Comparison

Mental Math vs MathChirp

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

Head to head
About

Mental Math

This app transforms mental math practice into an engaging game. Solve calculations by writing answers directly on the screen, track progress with badges and records, and enjoy a child-friendly, ad-free experience with parental controls.

Highlights
  • Finger-based answer input
  • Timed calculation challenges
  • Multiple math operations
  • Progress tracking with badges
  • Parental controls and profiles
  • Ad-free and no data collection
Features
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Calmenta is a playful mental math app to learn and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Work on times tables up to 12, take on timed challenges and write your answers straight on the screen with your finger. Made for children who want to get better at math at their own pace, Calmenta offers mental math exercises from beginner to extreme, with or without a timer. LEARN AND PRACTICE MENTAL MATH • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, comparisons and powers. • Times tables up to 12, one table at a time or all together. • 4 difficulty levels to progress at your own pace. • An “All” mode to mix different types of calculation. • Build your own sets by choosing the operations, the level and the number of calculations. WRITE YOUR ANSWER WITH YOUR FINGER No keyboard needed: just write your answer anywhere on the screen. Calmenta recognizes the digits directly on the device, bringing back a natural way of doing math, close to pencil and paper. 20 CALCULATIONS AGAINST THE CLOCK Take on the challenge with sets of 20 mental math exercises and try to beat your best time. Would you rather practice quietly? Turn on Training mode to play without a timer and without time pressure. PROGRESS EVERY DAY • Beat your records and earn stars. • Collect badges as you progress. • Grow your streak of days played. • Track the operations and levels you have mastered. • Keep improving, one calculation at a time. FOR PARENTS • No ads. • No account required. • Progress data stays on the device. • A parents’ area lets you follow each child’s progress. • See results by operation, mastered levels and records. • Create several child profiles for the whole family. FREE AND PREMIUM Calmenta is free to use with 3 games a day and the first 2 levels. Calmenta Premium unlocks: • Unlimited games. • All 4 difficulty levels. • Several child profiles. • Detailed parental tracking. Mental math, times tables, challenges and progress: practice every day with Calmenta. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MathChirp

Features
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MathChirp turns everyday math practice into a short spoken game your child can play in a few minutes a day. Each question is read aloud and shown on screen. Your child answers by tapping the big number keypad, or simply by saying the answer out loud. Every round ends with a score, a star rating and a burst of confetti. SPACED REPETITION, WORKING QUIETLY MathChirp remembers every fact your child has answered and works out when to ask it again. It is the method behind flashcard apps for adults, hidden inside a game a six-year-old can play. • A fact your child finds hard comes back the same day. One they know comes back tomorrow, then in two days, then four, then a week, then two weeks • Every round automatically mixes facts that are due for review with new ones. Nothing to schedule, nothing to switch on • How quickly your child answers counts too, not just whether they were right, because knowing 7 x 8 means recalling it rather than counting up to it • 7 + 8 and 8 + 7 are treated as one fact, so no practice is wasted ACTIVE RECALL, NOT RECOGNITION A question your child gets wrong comes back a few questions later in the same round. Having to pull the answer out of memory once the moment has passed is what makes it stick, so the app scores that second attempt lower than a fact recalled cold. SEE WHAT IS IMPROVING • Accuracy across recent rounds, drawn as a chart • How many facts have moved from just learned to known well • Accuracy for each operation, so you can see whether division is the sticking point • A practice streak counted in days PRACTICE THE TRICKY ONES One tap starts a round built only from the facts your child gets wrong most often. PRACTICE, NOT PRESSURE • Choose which operations to drill: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division • Set the number range, from 2 up to 100 • Pick how many questions make a round, from 3 to 100 • Allow as much time per question as your child needs, from 30 seconds to 5 minutes • Add a pause between questions so there is room to think out loud ANSWER BY VOICE OR BY TAP • Every question is spoken aloud, so early readers can play too • Tap the microphone and say the answer, or use the oversized keypad • Voice input is optional. Decline the microphone prompt and the app plays exactly the same • Feedback stays encouraging. A wrong answer shows the correct one and moves on FOUR LANGUAGES English, Tiếng Việt, Español, 简体中文 Changing the language switches the interface, the spoken questions and the voice recognition together, so the whole app follows your child's language. WHAT IT COSTS MathChirp is free. You get 10 plays each day and they refill the next day. If your child wants to keep going, you can watch an optional rewarded video for 5 extra plays. There are no in-app purchases and no subscriptions. Ads never interrupt a round: you only ever see one if you choose to watch it. PRIVACY • No account, no sign-up, no profile • Settings, progress and play credits stay on the device, and nothing your child does is uploaded • No tracking prompt and no advertising identifier • Ads are requested with child-directed treatment and limited to general audience content WORKS WITHOUT WI-FI Questions, scoring, the spoken prompts and the whole review schedule run on the device, so a car journey or a waiting room works fine. Only the optional rewarded video needs a connection. Made for the kitchen table, the school run, and the ten minutes before bed.

Screenshots

Mental Math4 screens
MathChirp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MathChirp at none against Mental Math's 3. Mental Math's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mental Math sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MathChirp asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Mental Math versus MathChirp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental MathMathChirp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHelloPrognguyen van sang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mental Math

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Abonnement annuel7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium à vie$22.99
None

MathChirp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MathChirp free?
MathChirp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mental Math or MathChirp have ads?
MathChirp shows ads; Mental Math does not.

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