Mathsthat sticks.
Mathsy is a maths app for kids that follows the English national curriculum, from Year 1 to GCSE. It remembers what your child knows, spots the mistakes they keep making, and teaches them the fix.
Launching in 2027 on iPhone, iPad and Android. Free to start.
Try the tables check
Times tables from 2 to 12, with 6 seconds for each question, just like the real Year 4 check. Nothing your child types is stored.
Tap or type each answer. It's marked as soon as it's right, and whatever is in the box when time runs out counts.
The 2027 Year 4 multiplication tables check starts on Monday 7 June. That's some days away. How to prepare
Three things a worksheet can't do
Behind the scenes, Mathsy keeps track of every fact and skill your child has met, and decides what they should practise today.
It remembers
Every fact and skill has its own memory schedule. Mathsy brings each one back just before your child would forget it, so practice goes into long-term memory, not just today's homework.
It spots patterns
Wrong answers are checked against the mistakes children commonly make. If your child keeps answering 6 × 8 with 56, Mathsy notices they're mixing it up with 7 × 8, and tells you.
It teaches
When your child is stuck, Mathsy helps the way a good teacher would, using the methods, pictures and words taught in English schools.
Help that starts small
Mathsy gives the lightest help that might work, then a little more, so your child is still doing the thinking. Every step is free and explains the method. On Plus, the help works through your child's own question, starting from the exact mistake they made.
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A nudge
A prompt towards the first step, then another go.
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A hint
A pointer to the idea they need, with a picture.
- 3
A walk-through
A question solved step by step, with your child filling in each step.
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A short lesson
About a minute, ending on a question they can do.
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A step back
If the problem is underneath, Mathsy steps back to the earlier idea first.
Practice without the pressure
We read what parents say about the maths apps their children already use, and built Mathsy without the parts that put children off.
No speed ranks
Children are never labelled by how fast they are. Speed is only ever measured against their own pace.
No leaderboards
Nobody is ranked against their classmates, at home or at school. Races are only ever against their own best.
No screen-time contests
Rewards count finished sessions and progress, never minutes on screen. Each session ends with a boss, then it's done.
No scores that crash
One mistake never wipes out progress. Mastery builds steadily, and points never go down.
No guilt trips
Nothing bad ever happens to their creatures. A missed day each week doesn't break a streak, holidays pause it, and Mathsy never nags with notifications.
No upgrade prompts
Children never see a price, a paywall or an upgrade prompt. Plus changes the questions and the help they get, not how the app looks.
Follows what they're taught at school
Every year from Year 1 to GCSE, Foundation and Higher, ready when Mathsy launches in 2027. It's built on the national curriculum for England, from number and algebra to shape, measurement and statistics, with the methods and words your child meets at school. Our free maths guides for parents explain what your child learns in each year.
Practice they'll ask to do
Younger children look after creatures and older children collect cards. Your child chooses on their first go. Every reward is earned by answering questions, and every session has a clear finish, with no "one more go" nagging.
Look after their creatures
Younger children collect creatures, a family for each topic, and give them names. Answering questions is how they're looked after. Nothing bad ever happens to them: after a few days away, a creature has just had a nap.
Beat the boss
Every session ends with a boss. On Plus, bosses are built from your child's weak spots. Each right answer is a hit, and quicker answers hit harder, measured against your child's own pace. Wrong answers never cost points.
Or collect cards
Older children collect cards instead. Each fact they master becomes a card, harder facts are rarer, and a card fades when it's due for practice.
Work towards a treat
You choose a reward and a goal, like practising on 10 days. Your child sees the treasure chest fill up.
Free to start. Plus costs less than an hour of tutoring.
Mathsy spots mistakes for everyone, and Plus fixes your child's own. The free version is the full app, with every step of help when your child is stuck.
