비수다 vs Start Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
비수다
This app provides extensive practice for Korean college entrance exam reading comprehension passages. It offers a structured three-read approach, daily curated texts, and spaced repetition for reviewing incorrect answers. AI-powered explanations help users understand complex reasoning.
- Extensive practice with 185 passages and 2,041 questions
- Structured three-read training method
- Daily curated passages based on target exam date
- Spaced repetition for reviewing incorrect answers
- AI-powered explanations for difficult questions
- Learning reminders to maintain study flow
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1994~2026학년도 수능·평가원 비문학(독서) 기출 185지문 2,041문항, 전부 들어 있습니다. 한 지문을 1·2·3회독으로 세 번 훈련하고, 다시 볼 시점은 앱이 관리합니다. ■ 3회독 설계 · 1회독 — 문장을 끊어 읽으며 소재의 뼈대를 잡습니다 · 2회독 — 문단 구조와 논리 관계를 심화합니다 · 3회독 — 시간을 재고 실전처럼 풉니다 ■ 매일 3지문, 오늘의 카드 목표 시험일을 입력하면 남은 분량을 역산해 오늘 풀 지문을 골라 줍니다. 무엇을 풀지 고민하는 시간을 없앴습니다. ■ 복습 큐 (간격 반복) 틀린 문항은 잊을 때쯤 다시 올라옵니다. 정답 여부에 따라 3일·7일·14일 간격으로 재노출되고, 약점 유형(일치·세부이해·보기적용)이 누적 집계됩니다. ■ AI 고수 풀이 막힌 문항은 국어 고수가 지문 어느 문장을 근거로 어떻게 판단했는지 사고 과정을 보여 줍니다. ■ 학습 리마인더 정한 시각에 알림을 보내 흐름이 끊기지 않게 합니다. ■ 요금 유닛1(지문 10개)은 가입만 하면 무료로 체험할 수 있습니다. 전 코스는 200,000원 일시불이며 구독이나 추가 결제가 없습니다. 수능 국어 비문학, 3번 읽으면 읽힙니다.
Start Math
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School mathematics as one path: concept, worked example, practice, review. Grade 7 through Grade 12, following Korea's 2022 national curriculum. No account. No internet required. ■ It traces back to where you actually got stuck If you keep missing quadratic equations because the real gap is in factoring, a hundred more quadratics will not help. This app collects the concepts behind your wrong answers, walks back the prerequisites and says where to restart. A lesson you reach that way opens even if locked, and stays open. ■ Wrong answers come back just as you are about to forget Every miss goes into Mistakes and returns after 1, 3, 7, 16 and 35 days. Get it right and the interval grows; miss it again and it restarts. Tag why you missed it — a slip in the math, a misunderstood idea, or a misread problem. Slips do not count against concept mastery, and come back after three days instead of one. ■ Formulas are typeset, and read aloud properly Rule thickness, radical slant and exponent size follow typesetting rules, so nothing blurs when you enlarge the text. With VoiceOver, formulas are read in plain English: "x squared", "1 over 2", "n choose r". Graphs on concept cards have coefficients you can drag. ■ When the exam is two weeks away Enter the scope and the minutes you can give each day. The plan follows prerequisite order and keeps the last two days for review. If time is short, it drops the hardest problems and says so. ■ Room to work it out by hand Every problem has a writing space; on iPad, problem and working sit side by side. Your working is saved per problem and comes back in Mistakes. Handwriting is not graded. ■ One card for a parent A week's work as one card — time studied, problems solved, lessons finished. No rank, no comparison, and nothing goes out unless the student taps Send. ■ Also · Concept map — what you know, what you do not, and the path · Statistics — streak, progress, causes of mistakes, solving time · Answer stats — how often a problem is missed. Off by default · Problem of the Day widget — free-section only, so a tap never hits a paywall · Review reminders — off by default; at most once a day · English or Korean — follows your device language; progress carries over · iCloud sync · iPad two-pane · Dark Mode · Dynamic Type ■ What is included All 13 courses of Korea's 2022 curriculum: Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Common Mathematics 1 and 2, Algebra, Calculus I, Probability and Statistics, Calculus II, Geometry, Mathematics for AI, Economic Mathematics and Workplace Mathematics — 91 units, 461 lessons, 4,610 problems. Practice Sets from Korea's nationwide Grade 11 practice exams (much like the PSAT in the US), March, June and September 2026. The original questions are not included: each item pairs a solution walkthrough with our own similar problem (90). Five levels: Basic, Standard, Advanced, Expert and Challenge. Challenge problems tie together several lessons of a unit — 304 across ten courses. All 143 graphs and diagrams are drawn from coordinates, not images. Problems keep their Korean setting, so amounts of money are in won. ■ How much is free The opening lessons of every unit are entirely free — concepts, examples, practice. One further lesson gives concepts and worked examples, with the paywall at its problems. See how the app teaches before you buy. ■ Purchases One pack per course — buy only the courses you need. One-time purchases, not subscriptions: nothing recurs, nothing expires. Family Sharing is supported; content updates are free to everyone who bought. ■ Privacy No sign-up, no login, no developer server, no ads, no advertising identifier — only anonymous usage statistics. Reporting a problem sends what you wrote and your answer. Answer stats are off by default. Everything else stays on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 비수다 at none against Start Math's 5. 비수다 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Start Math sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. 비수다 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 비수다 | Start Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seungwoo Lee | CHUNGKIL KIM |
In-app purchases
비수다
No in-app purchases
Start Math
- Middle School Math Year 3$4.99
- Middle School Math Year 1$4.99
- Middle School Math Year 2$4.99
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- Common Math 1$5.99
- Common Math 2$5.99







