The best time to practise math isn't always when your child is sitting at a desk. It's the fifteen minutes in the car after school. It's the quiet spell at a coffee shop while siblings are at enrichment. It's the weekend morning before the rest of the house wakes up.

For most families, those windows go unused — not because the child doesn't want to practise, but because the practice tool lives on a laptop at home.

That's changed. Singapore Math Drills is now available on the App Store, for every iPhone.

Why mobile matters for primary math

There's a well-established principle in learning science called distributed practice — spreading shorter study sessions across multiple days produces stronger retention than cramming the same total time into one sitting. The research is clear: ten minutes of focused practice five days a week outperforms a single fifty-minute session on the weekend.

The problem has always been logistics. Getting a child to sit down for a dedicated math session at home requires momentum — the laptop charged, the Wi-Fi working, no distractions. On an iPhone that's already in a parent's pocket or a child's school bag, the friction drops to almost nothing. The child opens the app, picks up where they left off, and practises for as long as the moment allows.

This is especially powerful for the types of math that benefit from frequent, low-stakes repetition: multiplication tables, fraction equivalence, number bonds, and the mental arithmetic that underpins Paper 1. These aren't topics that reward marathon sessions. They reward daily touch.

What the app includes

The iOS app carries the full Singapore Math Drills experience — not a watered-down companion version.

Full P1–P6 syllabus coverage. Every topic in the Singapore MOE Primary Mathematics syllabus is available, from number bonds in Primary 1 to algebra and ratio in Primary 6. The curriculum mapping is exact: if a topic appears in the school syllabus, it's in the app.

Focus Mode and Sprint Mode. Focus Mode lets your child work through questions at their own pace with hints and no time pressure — ideal for new or difficult topics. Sprint Mode adds a countdown timer and streak tracking for building rapid recall on mastered skills. Switching between the two is a single tap.

Worked solutions after every answer. Whether your child gets a question right or wrong, they see a step-by-step explanation. For bar-model word problems, this means a full visual breakdown of how the model maps to the question. The explanations are written in plain language, not textbook jargon.

Progress that carries over. Your child's accuracy data, mastery levels, and focus-area recommendations sync between the web version and the iPhone app. Start a session on the laptop, continue on the phone — the skill map picks up exactly where it left off.

No ads, no in-practice upsells. There are no advertisements and no premium pop-ups inside the practice experience itself, and no social features that pull your child away from the math.

Making the most of small pockets of time

You don't need to carve out an hour. Some of the most effective practice happens in short bursts:

• After school, before homework. A five-minute Sprint Mode session on multiplication tables or number bonds warms up the brain without feeling like work. It's the math equivalent of stretching before a run.
• While waiting. Dental appointments, siblings at lessons, the queue at the hawker centre — any idle moment becomes a chance to squeeze in a few fraction or geometry questions.
• Before bed. A single Focus Mode session on a topic your child found tricky that day, with hints turned on, can be the difference between forgetting overnight and consolidating the concept.

The key is consistency, not duration. Three five-minute sessions across a day teach more than one fifteen-minute session at a desk. The app tracks cumulative practice time, so you can see that those small moments add up.

What parents see on their phone

When your child practises on the iPhone app, their progress feeds into the same parent dashboard you'd see on the web. You can check which topics your child worked on, whether their accuracy is trending up, and where they're still struggling — all from your own phone.

The weekly Parent Digest email still arrives every Sunday, summarising the week's practice in plain language: what was mastered, what needs attention, and what's coming next. The iOS app doesn't replace that — it feeds it. More frequent practice means richer data, which means more useful summaries.

If your child has siblings on the same family plan, each child's progress is tracked separately on the app. You can switch between profiles to check on each child individually — no separate logins or accounts required.

A note on Android

The app is now available on both the App Store and Google Play, so a family with a mix of iPhones and Android devices can practise on whichever device is at hand. If your household also has an Android phone or tablet, see Singapore Math Drills Is Now on Google Play for the Android download. Either way, the web version at singaporemathdrills.com works beautifully in Safari and can be added to your home screen for an app-like experience.

Getting started

If you're already a Singapore Math Drills user, download the app and sign in with your existing account. Your child's progress, skill map, and all settings carry over immediately.

If you're new, the app works without an account for browsing topics and trying sample questions. Creating a free account takes about thirty seconds and unlocks full progress tracking.

Try it free

Search "Singapore Math Drills" on the App Store to download it on your iPhone, or start straight away on the web — no download needed. Either way, practice starts free, with no credit card required.

Scan the code above with your iPhone's camera to open the App Store listing directly.

