King of Math (Full Game) for iOS for Free (Was $2.49)

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DeWalt on 02/07/2015 - 10:12 itunes.apple.com (2045 clicks)
Last edited 02/07/2015 - 10:56 by 2 other users

With the holidays coming up, it's a perfect time to find a few good educational apps to help your kids.
King of Math is one of the better designed educational apps i've seen. I'd consider it suitable for most probably about 7 years to low teens. They will almost certainly need help with it though - some of the questions are tough, particularly fractions.

What I love about this app
- The questions have enough variety to keep them interesting
- The questions rarely repeat themselves
- It doesn't treat your child like they are an idiot
- There are no "dress ups" (I really dislike this about products like Mathletics - it's the "dumb it down for the kiddies" mentality)
- You have a simple progress mechanism. It makes the questions progressively harder as the student demonstrates a skill with the level
- The sections are sorted logically
- You can repeat a section, but you only get a bonus for it if you do better than last time
- The theme of the app is consistent (you'd be surprised how many educational apps are all over the place - they confuse me just looking at them)
- Suitable tailoring for boys and girls

What I don't like about this app
- The questions don't reflect real world problems beyond the most basic of questions
- You are rewarded for time based activities as well as accuracy. This is both good and bad - but for students that are slow and very clever, it's a punishment

To be clear, I've not had anything to do with this app. The author(s) is Scandinavian. I just think this is one of the best apps around … and for free, it's an absolute steal.

I had a quick look at the second part (King of Math 2). It's slightly more polished. I couldn't really review it properly as I didn't play it much. I don't give an educational app points for eye candy. But, it passes the "don't insult your kids" test … most apps seem to embrace the "dumb it down" mentality.

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  DealzEddy123 on 02/07/2015 - 10:13

  wats normal price?
  was 1.99

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    DeWalt on 02/07/2015 - 10:14

    It was free once. It's usually $1.99 and was once $0.99. The history is at the link.

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      jv on 02/07/2015 - 10:37

      link to the deal….

      https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/king-of-maths-full-game/id54…

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  jv on 02/07/2015 - 10:24

  +1

  The author(s) is Scandinavian.

  and what does that have to do with it ? Do they do different maths ?

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    chocsyrup on 02/07/2015 - 10:52

    The Finnish education system has been rated as possibly the best in the world. Could be what they're basing it on.

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      jv on 02/07/2015 - 11:56

      +2

      The Finnish education system has been rated as possibly the best in the world

      But these are Scandinavians, not Fins…

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        Diji1 on 02/07/2015 - 13:14

        Oh but they could be … wait, no you're right again @jv.

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  vgmaster21 on 02/07/2015 - 11:27

  +4

  You don't have to be the king of math to know that that's a real bargain ;)

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  Diji1 on 02/07/2015 - 13:18

  most apps seem to embrace the "dumb it down" mentality.

  Well to be fair kids are stupid.

  Not that the parents being led around by overconfident nerds promising vague benefits to their children from "computers and networks" is that smart or anything though I guess.

  Hey at least the price is right.