NumberShire 1 vs 1st Grade Math Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NumberShire 1
This educational app immerses young learners in an enchanted world to master math skills aligned with national standards. Through engaging stories, mini-games, and rewards, it aims to significantly improve children's mathematics learning for kindergarten through second grade.
- Math skill mastery
- State and national standards alignment
- Story-driven learning
- Mini-games and rewards
- Research-backed curriculum
- Classroom account login
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The residents of NumberShire are up to their ears in problems…math problems, that is! To solve them, they need a new apprentice to come to town and master math skills aligned to state and national standards. Designed for kindergarten through second grade students, NumberShire is an enchanted land filled with lovable characters, hilarious adventures, fun mini-games and cool rewards. This version is for classroom users who already have web accounts and requires a username, password, and login code. With a curriculum designed by educational experts from the University of Oregon, NumberShire is supported by rigorous research that has shown it can significantly improve children’s mathematics learning. Built using academic best practices and a unique story-driven approach, NumberShire emphasizes deep learning with over 12 hours of carefully designed educational content.
1st Grade Math Challenge
Engage first graders with fun math questions and track their progress. Earn and share certificates of achievement. Challenge friends to friendly math competitions.
- Fun math questions for first graders
- Create and share certificates
- Challenge friends
- Step-by-step solutions
- Progress tracking
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Educational 1st Grade Math with fun questions. Create and share a certificate of your final score. Challenge your friends to see who can score the most. Watch step-by-step solution for better understanding of answers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NumberShire 1 at none against 1st Grade Math Challenge's 1. NumberShire 1 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 1st Grade Math Challenge's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. 1st Grade Math Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NumberShire 1 asks for nothing beyond the download.
NumberShire 1 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.
NumberShire 1 ships an update every 13 months, 1st Grade Math Challenge every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NumberShire 1 | 1st Grade Math Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 417 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Oregon Digital Press | IT365 Solutions Inc |
Customer experience
NumberShire 1
1st Grade Math Challenge
In-app purchases
NumberShire 1
No in-app purchases
1st Grade Math Challenge
- Remove all Ads from Math 1$0.99
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