Math Speed Drill vs The Timpson Lyceum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Math Speed Drill
Master basic math facts through engaging gameplay with over 100 levels. This app offers timed challenges for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, providing positive reinforcement and teaching correct answers in a fun, colorful environment.
- Timed math challenges
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Over 100 levels
- Coin-based positive reinforcement
- Adaptive difficulty
- Focus on math tables
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The fastest and funnest way to master your times tables. Math Speed Drill helps students practice math facts with fast, focused, positive gameplay. Choose addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, then answer as many problems as you can in 30 seconds or 1 minute. Students earn coins for better scores, build confidence through repetition, and keep coming back to beat their own best results. No annoying ads! Ever! - We do not use 3rd party ad services. Even without buying an IAP you and your kids will never see an annoying ad. Speed Drill is designed for kids, parents, teachers, homeschool families, and anyone who wants to sharpen basic math skills. Features: • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division • Practice by individual math table • 30-second and 1-minute rounds • Positive feedback and encouraging sound effects • Coins earned only as achievement awards Pro Features: • Boss Level mode in Pro for guided mastery. Just play Boss Level over and over and it will automatically help you master the math facts. • Extended ranges up to 12s and 15s in Pro • Parent Pro for up to 2 student profiles • Classroom Pro for up to 40 student profiles • Printable classroom progress report • No student data stored on our servers Boss Level mode guides students through math facts step by step. As they improve, Speed Drill tracks progress and helps them focus on the facts they still need to master. When a student finishes Boss Level for multiplication, they know their times tables. Boss Level is the fastest way to learn your times tables. Speed Drill is great for: • Kids learning math facts • Parents helping with homework • Teachers managing classroom practice • Homeschool math drills • Adults who want a quick brain workout Note: The coins in Math Speed Drill are achievement awards only. They are not currency, cannot be purchased, and are not used to unlock items or features. Privacy Policy: https://badweaselgames.com/math-speed-drill/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Timpson Lyceum
Access a comprehensive classical curriculum in mathematics, physics, logic, and philosophy. This free app offers full lecture series, written notes, quizzes with explanations, and daily spaced-repetition review. It also includes practice drills and progress tracking synced across devices.
- Full lecture series with chapter markers
- Companion written notes with typeset mathematics
- Quizzes with explanations for every answer
- Daily spaced-repetition review schedule
- Offline practice drills
- Cross-device progress syncing
- Streaks and badges for motivation
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The Timpson Lyceum is a free classical curriculum in mathematics, physics, logic, and philosophy — the same courses I teach, in full, with nothing held back for a paid tier. Thirteen published courses and 267 lectures, from Intermediate Algebra through Calculus, Real Analysis, General Topology, and Computation Theory; University Physics I and II; First-Order Predicate Logic; and full surveys of the History of Philosophy and the History of Rome. WHAT'S IN IT Lectures. Every course is a complete lecture series, in order, with chapter markers so you can find the part you need. Written notes. Most lectures have companion notes with the mathematics properly typeset — the derivations, worked examples, and definitions, in a form you can read instead of scrubbing through. Quizzes. Ten questions per lecture, with an explanation for every answer, so you find out whether you actually followed it. Daily review. Questions you have answered enter a spaced-repetition schedule and come back across all your courses in one daily deck, timed so you meet them again just as they start to fade. Practice drills. Sixty-two drills — grammar, geography, arithmetic, and more — in practice, timed Rapid Fire, and learn modes. These run entirely on your device, so they work with no connection; your scores sync when you're back online. Progress that follows you. Streaks, badges, and a place in the Hall of Scholars, shared with the website — start a lecture on your laptop and pick it up on your phone. WHO IT'S FOR Students in my classes, students taking these subjects somewhere else, and anyone who wants to work through a real curriculum rather than a playlist. The material is high-school and college level. No ads, no purchases, no subscription. An account keeps your progress, your review schedule, and your streak; you can delete it, and everything attached to it, from inside the app at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Timpson Lyceum at 5.0 against Math Speed Drill's 4.2. The Timpson Lyceum also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Math Speed Drill's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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. Math Speed Drill sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. The Timpson Lyceum asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Timpson Lyceum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Math Speed Drill has 2.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Math Speed Drill | The Timpson Lyceum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (2.1K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 72 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bad Weasel, LLC | Donald Timpson |
Customer experience
Math Speed Drill
The Timpson Lyceum
Bugs and requests
Math Speed Drill
Reported bugs
3 issues- Answers change before user can respond
- Sound issues on some devices
- Crashes or freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to adjust time limits
- Progress tracking and performance analytics
- More math operations (e.g., 13s, fractions)
- Multiplayer or leaderboard features
The Timpson Lyceum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Math Speed Drill
- Parent Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Classroom Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Parent Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
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- Classroom Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Parent Pro Lifetime$14.99
The Timpson Lyceum
No in-app purchases
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