Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Timed math challenges
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Over 100 levels
  • Coin-based positive reinforcement
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Focus on math tables
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Math Speed Drill4 screens
The Timpson Lyceum4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Math Speed Drill versus The Timpson Lyceum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Speed DrillThe Timpson Lyceum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 72 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBad Weasel, LLCDonald Timpson

Customer experience

Math Speed Drill

All ratings2,009 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.6%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.6%

The Timpson Lyceum

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

6 purchases

Math Speed Drill

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Parent Pro Lifetime$14.99
None

The Timpson Lyceum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Math Speed Drill free?
Math Speed Drill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Timpson Lyceum free?
The Timpson Lyceum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Math Speed Drill or The Timpson Lyceum?
The Timpson Lyceum is rated higher. Math Speed Drill averages 4.2 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while The Timpson Lyceum averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Math Speed Drill or The Timpson Lyceum have ads?
Neither Math Speed Drill nor The Timpson Lyceum shows ads.

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