Math Resources for Kids

1-Minute Maths is an education app designed to support and develop students' Mathematical abilities in a fun and engaging way. 1-Minute Maths is a free app available for IOS, Android and Amazon Kindle. It is free of advertisements, easy to use and educationally sound. As the name suggests, 1-Minute Maths provides addictive 1-minute activities aimed at developing the user’s maths skills. Users can choose to complete 1-minute challenges from a vast library, focusing on an area of Maths that they wish to practise. Topics include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and even subitising. Each topic area is further broken down to provide numerous activities further personalising the learning to keep users engaged. The repetitive nature of questions within each task, paired with the short sharp burst of activity gives the app a competitive feel and is incredibly addictive and fun. It’s a sure-fire way to spark a child’s passion for mathematics.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Bebi Toddlers contains hundreds of mini-games with educational content designed for preschool kids. It covers many topics in its colourful and attractive activities, including letters, words and phonics. It also has simultaneous two-player games and creative activities. You can download this app on iOS and Android for free, and it has enough content to see if it will suit your child before deciding to take out a monthly or yearly subscription.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Math Nation is a comprehensive, online math instructional platform that offers an individualized learning experience for middle and high school students within and beyond the classroom.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Geometry Solver app lets users enter the properties of a flat or volumetric shape to calculate the unknown values.  It also has reference information linked to each shape, including correct terms and formulae.  At the time of this review, the app covers 84 shapes and 199 formulae. Geometry Solver is an iOS-only app that works equally well on iPhones and iPads.  You can download the app for free, but it will have limited content and include advertisements.  A reasonable, one-off in-app purchase buys the Pro version—unlocking the app fully and removing the ads.  This review of Geometry Solver is based upon the Pro version.

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Khan Academy Kids is a free app that includes a wealth of eBooks, learning activities, songs, and videos for your child to learn about numbers, letters, emotions, the world around them and much more. Khan Academy Kids is available for free to download on iOS (iPad and iPhone) and for Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Creta Class teaches Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned math to kids aged 3 to 8 and provides them with practice activities.  Each lesson features beautifully animated videos and quizzes.  The session takes about 15 minutes to complete, and one is delivered to the learner’s app daily.  You can download the app on iOS and Android for free and try out its samples before unlocking blocks of lessons using an in-app purchase. 

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Aldoo Kids is a multi-platform app featuring more than 500 learning activities for preschool kids.  As well as covering the usual numbers, letters, and shapes, it also features more creative subjects and general thinking challenges. Aldoo Kids is available as a free download on iOS and Android devices, or you can access it through any modern web browser.  After a three-day trial on any of these platforms, you have the option to take out a subscription to continue your child’s access to the learning activities.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Microsoft Math Solver is a math solver app that finds solutions to basic and complex expressions. Microsoft Math Solver instantly recognizes the problem and helps you to solve it with step-by-step explanation, interactive graphs, similar problems from the web and online video lectures. Microsoft Math Solver aims to help high school students with their math problems using the power of AI. Microsoft Math Solver is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Lumio is a SMART Technologies' web app that lets teachers create their lesson resources and share them across students' devices rather than only to a classroom screen—although they can still do this. Lumio's functionality opens up new teaching opportunities and activities in traditional classroom settings and remote learning. Lumio is compatible with almost all relevant file formats to ensure compatibility with your existing planning and teaching resources. As web-based software, Lumio is compatible with as many devices as possible. You can try it out with a free personal account that comes with 50MB of storage or a premium plan with unlimited online space and accompanying SMART Notebook software.

Devices: Web

Unit Circle Rummy is a fun application that teaches students to learn the trig values along the circle. The app provides 3 modes of gameplay which include Angle Connections, Unit Circle Rummy and Routine Trinomial. Angled connections enable geometry students to match up angles long a transversal. This application is free from in-app adverts and in-app purchases. The application is available for Windows, Google Play and iTunes. The app is supported by a developer’s website that includes a video tutorial of the application. It is noted that teachers can add students to their accounts and Unit Circle Rummy is a paid application.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Kinderland Preschool is for kids aged between two and seven to learn through play.  It covers various subjects, including early reading, numeracy, music and social skills and frequently adds new ones. Players access the 300+ games through a free-to-download app on iOS, Android and Amazon app stores.  There is a seven-day fully-functional trial to the app, which a subscription extends.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Coco - Educational Games is a mini-game app full of activities covering numeracy and language alongside various other topics. A unique feature of this app is that every 15 minutes, it gets players to be active and do something away from the screen. The age range for users of this app is five to ten. The app is free to download on iOS and Android devices. After a free trial, a subscription maintains access to Coco - Educational Games.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Toys and Colors is a video, minigame, audiobook, and children's song app. It is packed with rich and lively content to entertain kids while also providing learning material for school subjects and social and emotional learning.  The app is free to download and comes with a permanently available but limited amount of content. A free trial unlocks everything, and after the trial is over, a monthly or annual subscription keeps it open. Toys and Colors is available on iOS and Android. 

