MathTango: Grades K-5 Learning

Name: MathTango: Grades K-5 Learning
Rating: 4.66483 (18161 reviews)

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MathTango: Grades K-5 Learning

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User Reviews for MathTango: Grades K-5 Learning

Great app, we love Originator!

We started out using Originator Endless apps and fell in love. My son loved the monsters and sound effects and even us grownups thought they were fun. When we found MathTango, we were thrilled. Even though my son is now further along than the program, he still loves playing for review and just to advance his monsters & robots. Directions are clear enough that kids can figure out mini games on their own and parents don’t have to hover. We’ve deleted a lot of apps because they required just as much of my time as my son’s. The dances are very well done. Cute moves and graphics are top notch and so fun to watch. I wish Originator would make learning apps for all ages - robots & monsters would make my boring work day a lot easier to deal with!

Bondgirl003, Oct 13, 2021

The one math game my kids keep playing

One of the original educational games I got for my kids in pandemic lockdown that continues to hold their attention and teach them, 2.5 years later. My oldest was in Kindergarten in April 2020. He has happily moved on from the addition & subtraction tropical island to the multiplication & division section by 2nd grade. He became frustrated at school that they weren’t teaching multiplication yet in 2nd grade! He’s in 3rd grade now, happily learning division in Math Tango.Developers continue to make improvements, including a monster directory that people have requested in other reviews. It was getting hard to find specific monsters after your kid earned more than 30 monsters! I also like that after a certain number of missions, the island expands and adds more land—things can get crowded. My youngest, in 1st grade, has over 100 monsters and 3 land expansions.Developers reached the right balance between fun stuff unrelated to math and math “puzzles” to get the kids coming back for more. For 1st & 2nd grade, it makes more sense for my kids to play on Math Tango several times a week for 10-20 minutes than to do the common core homework workbook that the teachers never check.Just be aware if you’re homeschooling your kids, this can’t be the only source for math. Time, measurements, etc are not taught in this app.

CharmantUn, Nov 10, 2022

No Help

My child has been struggling with math for over 2 years. We’ve spent hundreds of dollars in books, toys, and computer software to help her. We were at wits end until downloading Math Tango. She fell completely in love and actually wanted to do math. To say that we were ecstatic is an understatement. Unfortunately, there is a glitch in the app, specifically mission 24. For 3 days she has been doing the task of “recharging” robots, but no matter what she does, the app doesn’t recognize that she’s completed the task and doesn’t move on. We’ve done everything from restarting the iPad, closing the app completely, to adjusting the lesson plans, and of course ensuring all updates were complete on the iPad and app. I’ve emailed app support twice with no answer. It’s distressing that I’ve got a child that finally has a desire to learn math and the app is frozen. We are on the 7 day trial period and of course were on the path to purchasing the full subscription without a second thought. However, looks like that 7 day period gave us insight into what the full subscription tech support would look like. Needless to say we may be on the hunt for another educational program/tool.Best of luck to the rest of the families who download Math Tango and hope that you don’t encounter the same issues.

EPR2002, Aug 25, 2022

Good except…

The game play is good, love the math practice, and the worlds and characters are fun and motivating for my kid. Unfortunately, there is a major flaw that completely ruined it for us. We had to change devices, the old iPad was being returned to the school district. Got a new iPad, and of course all of the apps and games are tied to my own AppleID so figured all was well. All of our other games and apps transferred just fine, seamlessly. However, MathTango apparently only saves data locally and there is NO way to transfer progress other than a workaround requiring contacting them and sending a log from the old device (yikes) so if you lose or don’t have access to the old device, all of your kid’s progress and all of that work disappears. Poof. Never existed. Super frustrating and took all the fun out of it for us. On the plus side, their customer service is responsive and friendly, even though they couldn’t do a thing to help us. Enjoy the game, it is fun, it is good math practice, but be aware of this flaw.

