Comparison

Number Explosion vs Bright Lights Design Center

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

Head to head
About

Number Explosion

Practice multiplication tables with a fun, arcade-style game. Target equations by entering the correct product, earning points for hits and losing them if equations reach your city. Features adjustable difficulty and bonus points for challenging targets.

Highlights
  • Multiplication table practice (1x-12x)
  • Selectable difficulty levels
  • Target equations by entering products
  • Score points for correct answers
  • Lose points if equations reach the city
  • Bonus points for horizontal equations
Features
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A simple and fun way to practice your multiplication tables (1x-12x)! In this game you select a difficulty level that corresponds to the maximum Multiplier of random equations falling from the sky. Target an equation by entering its Product using the game's numeric key pad. If you are correct a missile will be launched which will explode the targeted equation upon impact earning you points equal to its Product. Any equation reaching your City below will cause you to lose points equal to that equation's Product. Equations moving horizontally test your skills by slightly exceeding the difficulty level you selected. Hitting these equations will earn you bonus points by exploding every other equation in the view.

About

Bright Lights Design Center

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Bright Lights Design Center is a great way for children to express their creativity. With Bright Lights Design Center you can inspire creativity and develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination with this fun app! The app stores up to 10 designs and has many interesting features. It can be set to automatically create symmetrical designs. Speech and sound effects make using the app even more fun. Click the idea icon to get a random suggestion of what to create. You can switch the lights from squares to circles. A sequence of designs can be automatically played back to create an animation effect. Enjoy hours of fun!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Number Explosion at Free against Bright Lights Design Center's $0.99. Number Explosion also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 27 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Bright Lights Design Center's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Number Explosion is free to download; Bright Lights Design Center costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Number Explosion ships an update every 12 months, Bright Lights Design Center every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Number Explosion versus Bright Lights Design Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumber ExplosionBright Lights Design Center
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNJAW4Ventura Educational Systems

In-app purchases

None

Number Explosion

No in-app purchases

None

Bright Lights Design Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Number Explosion free?
Number Explosion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bright Lights Design Center free?
Bright Lights Design Center costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Number Explosion or Bright Lights Design Center have ads?
Neither Number Explosion nor Bright Lights Design Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Number Explosion or Bright Lights Design Center?
Number Explosion ships an update every 12 months, and Bright Lights Design Center every 27 months. Most recently, Number Explosion was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bright Lights Design Center on June 7, 2026.

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