Boddle vs Mathigon

Boddle is a K–6 learning game with math, English language arts, and science content for classrooms, families, and homeschoolers. Its learning roadmap adjusts material to a learner's performance. Student tools include text-to-speech, question explanations, a sketch scratchpad, and placement testing. Teachers can assign standards-aligned skills and review mastery reports by student, skill, and standard. Google Classroom and Clever provide single sign-on and roster syncing. The premium page describes more than 2,000 skills and over 48,500 questions, rationales, and explainer videos. Boddle says its full learning platform is free for every teacher and school, with Premium as an optional add-on. The Basic plan includes all learning content and more than 35,000 questions for students. Listed Premium prices are $4.08 per month billed annually and $9.99 per month billed monthly. Boddle runs in web browsers on Chromebooks and laptops, with iOS 12+ and Android 9+ apps. It states that it complies with COPPA, FERPA, and SOPPA and holds KidSafeSeal certification.

Mathigon is a free mathematics learning app for web, iOS and Android. It describes itself as a mix of interactive textbook and virtual tutor. Courses are divided into small sections with problems, simulations, patterns and other interactive components. A knowledge graph is used to adapt course content, while the virtual tutor provides tailored hints and encouragement. Illustrations, narratives, real-life applications, puzzles and historical context are used in the courses. Polypad includes more than 50 virtual manipulatives, along with dynamic geometry, graph plotting and sharing. Teachers can track student progress, view saved Polypad canvases and import student rosters from Google Classroom. Mathigon also offers free webinars, tutorial videos and a library of more than 50 free student activities and teaching ideas. Most parts follow WCAG 2.1 AA, according to Mathigon, and course audio narration is available in English. Offline access and parent reporting are listed features. Use is limited to non-commercial purposes unless a commercial licensing agreement is arranged. Mathigon says it cannot promise when courses marked under construction will be finished. Its free plan is listed for students, teachers and parents.