The best time to practise math isn't always when your child is sitting at a desk. It's the fifteen minutes in the car after school. It's the quiet spell at a coffee shop while siblings are at enrichment. It's the weekend morning before the rest of the house wakes up.

For most families, those windows go unused — not because the child doesn't want to practise, but because the practice tool lives on a laptop at home.

That's changed. Singapore Math Drills is now available on the App Store, for every iPhone.

Why mobile matters for primary math

There's a well-established principle in learning science called distributed practice — spreading shorter study sessions across multiple days produces stronger retention than cramming the same total time into one sitting. The research is clear: ten minutes of focused practice five days a week outperforms a single fifty-minute session on the weekend.

The problem has always been logistics. Getting a child to sit down for a dedicated math session at home requires momentum — the laptop charged, the Wi-Fi working, no distractions. On an iPhone that's already in a parent's pocket or a child's school bag, the friction drops to almost nothing. The child opens the app, picks up where they left off, and practises for as long as the moment allows.

This is especially powerful for the types of math that benefit from frequent, low-stakes repetition: multiplication tables, fraction equivalence, number bonds, and the mental arithmetic that underpins Paper 1. These aren't topics that reward marathon sessions. They reward daily touch.

What the app includes

The iOS app carries the full Singapore Math Drills experience — not a watered-down companion version.

Full P1–P6 syllabus coverage. Every topic in the Singapore MOE Primary Mathematics syllabus is available, from number bonds in Primary 1 to algebra and ratio in Primary 6. The curriculum mapping is exact: if a topic appears in the school syllabus, it's in the app.

Focus Mode and Sprint Mode. Focus Mode lets your child work through questions at their own pace with hints and no time pressure — ideal for new or difficult topics. Sprint Mode adds a countdown timer and streak tracking for building rapid recall on mastered skills. Switching between the two is a single tap.

Worked solutions after every answer. Whether your child gets a question right or wrong, they see a step-by-step explanation. For bar-model word problems, this means a full visual breakdown of how the model maps to the question. The explanations are written in plain language, not textbook jargon.

Progress that carries over. Your child's accuracy data, mastery levels, and focus-area recommendations sync between the web version and the iPhone app. Start a session on the laptop, continue on the phone — the skill map picks up exactly where it left off.

No ads, no in-practice upsells. There are no advertisements and no premium pop-ups inside the practice experience itself, and no social features that pull your child away from the math.

Making the most of small pockets of time

You don't need to carve out an hour. Some of the most effective practice happens in short bursts:

• After school, before homework. A five-minute Sprint Mode session on multiplication tables or number bonds warms up the brain without feeling like work. It's the math equivalent of stretching before a run.
• While waiting. Dental appointments, siblings at lessons, the queue at the hawker centre — any idle moment becomes a chance to squeeze in a few fraction or geometry questions.
• Before bed. A single Focus Mode session on a topic your child found tricky that day, with hints turned on, can be the difference between forgetting overnight and consolidating the concept.

The key is consistency, not duration. Three five-minute sessions across a day teach more than one fifteen-minute session at a desk. The app tracks cumulative practice time, so you can see that those small moments add up.

What parents see on their phone

When your child practises on the iPhone app, their progress feeds into the same parent dashboard you'd see on the web. You can check which topics your child worked on, whether their accuracy is trending up, and where they're still struggling — all from your own phone.

The weekly Parent Digest email still arrives every Sunday, summarising the week's practice in plain language: what was mastered, what needs attention, and what's coming next. The iOS app doesn't replace that — it feeds it. More frequent practice means richer data, which means more useful summaries.

If your child has siblings on the same family plan, each child's progress is tracked separately on the app. You can switch between profiles to check on each child individually — no separate logins or accounts required.

A note on Android

The app is now available on both the App Store and Google Play, so a family with a mix of iPhones and Android devices can practise on whichever device is at hand. If your household also has an Android phone or tablet, see Singapore Math Drills Is Now on Google Play for the Android download. Either way, the web version at singaporemathdrills.com works beautifully in Safari and can be added to your home screen for an app-like experience.

Getting started

If you're already a Singapore Math Drills user, download the app and sign in with your existing account. Your child's progress, skill map, and all settings carry over immediately.

If you're new, the app works without an account for browsing topics and trying sample questions. Creating a free account takes about thirty seconds and unlocks full progress tracking.

Try it free

Search "Singapore Math Drills" on the App Store to download it on your iPhone, or start straight away on the web — no download needed. Either way, practice starts free, with no credit card required.

Scan the code above with your iPhone's camera to open the App Store listing directly.