Monster Numbers vs SmartFriends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monster Numbers
This engaging math game helps children aged 4-14 improve their arithmetic skills. It adapts to each child's age and learning level, offering a mix of fun activities and skill-testing challenges. Designed by teachers, it aims to make learning math enjoyable and support school routines.
- Adaptive difficulty by age
- Mix of fun and skill-testing levels
- Designed by teachers
- Supports school routines
- Improves math skills
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Looking for a cool math game app to help your kids getting back into the school routine? Monster Numbers is a fun, engaging and addictive math game app designed to improve your kids math skills! Perfect for kids aged 4 to 14!!! Monster Numbers is a cool math game app that combines fun and education. On opening the app, select your kids age and the app will adapt to your kids level. Kids go over various level, some are pure fun and others will test your kids math skills. It is easy to play yet challenging. Just watch out, your kids might start loving math! Designed by teachers, the game adapts to the level of your child. Monster Numbers is the perfect combination of math learning and pure fun! Overall … A fun math game app perfect to get your kids back into learning and school homework!
SmartFriends
Engage in daily brain training challenges with friends to boost cognitive skills. Compete in IQ tests covering logic, spatial reasoning, and number sequences. Track progress and climb leaderboards in a fun, competitive environment.
- Daily IQ challenges
- Logic puzzles
- Spatial reasoning tests
- Number sequence problems
- Leaderboard competition
- Score sharing
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Tired of endless scrolling and mindless TV? Time to switch your brain back on. With SmartFriends, you train your brain every day — and more importantly, in a fun way. Why fun? Because you do it together with friends. That keeps you motivated. ••• Only for real smarties ••• One IQ challenge every day. The same for everyone. Logic, spatial reasoning, number sequences, and more. No excuses. No distractions. Just you versus the brainteaser. Beat your friends and climb the leaderboard. Solved it? Share your score and challenge them. That healthy competition keeps you coming back. Get smarter. Download SmartFriends. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SmartFriends at Free against Monster Numbers's $2.99. SmartFriends also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Monster Numbers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume 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
SmartFriends is free to download; Monster Numbers costs $2.99 up front. SmartFriends sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Monster Numbers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Monster Numbers against 4.6 for SmartFriends. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 139 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Monster Numbers's written reviews are positive against 83% of SmartFriends's.
Monster Numbers ships an update every 5 months, SmartFriends every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monster Numbers | SmartFriends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (88 ratings) | 4.6 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 83.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Didactoons Games SL | SmartFriends B.V. |
Customer experience
Monster Numbers
SmartFriends
Bugs and requests
Monster Numbers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SmartFriends
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not loading puzzles
- Diagrams not accessible with screen readers
- Glitchy when enlarging challenge images
- Issues with lifetime access purchases
- Landscape mode for larger images when app is portrait only
Requested features
7 requests- Fix advertisements interrupting gameplay
- Improve puzzle logic and presentation
- Enhance graphics clarity (e.g., yellow on white)
- Make puzzles more varied and adult-oriented
- Improve accessibility for visually impaired users (diagram descriptions)
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- Allow larger puzzle/choice display in portrait mode
- Make the app free or more accessible without constant purchases
In-app purchases
Monster Numbers
No in-app purchases
SmartFriends
- Premium Special Offer!3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Free Trial | Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.491 Month
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- Premium Special Offer!3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Free Trial | Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 3 x genius challenges$0.99
- 10 x genius challenges$2.49
- Tip 1$4.99
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