Basic Math vs Nebula Merge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Math
This engaging math game app helps children aged 4-16 improve their arithmetic and times table skills. It adapts to each child's age and learning level, offering a blend of fun and educational challenges designed by teachers.
- Adaptive learning levels
- Arithmetic practice
- Times table drills
- Engaging game design
- Teacher-designed curriculum
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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 16!!! 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!
Nebula Merge
Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well, merging matching tiers to ascend. Fuse various cosmic objects to reach an Eternal Nebula, using comets and void shards to your advantage. Earn in-game currency for permanent upgrades and compete in daily challenges.
- Celestial body merging
- Permanent upgrades
- Daily, weekly, monthly challenges
- Prestige system for bonuses
- Leaderboard competition
- Offline play
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Drop celestial bodies into a cosmic well. Matching tiers merge, the pile rises, and one slip past the danger line ends the run. Fuse Stardust into Asteroids, Moons, Planets, Stars, and beyond — all the way to an Eternal Nebula. Comets promote whatever they touch. Void Shards erase a body for score. Earn Stardust, buy permanent upgrades, collect every body, and chase daily, weekly, and monthly challenges. Prestige to keep a forever Stardust bonus. Climb the Game Center leaderboard — beat the record and a Record Breaker jackpot drops. Cosmic Pass removes ads and always doubles end-of-run Stardust. Stardust packs are optional. Portrait. Offline. No account required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Basic Math at none against Nebula Merge's shown. Basic Math also leads on ratings volume (347 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Nebula Merge's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Basic Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nebula Merge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nebula Merge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Math has 347 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Basic Math's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nebula Merge's.
Basic Math ships an update monthly, Nebula Merge daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Math | Nebula Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (347 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 347 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Didactoons Games SL | TYLER JOSEPH RUBINO |
Customer experience
Basic Math
Nebula Merge
Bugs and requests
Basic Math
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot evolve/progress in game
- App crashes on splash screen
- In-app purchases not working
Requested features
2 requests- Resolve progression issues in specific levels
- Offer refunds for non-functional purchases
Nebula Merge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Basic Math
- Premium Content$2.99
Nebula Merge
- Pocket Dust$0.99
- Cosmic Pass$4.99
- Comet Cluster$4.99
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- Star Cache$9.99
- Nebula Vault$19.99
- Cosmic Treasury$39.99
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