Mathsterious Mansion vs Flexischools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mathsterious Mansion
Embark on a mathematical adventure in a mysterious mansion, mastering addition and subtraction within 1-100. Collect characters by completing challenging levels and phases, developing place value understanding through engaging gameplay.
- Addition and subtraction practice
- Place value understanding
- 5 challenging levels with increasing difficulty
- Story and Arcade game modes
- Collectible characters with unique histories
- Interactive hundred grid
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Are you brave enough to master the Mathsterious Mansion? Mathsterious Mansion is an engaging new mathematical game from 3P Learning, the team behind the world’s favourite online educational maths resource, Mathletics. Designed for Primary/Elementary aged students (7-11), Mathsterious Mansion teaches addition and subtraction and place value understanding within 1 – 100. It’s perfect for self-directed learning, home schooling and as a game-based learning activity for the classroom. The Mathsterious Mansion holds many secrets and is inhabited by a fascinating cast of characters. Your mission is to collect all of the characters by mastering 5 levels, each with 3 phases of increasing mathematical difficulty, by answering addition or subtraction algorithms using the hundred grid… if you dare! iPAD FEATURES: I. A slick and exciting student interface (custom designed for the iPad). II. Five challenging levels of difficulty to unlock… children will want to play over and over again. III. Two game modes: Story Mode Arcade Mode IV. A Reward Game, where the lost character can be found. V. 15 collectible characters who ‘live’ in the mansion, each with a hilarious history to discover! VI. A full tutorial for each level. VIITrace, tap and swipe functionalities that develop conceptual understandings of place value, the commutative property of addiction and the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. … and much, much more! WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MATHEMATICS? Level 1 Add / subtract a 1-digit number to or from a 1 or 2-digit number within a decade: e.g. 42+ 6 or 65 – 3. Counting on or back is a good strategy at this level. Level 2 Add / subtract a 1-digit number to or from a 1 or 2-digit number across decades: e.g. 45+ 6, 65 – 8 or 9+5. Practise your bridge to 10 strategy here. Level 3 Add / subtract a multiple of ten to or from a 2-digit number: e.g. 45 + 30, 20 + 64 or 65 – 20. Practise counting on and back by tens. You can also turn the addition problems around to find the easier addition. Level 4 Add / subtract a 2-digit number to or from a 2-digit number: e.g. 43 + 51 or78 – 34. Partitioning numbers is a helpful strategy at this level. Level 5 Find missing addend, subtrahend or operation e.g. 42 + ×= 50, 50 – × = 34, or 50 ×15 = 35. Use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction to find the easiest problem for you to solve! Each level has 3 phases. The first phase develops understanding of the processes – take the time you need to explore the hundred grid and notice helpful number patterns. The time restrictions in the second phase encourage you to make those facts automatic while the missing numbers on the grid in the third phase develop your understanding of place value.
Flexischools
Streamline school payments and ordering for parents, eliminating the need for cash and simplifying canteen, uniform, and event purchases. Enjoy fast, secure, and convenient transactions with Australian-based support.
- Cashless ordering and payments
- School canteen, uniform, and event purchases
- Simplified payment management
- Australian-based customer support
- Secure and reliable transactions
- Processed over 150 million orders
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Flexischools is on a mission to simplify school life. Established in 2008, Flexischools brings cashless ordering and payments to school canteens, uniform shops, events and fundraisers. We’ve processed more than 150 million orders for Australian families since we started! Say goodbye to morning chaos with Flexischools! With our app, parents get an easier way to manage school payments without the hassle of looking for loose change or order forms scrunched up at the bottom of school bags! Why do parents love Flexischools? • School lunches, sorted fast • Cashless convenience • Australian-based customer support • Secure, safe and reliable The Flexischools service is provided by InLoop Pty Ltd (ABN 27 114 508 771) (trading as Flexischools) which holds Australian Financial Services Number 471558. Any information provided is general only and does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Please read and consider the Combined Financial Services Guide and Product Disclosure Statement, and Target Market Determination at www.flexischools.com.au/legal before acquiring or using the service. Flexischools’ information security management system is ISO27001 certified.
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Verdict
Mathsterious Mansion and Flexischools both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Mathsterious Mansion's written reviews are positive against 25% of Flexischools's. Mathsterious Mansion also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Flexischools's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mathsterious Mansion holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mathsterious Mansion's written reviews are positive against 25% of Flexischools's.
| Parameter | Mathsterious Mansion | Flexischools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 24.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 3P Learning | InLoop Pty Ltd |
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Mathsterious Mansion
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In-app purchases
Mathsterious Mansion
No in-app purchases
Flexischools
No in-app purchases







