9 Best Free Math Games of 2026

Khan Academy Kids is the safest free pick for young children, and it ranks second because nothing in it costs money. The nonprofit says the app is 100% free, with no ads and no subscriptions, and the US App Store lists no in-app purchases. It holds more than 5,000 games, books and videos for ages 2 to 8, and math is taught through characters such as Peck the Hummingbird for numbers and counting and Sandy the Dingo for puzzles and problem-solving. Lessons move from preschool counting and shapes to kindergarten early math and 1st and 2nd grade problem-solving. Khan Academy built it with the Stanford Graduate School of Education and aligns it with Head Start and Common Core Standards. Families can download books and games to use offline, and teachers get in-app tools for assignments and progress tracking. The limits are age and focus: it ends around 2nd grade, and math shares time with reading and stories. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Prodigy Math Game ranks first because it is a real video game in which the math is the gameplay, and its educational content does not sit behind a paywall. Each player creates a wizard and levels it up from 1 to 100 by winning battles against monsters or other players, and every battle is won by answering math questions. Prodigy says the questions are aligned with state-level curricula and that an adaptive algorithm tailors them to each child's grade level, with hints for hard concepts. Parents can follow progress in the separate Prodigy for Parents app, and teachers get full access for free. Prodigy sells optional memberships with extra game features and parent data: on the US App Store, Core is $12.99 a month or $74.99 a year, and higher tiers cost more. The tradeoff is that kids may want the membership extras, and some play time goes to the game rather than the math. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Khan Academy answers the question of the best free math learning tool for students past early elementary. The nonprofit puts its whole personalized learning library online for free: thousands of interactive exercises, videos and articles, with math running from arithmetic, pre-algebra and algebra through geometry, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, differential equations and linear algebra. Practice exercises, quizzes and tests give instant feedback and step-by-step hints, and a mastery system adjusts to the learner's current level. A free account syncs progress between the app and khanacademy.org, and videos can be downloaded for offline viewing. It ranks below Prodigy and Khan Academy Kids because it is a course more than a game, which some kids find less motivating, and because Khan Academy says parent tools, teacher tools and test prep are on the website rather than in the app. For homework help and catching up on a topic, it is hard to beat at no cost. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Math Playground is the best free browser site for short math games that still teach. The home page sorts activities by grade from kindergarten to 6th grade and adds sections for math practice in addition, multiplication, fractions, ratios, prealgebra and geometry, plus logic, spatial reasoning, coding and two-player challenges. Its standout tools are visual: Thinking Blocks for modeling word problems and Fraction Forest for unit and equal fractions. The site describes four Thinking Paths, explore, model, practice and solve, to help teachers and families see how play builds reasoning. Everything core is free with ads. The Learning and Play plan costs $10 a month or $60 a year and adds full access to all games and printable activities, and the classroom PLUS site is $72 a year. The gaps are that there is no adaptive learning path and no parent progress report, so it works best as a supplement to a structured app. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Coolmath Games is the best known free game site with math in its name, and it earns its place for kids who want games that feel like games. The site has number categories for addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, financial literacy and applied math, next to a much larger set of strategy, logic and puzzle games such as Block the Pig, IQ Ball and 2048. The free app offers hundreds of these titles, with new games added every week, and needs an internet connection. Coolmath says players cannot type to each other and that its games have no violence or inappropriate language. Premium Access removes ads and adds themes, avatars, a custom username and unlimited playlists; the FAQ page does not list a price. It ranks fifth because many top games train logic rather than math skills, and there is no grade path or progress report. Sister sites Coolmath.com and Coolmath4Kids add lessons and younger games. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Zearn Math is the most research-backed free option on this list, and the one to choose when a child needs lessons that track what their class is doing. The nonprofit says its entire content library is free so families can see what students are learning, and free teacher accounts cover up to 35 students and 1 teacher. Each lesson starts with fluency activities for math facts, moves through guided instruction with pictures, objects and digital manipulatives, and includes prompts for paper-and-pencil problem solving. When students struggle, lessons adapt in real time with support while keeping them on grade-level work, and students must show full understanding before moving on. Zearn reports a randomized trial of more than 10,000 students and a Strong (Tier 1) rating from Evidence for ESSA. It ranks sixth because it is built for structured classroom use and plays less like a game, so it may need an adult to set up and guide it at home. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Moose Math is a small, free and focused early math app from Duck Duck Moose, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Khan Academy, and like the nonprofit's other apps it has no ads or subscriptions. Kids ages 3 to 7 play five multi-level activities: making smoothies at Moose Juice while counting and adding, matching pets by counting dots, Pet Bingo with addition and subtraction problems, sorting shapes and colors in Lost and Found, and Dot to Dot. Along the way they earn rewards to build and decorate their own city. The skills list covers counting by 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, counting to 100, adding and subtracting up to 20, basic geometry and comparing lengths, aligned with Common Core for Kindergarten and 1st Grade. A Report Card section lets parents and teachers monitor progress. It ranks seventh because five activities run out sooner than the larger libraries above. We compared documented features and published prices only.

SplashLearn has one of the most complete elementary math programs here, but it ranks eighth on a free list because full access needs a subscription once the free trial ends. The app covers preschool to grade 5 in math and reading, with more than 4,000 games, books, math challenges and worksheets, and it adjusts difficulty to each child's progress. Its grade lists are specific: counting and shapes in preschool, place value and telling time in grade 1, multiplication and money in grade 2, division and fractions in grade 3, and decimals, geometry and multi-step word problems in grades 4 and 5. Parents get real-time progress tracking, and the app shows no ads or pop-ups. SplashLearn says it is used in 1 in 3 US schools. On the US App Store, memberships start at $7.99 a month and yearly plans at $69.99, though several price points are listed. The website also invites families to start for free. We compared documented features and published prices only.

Todo Math is a carefully built early math app from Enuma, whose team was a co-winner of the Global Learning XPRIZE, and it is the most accessible pick on this list. It offers more than 2,000 interactive activities across Levels A to H, from counting to 10 in preschool to basic division, fractions and 3D shapes at 3rd grade basics, covering counting, calculation, logic, geometry, and clocks and calendars. An in-app placement test sets the starting level. It plays in 8 languages and includes a left-handed mode, a help button and a dyslexic font, works without an internet connection, and has no third-party advertising. Parents can change levels and review progress on the Parents Page, and profiles sync across devices. It ranks ninth on a free list because sign-up is free and needs no credit card, but full access needs a subscription: the US App Store lists yearly plans from $49.99, with several other price points. We compared documented features and published prices only.