Free
£0
For every child in your family
- All the practice, following the national curriculum
- Creatures or cards, bosses and reward goals
- Tables check practice and strategies for tricky facts
- Memory schedule for every fact and skill
- Every step of help when they're stuck, explaining the method
- Mistakes spotted, a level for each area and a weekly report for you
Mathsy Plus
£29.99 a year
or £3.99 a month, for every child in your family. 7-day free trial.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Practice aimed at their own mistakes, including the earlier topics underneath them
- Bosses built from their weak spots
- Help that works through their own question step by step, starting from the exact mistake they made
Founding families: the first 1,000 families to subscribe get Mathsy Plus for £19.99 a year, locked in for as long as you stay subscribed. Families on the waiting list get 7 days to claim it before it's offered to everyone.
Made for children, properly
Mathsy is designed around the ICO Children's Code and Apple's and Google's rules for children's apps. My own two children test it before any other family sees it.
Andrew, Mathsy's founder
- No advertsNone, ever, on any plan.
- No trackingNo tracking or analytics, in the app or on this website.
- No chatChildren can't message or be messaged by anyone, and there's no AI chat. Every explanation is written by us.
- No paywalls for childrenPrices and upgrades only appear in the parent area, behind a grown-up check.
- Progress stays on your deviceMathsy works offline, in the car or on holiday.
For schools
We're building a teacher dashboard that shows every pupil's gaps and your class's most common mistakes, so you can see who needs what before the lesson starts. Schools can join a free pilot.
- Skills heatmap by pupil, and tables check readiness
- Set the week's topic; each pupil's own reviews carry on alongside it
- Your school's methods and vocabulary, such as grid before column
- Pupil accounts from your management information system
Questions parents ask
When is the 2027 Year 4 multiplication tables check?
Schools in England run the check in a two-week window starting on Monday 7 June 2027. Year 4 pupils answer 25 multiplication questions from the 2 to 12 times tables, with 6 seconds for each one. There's no pass mark, and your child's teacher will tell you their score.
Does Mathsy follow the national curriculum?
Yes. Mathsy is built on the national curriculum for England, year by year, using the written methods, pictures and words taught in English schools. Progress is tied to skills rather than to the curriculum's wording, so it's designed to carry over when the revised curriculum arrives in September 2028.
Which school years does it cover?
Every year from Year 1 to Year 11, including GCSE Foundation and Higher, from the day Mathsy launches. It covers every area of the national curriculum: number, algebra, ratio and proportion, geometry, measurement, statistics and probability. Your child never sees a school year in the app: it's only a starting point, and a child who's flying moves on to harder work.
What's the difference between Free and Plus?
Mathsy spots mistakes for everyone, and Plus fixes your child's own. Free is the whole of Mathsy: practice that follows the national curriculum, creatures or cards, bosses, reward goals, tables check practice and strategies for tricky facts. It spots your child's mistakes and gives you a weekly report with a level for each area. When your child is stuck, every step of help is free: a nudge, a hint, a walk-through, a short lesson or a step back to an earlier topic, with general explanations of the method. Plus aims practice at your child's own mistakes, including the earlier topics underneath them, and builds bosses from their weak spots. Its help works through your child's own question with them, step by step, starting from the exact mistake they made. Children never see a price, a paywall or an upgrade prompt, and the app looks the same on both.
Is it safe for my child?
There are no adverts, no tracking, no analytics and no chat, including no AI chat: every explanation is written by us. Children never see prices or upgrade prompts, and nothing bad ever happens to their creatures. Mathsy is designed around the ICO Children's Code and Apple's and Google's rules for children's apps.
Is there a timer?
Only where it helps. Years 1 and 2 practise without a visible timer. From Year 3 there's a gentle timer for each skill that gives your child more time when they need it and less as they speed up. Reading time never counts: the clock starts once read-aloud has finished. You can turn the timer on or off for each child in the parent area. Tables check practice always uses the real check's 6 seconds.
Will my child be compared with other children?
No. There are no leaderboards, speed ranks or class contests. Races and speed are only ever measured against your child's own best.
Does it work without the internet?
Yes. Profiles and progress live on the phone or tablet, and Mathsy doesn't need the internet, so it works anywhere. On some Android phones, read-aloud uses the phone's own online voice, which is part of the phone, not Mathsy.