Comparison

1×1 Master 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

1×1 Master

Features
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Your times tables – automatic at last. 1×1 Master is the times-tables trainer for adults. For everyone who briefly freezes when 7×8 or 6×9 comes up in everyday life – and finally wants to change that. Calm, respectful, and free of childish clutter. No brute-force memorization: 1×1 Master builds on the tables you already know and derives every hard fact from them. HOW IT WORKS • 2-minute sprint in three phases First estimate the magnitude, then recall the fact reliably, and finally apply it to everyday situations – short enough for every day. • Anchor hints Hard facts are derived from anchors you already know: 7×8 becomes 5×8 plus 2×8. Real understanding instead of blind drilling. • Spaced repetition Speed and accuracy decide when a fact comes back. You practice exactly what is still shaky – not what you mastered long ago. • Mastery matrix The 10×10 matrix shows at a glance which facts are automatic, which are in training, and which are still uncertain. • No-shame onboarding A calm check without right-or-wrong judgment determines your starting point. No pressure, no red pen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no sign-up • No cloud – everything stays on your iPhone • No ads, no tracking • Works completely offline Times tables are not kid stuff. They are a foundation – and it is never too late to finally lay it properly.

About

Mental Math

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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

1×1 Master4 screens
Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mental Math at none against 1×1 Master's 3. Mental Math also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. 1×1 Master sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mental Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 2 level
1×1 Master versus Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1×1 MasterMental Math
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSascha WagnerJohannes Lauber

In-app purchases

3 purchases

1×1 Master

One-time3
  • Schüler$2.00
  • Supporter$4.00
  • Hero$9.00
None

Mental Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1×1 Master free?
1×1 Master 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 1×1 Master or Mental Math have ads?
Neither 1×1 Master nor Mental Math shows ads.

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