Comparison

Numvolt 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

Numvolt

Enhance your arithmetic, fractions, and algebra skills with engaging drills and clear, step-by-step solutions. Practice in timed sprints or a relaxed Zen mode, and track your progress across numerous topics. Compete globally or challenge a friend on a single device.

Highlights
  • Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, algebra training
  • Timed sprints and Zen mode
  • Step-by-step solution explanations
  • Global and local leaderboards
  • Two-player duel mode
  • Progress tracking and Home Screen widget
Features
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Practice mental math with short exercises and step-by-step corrections. For new installations, full sessions require Numvolt Pro: a weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices and terms are shown before purchase. Train on arithmetic, times tables, fractions and percentages. Try timed sprints or take your time in Zen mode. No account and no ads. FIFTEEN TOPICS, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY RUNGS EACH Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percentages, order of operations, powers, algebra, square roots, signed numbers, proportions, time and durations, unit conversion and number patterns. Each topic has its own 150-rung journey, up to five elite chapters; the difficulty adjusts during the session, block by block. You pick your starting point at setup, and you can always replay a lower level. UNDERSTAND THE METHOD, STEP BY STEP After a mistake, and at the end of a session for your slowest answers, Numvolt shows you a way to do it in your head, step by step: 71 × 87 is 70 × 87 + 87; 79² is 80² − 160 + 1. With the reflex to keep and other ways to do it. In the courses, enter a supported calculation to explore a mental math method. In Zen mode there is no timer: time to understand. SPRINTS AND A DAILY CHALLENGE 15, 30 or 60 seconds on the + − × ÷ mix. +1 per correct answer, −1 per mistake. The daily challenge is the same 60-second series for everyone, all day long. A LADDER FROM YOUR CITY TO THE WORLD Join the ladder with a nickname and your city. Your best sprint is ranked on six rungs: city, county, region, country, continent, world. After every sprint you see exactly what you climbed — "5th → 2nd · Rhône" — and how many points you need to overtake the next player. Only your nickname, city and scores are published. Never your exact location. DUEL ON ONE PHONE Two players, the same questions in the same order, 30 seconds each. Scores are revealed at the end. YOUR PROGRESS, VISIBLE XP, overall level, accuracy, day streak, seven-day chart, level per topic and session history. A Home Screen widget shows your daily goal and starts a sprint in one tap. WHAT STAYS WITH YOU Your progress lives on your iPhone, in the app's storage. No account. Anonymous usage counters, which you can switch off in Settings, only tell us where the app gets stuck. Fractions and decimals accepted on the keypad. Light, dark or automatic appearance. Available in 49 languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Who is it for? Anyone who wants to get faster at everyday mental math, from students to adults. It is not a preparation for a specific exam. Do I need to pay? You can answer a few questions during setup. Full sessions require Numvolt Pro, with the price in your currency shown before you pay.

About

Mental Math

Features
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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

Numvolt4 screens
Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mental Math at none against Numvolt's 3. Mental Math also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Numvolt sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Mental Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Numvolt versus Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumvoltMental Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROMEO ILARIO FLAVIO GAMBINOJohannes Lauber

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Numvolt

Subscriptions2
  • Numvolt Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Numvolt Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Numvolt Pro$24.99
None

Mental Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Numvolt free?
Numvolt 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 Numvolt or Mental Math have ads?
Neither Numvolt nor Mental Math shows ads.

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