Meet Math Blast — Times tables. No ads. No timer tears

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Math Blast

Times tables. No ads. No timer tears.

What Math Blast does

Math Blast is the multiplication facts drill app for parents who refuse to download another "freemium" math game that advertises a $189/year subscription to a third-grader.

What ships in v1:

— Pure facts. The times tables from 0×0 to 12×12. No avatars, no costumes, no walking-vs-flying tiers, no friend leaderboards. — Adaptive spaced repetition per fact. The app remembers that you got 7×8 wrong twice last week and serves it again today; 2×3 you got right ten times so it backs off. Each of the 169 facts has its own mastery score. — Parent-set session length. Five minutes? Two minutes? Ten? A grown-up picks the cap and the app stops there. No infinite-engagement loops. — No timer required. Tap when ready. Wrong answers show the correct fact for two seconds, then move on — no buzzers, no big red X, no "you're slow." — A simple progress page. Which facts are mastered, which need work. Per-kid, on-device. — Up to four kids per device, no logins. — Zero ads. Zero in-app purchases. Zero subscription. Zero data leaving the phone.

For the 12M US kids in grades 2-5 who need to reach multiplication automaticity — and the parents who are tired of Prodigy's manipulative upselling (formally complained about by 22 child-advocacy groups in 2021) and Times Tables Rockstars' timer anxiety (Mumsnet threads of children "crying 10+ times").

A look inside

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What's inside

• Pick a kid — Up to 4 profiles per device
• Drill — Adaptive facts; tap an answer chip
• Mastery map — 169-square grid colored by mastery score
• Settings — Session length, difficulty cap (×5 or ×12), per-kid
• Streak — Days drilled this week — supportive, not competitive

Why we built it

Kids need to reach multiplication automaticity by end of 5th grade but the dominant drill apps either subscribe ($120-189/yr Prodigy) or weaponize a timer (TT Rockstars causes documented child distress).

What makes it different

Math Blast is the only times-tables drill app with per-fact adaptive spaced repetition (each of the 169 facts has its own mastery score), no leaderboards, no timer, no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases, no account, and a parent-set session cap — Prodigy is $189/yr with upselling Fairplay-for-Kids called manipu…

Who it's for

Students, parents helping with homework, and adults who just want a fast answer without an upsell.

In one line: Times tables. No ads. No timer tears.

Try it

See the Math Blast app page for the full feature list, the info table, and support links.

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