Comparison

Mathsterious Mansion vs MCF

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

MCF

This app helps students learn choral music for a yearly festival. It offers interactive tools for teachers and features like song playback, choreography videos, and adjustable playback speeds for students to practice effectively.

Highlights
  • Listen to songs and sing along
  • Choose part and learning/practice modes
  • Skip to sections or repeat loops
  • Adjust playback speed
  • Watch and learn choreography
  • Adjust part volumes
  • Create custom playlists
Features
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The WA Massed Choir Festival is a choral music program for Western Australian public schools. Students learn the songs through the year, and perform them on stage at the end of the year. The MCF app helps students learn the songs, and gives teachers interactive tools to help teach their choirs. * Listen to the songs and sing along * Choose your part & learning or practice modes * Skip to a section or repeat an loop * Adjust the playback speed to help learn tricky bits * Watch and learn the choreography * Adjust the volume of all parts * Create custom playlists

Screenshots

MCF3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mathsterious Mansion at 100% against MCF's 84%. Mathsterious Mansion also leads on iOS requirement (5.1 vs 12.0). MCF's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mathsterious Mansion versus MCF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathsterious MansionMCF
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better84.2% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS5.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer3P LearningTantzy Games

Customer experience

Mathsterious Mansion

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MCF

Written reviews19 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

None

Mathsterious Mansion

No in-app purchases

None

MCF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mathsterious Mansion free?
Mathsterious Mansion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MCF free?
MCF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mathsterious Mansion or MCF have ads?
Neither Mathsterious Mansion nor MCF shows ads.

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