Jen75077, Jun 22, 2021

Nothing like any of their previous games

It has some of the whimsy, but that's it. The UI is a confusing mess for kids and adults alike, it uses 3D poorly and makes it hard to see and interact with the objects in the game (no camera control and confusing layout reminiscent of mid-90’s games - in a bad way). It’s reading heavy which makes it unsuitable for young children who otherwise could benefit. So far I can’t locate anything to do other than the column block adding game, which is so repetitive even my four year old groans at it (14’s *again*?). Nothing about it is approachable, entertaining, or fun. It’s rote drilling of the worst kind. The whole purchase system feels like this was going to be a F2P micro transaction abomination, not an enjoyable educational title.

Joshua Ochs, Dec 10, 2017

Wow! Next level math app for kids

My 6yr old is getting his math facts down faster than I ever expected. The storyline and graphics are creative, engaging and well-detailed. As a parent and child development/education specialist I’ve tried out countless educational driven apps and Math Tango has raised the bar to a whole new level. I would recommend this app to all families and educators I work with. To add, the updates are spot on- thank you!! Love being able to select areas of focus and the monster index is fantastic! One thing I haven’t figured out yet is if there is a way to repeat levels? It would also be great to have some sort of progress measure built in and how cool would it be to integrate the choreography so we could dance along!?! But even as it stands, MathTango is far above the rest and can’t wait to see what else y’all come up with!Well done 👏

Julsf54, Jun 19, 2022

Best math app

I was looking for an app to help my 9 year old with multiplication, so I thought I would try this. I had no idea how helpful it was going to be for her addition/subtraction as well.In response to some people who have written that the problems can be repetitive. They seem to be designed that way on purpose, and for good reason. The app helps kids memorize the combinations numbers of common sums so they don’t have to rely on counting all the time ie: all the different ways you can make 14. This has had a huge impact on my daughter’s math calculation speed. And the best part is my daughter loves this app. It does a great job of teaching math and gives kids high rewards for doing it.I believe there is one small draw back that prevented me from giving it 5 stars. I think the multiplication app requires too much knowledge of the times table already. Also, unlike the addition/subtraction side, it jumps around a lot between different times tables. I needed to give my daughter a multiplication chart so she didn’t get too frustrated. I think this app would be 5 stars if the lower levels of the multiplication could focus on one or two sets of times tables at a time to build confidence and memorization. For example it could start with 0,1, and 2; then go to 2 and 3, etc, etc..Otherwise, I can’t say enough good things about it. There really isn’t any other apps like it.

JustineVT, Nov 19, 2019

Could be great!

My son and I love playing the puzzles together, but we end up having to turn it off as it is so frustrating. We are now several weeks in and have an island full of monsters (earned from activities). The island is totally crowded and then the daily missions/ tasks require you to find a specific monster before you can proceed. This requires you to spend lots of time touching every monster to see their name, and the game has bugs which means you can touch different monsters but the same monster name comes up. This can literally waste hours per week and drives us crazy, as the other aspects of this game are excellent. The way they do the math puzzles is as good as I have seen on any app but to progress you have to do the ridiculous time wasting tasks. E.g Find ‘any’ monster and put him on the trampoline is fine.....but when it says “find Terence, Rafael and Kondo, to complete a different activity with each one”.....you are going to waste an hour doing that. This could be an awesome app if it didn’t waste so much time. The bugs don’t help. So frustrating.

kejdhjdndnfn, May 25, 2020

Need a Monster/Robot Directory please!!!

We love, love, love this app!!! My younger son uses the addition/subtraction part and my older son has now graduated to the multiplication/division. There is an excellent balance of math puzzles and missions to keep them interested and coming back for more. They also love when they get to create their own monster. Our only frustration is when the mission requires them to find a specific monster or robot to do something with because once they have 20 or 30 plus monsters and/or robots it is very frustrating and time consuming (they are only allowed a set amount of time to play) trying to track down that specific creature. It would be extremely helpful if there was some kind of directory to at least look up what that monster looks likes so you know who you are looking for instead of just randomly touching monsters to hopefully happen upon the correct one.