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Logic Wiz Sudoku is a sudoku app aimed at a general audience but with a range of difficulty levels, features, and game styles that make it suitable for players of any age. Academically able kids often enjoy pitting their intellect against puzzle setters. Logic Wiz Sudoku is available for free with only a few features disabled, although the app includes advertisements. A low priced subscription unlocks all features and removes the ads. The app is compatible with family sharing and is available on iOS and Android devices.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

CameraMath solves math problems from images captured live or from a device's saved photographs. It helps kids check their answers and, where they are wrong, shows them how to correct their approach, making it ideal as a homework helper. The app is aimed at kids aged 13 and older. CameraMath is free to download on iOS and Android devices, and after a free trial, user access is continued through a subscription.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Times Tables Hero is an app for kids to practise times tables. They answer multiplication questions with a swipe interaction and compete to gain achievements and advance on the leaderboards. Kids of any age and even their parents could enjoy playing this app as they compete—it supports multiple users. Times Tables Hero is available for iOS and Android devices for a single purchase price. The app does not contain ads or in-app purchases.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

KidsBeeTV gives kids a safe environment in which to watch videos.  Teachers have handpicked each of the videos to ensure they are appropriate for kids, whether educational or entertaining. There are no ads, product placement, or unboxing videos on KidsBeeTV.  After a seven-day trial, the service is subscription-based and is viewable on many device types. 

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Wyzant is a 1:1 tutoring platform offering live lessons, which can be done in person or online. Wyzant is available to download on iOS (iPad and iPhone) and for Android devices as well as on all the web browsers through their website. Wyzant is a service that matches students with tutors for 1-to-1 sessions. It has experienced educators capable of teaching across the academic subjects at levels of elementary school and above. Tutoring is paid for on a per-session basis, with the first session with any tutor protected by a risk-free guarantee.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Professor Bunsen Teaches Math 3 gives kids math practice at a level appropriate for eight or nine-year-old kids. It does this through artificial-intelligence supported gamified math activities. At the time of this review of Professor Bunsen Teaches Math 3, the app is available on Windows and Mac computers, with iOS and Android promised soon. The app is a single purchase without in-app purchase or subscription options.

Devices: Windows Mac

Answers Homework Help is a community-based question and answer platform. Users ask questions and find the answers already provided, or if there is no answer, a community member will answer. The app is only suitable for older kids due to the conversational aspect of the app. Answers Homework Help is available on iPad, iPhone, Android and also through a web browser. Users can access a limited version of the platform's features for free, upgrade to the premium version for a seven-day trial, or pay for a rolling subscription.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

OLOfusion helps kids learn about telling the time and reading it from digital and analogue clocks. This focus makes it ideal for kids aged between 6 and 9. Downloading OLOfusion is straightforward as it is a single purchase that does not have any in-app buying options. The app is available on iOS and works equally well on iPhones and iPads. 

Devices: iPhone, iPad

Nanaba is a French-language, quiz app for children aged between 6 and 16, which tracks aspects of the French curriculum from initial years right up until Brevet (French equivalent to GCSE). The variety of topics on offer is impressive, including Maths, French, and English. The app is geared at regular, interval learning, whereby students are quizzed on various topics that form part of the French National Curriculum. Nanaba is very well presented with quality visuals and audio features that effectively and clearly present questions based on various elements from the French national curriculum. Where this app really will appeal to users (parents especially) is that, Nanaba can be set up to lock over popular, user-selected apps – namely Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram, Snapchat, Fortnite, etc. Rather than militantly limiting children’s screen time, Nanaba seeks to realign priorities by advocating a more balanced and productive use of technology. In order to access or unlock’ these popular social media apps, users will be required to answer a series of parent-selected quiz questions. There is no teaching or instruction per-say, the app simply uses repeat questioning to assess student knowledge and understanding. The app is free to download and is specifically geared to complement the French National Curriculum - CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2, 6ème, 5ème, 4ème, 3ème; however, accessing thecontent will require purchase and/or subscription extended content needs to be purchased on an annual subscription ranging from €36.00 per primary curriculum module (currently €11.99), €72.00 per secondary curriculum module (currently €23.99), and €108.00 (currently €23.99), for the family bundle.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Math Makers teaches kids math topics such as counting, place value, fractions, multiplication, division and more.  It does this through physics-based games that add a puzzle-solving dimension to the challenge.  The challenges are linked to the CCSS and apply to kids aged between 4 and 10.  You can try out the full app on iOS and Android for a free seven days before you need to pay for a subscription.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

Kids Clock Learning teaches kids to tell the time and is also a helpful tool for adults helping kids learn this skill.  It is suitable for any kids who are learning about digital and analogue times. The app is available on iOS as a single purchase with no trial.  On Android, a trial version offers a cutdown app that users unlock through an in-app purchase.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad

SmartAlec Clock is a teaching aid and practice tool for helping kids learn to tell the time using an analogue clock. It has a clear and innovatively designed clock face to assist the process, and its speech makes it suitable for kids with limited literacy skills. The app is suitable for any child who is yet to master telling the time on an analogue clock. You can download SmartAlec Clock on iOS and Android devices for a single purchase price, and there are no further in-app purchase options.

Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad