Dozens of iOS apps promise to have fun learning and practicing math. We looked at five interesting examples with clever concepts.

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Help with homeschooling: Five iOS apps for elementary school maths tested One-to-one meetings Conclusion Test table Apple’s App Store houses numerous little programs with which children can learn math in a playful way. Especially in times of homeschooling, parallel home office and lockdown, these apps are worth a closer look. However, the offer is confusing and ranges from free to dozens of paid offers. The choice depends primarily on the child’s preferences: some apps are closely related to math lessons, others take a more playful approach.

This test is devoted to five examples, the pursue a different approach to play and learning. The test device was an iPad Pro 09. 5 with iPadOS 14. 3. and we got some help from a second grader every now and then. While Fiete Math and King of Mathematics 2 rely on a playful approach, Klett’s soberly designed MiniMax math App strongly on the tasks from school lessons and books. Math Master and Elementary school math grades 1-4 conceptually move between the former apps. They season their range of tasks with animations, but make sure that the focus is not on the playful, but on the maths. Instead, the two apps do without too much potentially distracting chi-chi: For example, there is no background music for Math Masters and elementary school math grades 1-4 offer no additional functions such as a game center connection or the management of different player profiles.

Elementary school math classes 1-4 is the only completely free app in the test, the other candidates offer additional content for a single purchase. All of them do without subscription models and separate registrations. The free scope of all apps is sufficient to be able to make an informed purchase decision. King of Mathematics 2 and math game apps from Fiete are also available for Android devices, but they can differ in terms of functionality. We have focused on the iOS versions for this article.

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