Plenty of apps teach kids to count. Math Games is built for adults sharpening skills they already have. Here's how it stacks up against the other math and quiz apps people usually compare it to.
These seven aren't picked because they're bad — most of them are good at the specific job they're built for. They're here because they're what people searching for "math games" or "mental math practice" actually run into, and almost none of them are built for an adult who already knows their times tables and wants to get faster.
Roughly, they split into three groups: apps built for kids learning the basics for the first time, general-purpose tools that happen to get used for math, and one — Zetamac — that's aimed at the same adult audience as we are, just with a much smaller scope. The comparison reads differently depending on which group you're actually choosing between.
Curriculum-graded, untimed or lightly timed, and monetized the way kids' apps usually are — a subscription, a membership tier, or ads.
A $59.99/year curriculum app for kids learning to count and add — free tier capped at 10 levels a day.
See the comparison →Kids' RPG learning gameA free RPG for grades 1–8 — the base math game is free, but memberships run $9.95–$19.95/month for extras.
See the comparison →Kids' number-matching appScholastic's free 12-level number-matching app for kids aged 9–11 — no accounts, no timer, no cost.
See the comparison →Free kids' games websiteA free, ad-supported library of hundreds of small browser math games for grades K–6 — no sign-in required.
See the comparison →General-purpose or institutional tools that get used for math practice, but weren't built around it specifically.
A live, hosted quiz platform for any subject — free to join, roughly $3–35/month to host beyond the basics.
See the comparison →School fluency drillsA timed fact-fluency drill program built for teachers and homeschoolers, sold as a school or family subscription.
See the comparison →The one genuine peer on this list — a stripped-down timed drill with a smaller scope than four full games.