Comparison

Numberton vs Math Elites

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

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About

Numberton

This app offers a fun and engaging way for children in grades K-5 to learn and practice math. It covers a wide range of topics through interactive lessons, step-by-step walkthroughs, and motivating games. Designed for families, it ensures a safe and ad-free learning environment.

Highlights
  • Interactive math topics for grades K-5
  • Step-by-step walkthroughs and practice
  • Motivating games and trophy collection
  • Daily streak tracking and progress reports
  • Multiple kid profiles
  • Ad-free and no in-app purchases
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Make math part of play with Numberton. Explore counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, shapes and more, from preschool through Grade 5. Telugu and Tamil learners can match 100 everyday words and 100 mathematical terms with English in separate Kindergarten activities. Bilingual word books support review, and Little Explorers includes guided native-letter tracing. Sail through Island Quest for Grades 4–5: load your boat, steer through the sea, grow a garden and restore the lighthouse. Get Numberton Festival ready in Grades 1–3: pack fruit, connect roads, share a picnic and finish the flags. Both adventures have four connected scenes and saved progress for each child and grade. At sea, use the captain’s number clue to choose matching buoys among decoys. Grade 4 practises repeated addition; Grade 5 introduces multiples of 7, 8, 9 and 11 with different gaps and ascending or descending patterns. Watch worked examples, try hands-on activities and practise through games. Meet friendly dinosaurs in Dino-Math Party, catch answers in Math Fishing and balance both sides in Equal Crossing. Younger children can explore counting, shapes, patterns and tracing in Little Explorers. Fraction addition and subtraction include a hint that shows both bottom numbers’ multiples and highlights their first shared number. Change either bottom number to explore a new example. Other adventures include Numberton Safari for whole-number and decimal rounding, Circuit Cruisers for geometry, and Fraction Forge for hands-on fraction puzzles. Challenges adapt to the selected grade. Families can create local player profiles, follow progress, choose a grade and make printable worksheets. The redesigned iPad home puts learning activities, featured games and topics within easy reach in portrait or landscape. Choose from 14 app languages: English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Arabic, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Russian, Japanese or Simplified Chinese. The seven newly added languages use an available device voice; no new recorded narration libraries are included for them. Core lessons and games work offline. English recorded lesson narration is included with the app. On iOS 26 and later, families can choose optional compressed Spanish, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil or French recordings for the selected grade. Internet is needed for the initial download; separate download and preparation progress shows the steps toward offline audio. A reading companion joins supported lessons. Recording availability depends on the language, grade and supported iOS version. Kindergarten home cards use a consistent layout that adjusts to larger text. Math Buddy is optional and requires grown-up setup. Supported on-device AI options run locally on compatible devices; some require an initial model download. Online AI options require internet access and a provider configured by a grown-up. Core learning does not require AI. Support: https://numberton.app Privacy: https://numberton.app/privacy.html

About

Math Elites

This app offers a fun and engaging way to improve mental math skills through various game modes and challenges. Practice arithmetic, algebra, and more with adjustable difficulty levels and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Mental math training
  • Arithmetic and algebra practice
  • Multiple game modes (Timed, Survival, Zen, Number Hunt)
  • Scalable difficulty levels
  • Daily goals and streaks
  • Global leaderboards
  • Customizable avatars
Features
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Get faster at mental math — and know exactly where you're slow. THE DAILY HUNT One Number Hunt puzzle a day, the same for everybody. Combine your numbers with + − × ÷ to hit the target, then share your time and challenge a friend to beat it. NEW: FOUR NUMBER PUZZLES The Games tab holds four puzzles, each with its own levels, personal best and weekly leaderboard: • Number Hunt — merge numbers with + − × ÷ to hit the target • Magic Square — make every row, column and diagonal add up • Cross Math — a crossword made of equations • Mini Sudoku — sudoku on a quick 6×6 grid Faster solves score more. Three wrong numbers end the run. TIMED — THE RANKED ROUND Solve as many as you can before the clock runs out. Every Timed round counts toward the weekly leaderboard and your league, and each board shows your personal best and where you rank this week. PRACTICE, NO PRESSURE • Zen — no timer, just flow • Survival — three lives; how far can you go? (Pro) Practice runs never touch your ranking. KNOW WHAT TO PRACTICE NEXT • Insights reads every timed round you've played and shows your accuracy and speed for each operation — then names the one costing you the most. • Custom Drills turn that answer into a routine: pick the operation, the level and the length, save it, and run it whenever you like. EVERY OPERATION, FOUR LEVELS Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, mixed or one at a time. Four tiers scale with you: Beginner, Skilled and Advanced, plus Expert for when those stop being hard (Pro). Advance adds algebra — solve for x, always a whole-number answer (Pro). BUILT TO KEEP YOU COMING BACK • A daily goal, and a day streak that multiplies the XP you earn — up to 2x • Weekly and all-time leaderboards, for Timed and for every puzzle • 36 achievements, each showing how close you are • Combo multipliers during a round, so a clean run is worth more MATH ARENA PRO Go Pro to unlock Insights' full per-operation breakdown, up to 12 saved drills, Survival mode, the Expert tier and Advance. Everything else — Timed, Zen, all four puzzles, the Daily Hunt, streaks, leaderboards and achievements — is free, forever, with no play limits. Whether you're a student sharpening fundamentals, a professional keeping your mental math quick, or someone who just likes a good number puzzle, MathElites makes getting better feel like play. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/mathelites/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Numberton4 screens
Math Elites4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Numberton at none against Math Elites's 3. Numberton also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Math Elites sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Numberton 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 Numberton against 5.0 for Math Elites. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Numberton ships an update every 3 days, Math Elites every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Numberton versus Math Elites: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumbertonMath Elites
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size509 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSathish PalvaiShivam Purwar

Customer experience

Numberton

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Math Elites

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Numberton

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Math Elites

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Numberton free?
Numberton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Math Elites free?
Math Elites is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Numberton or Math Elites?
Numberton and Math Elites are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Numberton or Math Elites have ads?
Neither Numberton nor Math Elites shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Numberton or Math Elites?
Numberton ships an update every 3 days, and Math Elites every 9 days. Most recently, Numberton was updated on October 31, 2026 and Math Elites on October 31, 2026.

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