New Mommy 321, Jul 22, 2021

Love this! (For a long time)

Fantastic for working on basic math skills! Earn monsters, build up a tropical island, and progressively cooler dance routines for addition and subtraction, and a planet star base for multiplication and division and basic algebra. It’s a fun way for kids to do math while they don’t realize they are being purposefully exposed to number patterns, ones, tens, multiples, differences, substitution, etc. It’s a practice app, not a teaching app. If you want a teaching app, use Endless Numbers another Originator app, or ToDo Math. We’ve had this since it was released and it’s nice to see it evolve. My kid started using this, when he was 4 or 5, and still loves it at 8. Before he could read, I used to read him the missions. (It would be nice if they were recorded for late readers.) The daily quests are a nice motivator. It’d be great to see more mini-games and rewards.

rk8102, Feb 06, 2020

Description

***Download to TRY FREE – no cancellation fee or commitment!*** MathTango makes learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division engaging and fun for kids aged 5-10 (Grades K-5)! Kids will progress through hundreds of math lessons as they earn monsters, complete missions, build out their own unique worlds, and discover even more fun and surprises along the way. While they’re having great fun, you’ll know they’re learning!

Kids will learn more and learn faster with a unique, classroom-tested combination of math puzzles (incorporating modern techniques that make math easier and more intuitive) and classic “world-building” activities found in games. PRESS AND REVIEWS: ⁃ KidSAFE Certified - Common Sense Media's Best Math Apps for Kids List ⁃ Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice ⁃ Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient - National Parenting Product Awards Winner - Creative Child Magazine Children's App of the Year Award ⁃ Apple App Store App of the Day KEY FEATURES: ⁃ Over 500 addition, subtraction, multiplication and division puzzles covering more than 40 math levels, followed by review levels with more math puzzles for lesson reinforcement and advanced play. ⁃ Lesson plan wizard generates a customized, age-appropriate curriculum for every user. ⁃ Common Core based curriculum that dynamically adapts so a child advances only when they have mastered the current lesson. ⁃ Addition and subtraction lessons include 9 unique puzzle game types that cover: • Numbers and counting • Ordering numbers • Counting forwards and backwards • Number patterns • Odd and even numbers • Comparing numbers • Adding single digit numbers • Adding doubles and near doubles • Subtracting single digit numbers • Subtracting 10’s • Making 10 to add to 8 and 9 • Adding double digit numbers (with and without regrouping) • Subtracting double digit numbers (with and without regrouping) ⁃ Multiplication and division lessons include 7 different puzzle game types that cover: • Multiplying with factors of 2 and 5 • Multiplying with factors 9 • Multiplying with factors of 0 and 1 • Multiplying with factors of 10 • Multiplying with factors of 3 • Multiplying with factors of 4 • Multiplying with factors of 6 and 7 • Multiplying with factors of 8 • Dividing by 2, 3, 4 and 5 • Dividing by 6 and 7 • Dividing by 8 and 9 • Dividing with 0 and 1 ⁃ Gameplay is structured around two worlds (Island and Starbase). Each world has never-ending missions that are completed to earn unique characters and dozens of in-game items to customize the worlds. ⁃ 7-day free trial gives you unlimited access to all activities and lessons in the app before paying. ⁃ Designed and developed for children of ages 5-10+. ⁃ Learn on the go. You can fully enjoy the entire app even when the device is offline. ⁃ Multiple user profiles on each device allow the entire family to learn at their own pace. ⁃ 100% free of advertisements and offers. ⁃ MathTango is a completely original app conceived, developed, and tested by a passionate team of 5 parents at Originator. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: MathTango is a subscription service that gives total access to everything available in the app. You can choose to subscribe on a monthly or annual basis. ⁃ Payment will be charged to your Apple iTunes account after the 7-day free trial. ⁃ Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. ⁃ Cancel your subscription anytime without a cancellation fee through Account Settings on your device. Privacy Policy: http://www.originatorkids.com/corporate/privacypolicy Terms of Use: http://www.originatorkids.com/corporate/termsofuse_mt