulty — problems chosen to keep you at the edge of your level, not above or below • Hints + step-through solutions — get unstuck without giving up • Streaks, XP, leagues — habit loops without the noise • Achievements — unlock as you grind • Leaderboard — see how you stack up WHO IT'S FOR • CS / math undergrads applying to trading firms • Recent grads prepping for technical interviews • Self-learners who want a daily quantitative-thinking habit • Anyone curious about how trading interviews actually feel WHY LEMMA We strip out the gamified clutter and keep what matters: hard problems, fast iteration, real numbers on your progress. The interface borrows more from a Bloomberg terminal than a typical mobile game — monospaced metrics, hairline borders, dark by default. Most prep books drown you in 800 pages. Most courses lock you in for months. Lemma is 10 minutes a day, sharpened every day. — Lemma offers an optional auto-renewable subscription for unlimited daily sprints and premium problem sets. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rogeru13.github.io/lemma-legal/privacy-policy/
MonkeyMac
Enhance your mental math skills with timed arithmetic challenges and progress tracking. Customize your experience with themes and fonts, compete on leaderboards, and engage in real-time multiplayer races.
- Timed arithmetic practice
- Progress tracking
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Leaderboard competition
- Real-time multiplayer races
- Unlockable achievements
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A comprehensive mental math training application that combines the aesthetic excellence of MonkeyType with the mathematical rigor of Zetamac. Practice timed arithmetic, track your progress across difficulties, customize themes and fonts, compete on leaderboards, unlock achievements, and race friends in real-time multiplayer with ELO-ranked party codes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: lemma at 5.0 against MonkeyMac's 3.0. MonkeyMac's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. lemma sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. MonkeyMac asks for nothing beyond the download.
lemma holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | lemma | MonkeyMac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roger You | Dhruv Hegde |
In-app purchases
lemma
- Lemma Premium$6.997 Days
- Lemma Premium$9.991 Month
- Lemma Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
MonkeyMac
No in-app purchases









