Komodo maths app vs maths whizz?

[onedayatatime73]

Hi. Has anyone used this? We have been using it for about a month with 7yr dd. just wanted to know how it progresses? So far it's been pretty much the same every time. 7 + 0. 0+ 7. And despite the fact that she can do them really well it doesn't seem to really progress? I appreciate she is getting faster but she is in danger of getting really bored.

We did maths whizz for a while but stopped because had to do it on a lap top which was a real faff every night. Switched to Komodo as it can be done on an iPad which was so much easier. But maths whizz did all sorts like place value, shapes, fractions etc.
Does Komodo do any of this or it is just the same sorts of sums every time?

Or can anyone suggest an alternative that's a maths app??

That doesn't sound right! We use Komodo and it does progress. If you get 3 A*s in a row you go onto the next stage and if you do six or seven stages, you get onto another level (ie, different topics - so multiplications, divisions, adding 10, 11,12 etc. I don't think Komodo does shapes but I think it does fractions although my 6 year old hasn't got onto that yet).

An A* means almost everything right (like 19/20) and within the time range given at the bottom.

sorry, forgot to add, you get new stars for every stage completed and "win" a new belt when you have enough stars. There's quite a lot of internal reward for getting onto a new level (DCs think it's really exciting to get a new belt and they get a treat as well from me) so if you're not seeing the stars and belts counting up, you're not moving on properly.

Is she perhaps not completing the tests within the time so passing but not moving on? Once a test has started you can't stop it and go away and do something else, you just have to complete it within the three minutes or whatever.

Or it could be a problem with your app?

Try doodlemaths, my 7 year old son loves it. We got the lifetime membership. I highly recommend it. Good all round app with tutorials, age based assessment and the program adjusts to child's ability. My favourite.

For speed, live mathletics can be fun. They compete with others around the globe on speed tests. Also good for revision and has downloadable workbooks if you prefer that route. I use this for revision and fun.

For getting back to curriculum basic with video tutorials, studdyladder is good. I use this for new material. The tasks are simple though so I wouldn't assume proficiency on that implied proficiency in a classroom.

For drilling, ixl has it's charms, but I personally prefer others (used ixl for about a year when Ds was 5. I dislike the scoring system as it felt quite demotivational, but check it out.

Ah thanks premin. We definitely doing something wrong then. She has got A scores every time and is getting faster but every time it is the same questions - numbers to add up that are less than ten. It's really boring. I will contact them.

And thanks international some great questions I will explore