Linguascope Elementary vs NumBots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linguascope Elementary
This app offers award-winning language learning materials for young students on iPad. It features friendly aliens guiding learners through various planets to master French, German, Italian, Spanish, or English.
- KS1 and KS2 language materials
- French, German, Italian, Spanish, English
- Topic-themed planets
- Friendly alien guides
- iPad compatible
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Enjoy Linguascope's award-winning language materials for KS1 and KS2 on your iPad. Follow a bunch of friendly aliens across a whole host of topic-themed planets, learning French, German, Italian, Spanish or English along the way! If you belong to a subscribing school, simply use your username and password to log on. Individual users can subscribe to each language separately for one, six or twelve months. For terms and conditions please see the link in the in-app purchase panel, or visit https://shopresources.linguascope.com/terms.pdf.
NumBots
This platform helps children master mental addition and subtraction, moving them from counting to calculating. It focuses on building understanding, recall, and fluency in these core math skills. Designed for early learners, it offers an engaging way to achieve mathematical proficiency.
- Master mental addition
- Master mental subtraction
- Build understanding
- Develop recall
- Achieve fluency
- Transition from counting to calculating
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Addition & Subtraction. Solved. From the innovators who bring you Times Tables Rock Stars, comes a highly engaging platform for learning to add and subtract… NumBots! NumBots is all about every child achieving the “triple win” of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating. Suitable from Year 1 (UK) or Kindergarten (US) upwards. Younger players will be able to access the early stages from a mathematical point of view but will find it increasingly harder to reach the level of fluency required to make continued progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NumBots at 66% against Linguascope Elementary's 0%. NumBots also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Linguascope Elementary sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. NumBots asks for nothing beyond the download.
NumBots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NumBots has 304 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Linguascope Elementary's written reviews are positive against 66% of NumBots's.
Linguascope Elementary ships an update every 7 months, NumBots every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linguascope Elementary | NumBots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (304 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 304 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linguascope.com | Maths Circle Ltd |
Customer experience
Linguascope Elementary
NumBots
Bugs and requests
Linguascope Elementary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NumBots
Reported bugs
5 issues- Coins and stars not tracking correctly
- Login issues across devices
- Keyboard not showing up on tablets
- Levels randomly locked or missing
- App crashing and freezing
Requested features
5 requests- More advanced levels and content
- Ability to skip to appropriate level
- Less emphasis on speed, more on accuracy
- Family account support
- Improved login and persistence
In-app purchases
Linguascope Elementary
- Italian One Month$4.99
- French One Month$5.99
- German One Month$5.99
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- Spanish One Month$5.99
- French Six Months$22.99
- French Twelve Months$22.99
- German Six Months$22.99
- Italian Six Months$22.99
- Spanish Six Months$22.99
- Italian Twelve Months$34.99
- Spanish Twelve Months$34.99
NumBots
No in-app purchases
Questions
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