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The Joys of Being an App Tester First off, I must say I already love this app. I can see it becoming my favourite Android game for challenging friends and family members to a numerical match in the future. MathPuzzler is an educational arithmetic game based on addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division operations. The premium version of the app offers a larger scale of numbers and four levels, providing excellent value. MathPuzzler is fantastic as-is and should mostly remain the same for its first release. This way, the public can start enjoying the coolest game at their next gathering. I’m ... Read more

Early Days I first looked at IOS development some years back, part of my hobby, whilst teaching maths. I was disappointed when I discovered that I would have to pay accumulatively for using the IOS development kit – even just to become familiar with their product and for self-learning. It would have become a costly hobby. Choosing Android Studio was a no-brainer; the development kit and integrated development environment were completely free. Over the years, I’ve learned new skills and experienced tremendous improvements at zero cost, and that has kept me on board. Lockdown Great time doing online courses and ... Read more

Editor’s Note The Android-DE website did not take long to get up and running. There was however some initial effort needed, primarily with the downloading and setup of necessary plugins – which in all honesty is fairly easy to get to grips with.  In contrast, application development has been very time-consuming, especially for a small company.  The first product, MathPuzzler, will lay the foundation for further Android-DE applications, specifically in Numeracy.  As WordPress manager, I am responsible for the setup, maintenance and security of Android-DE’s website.   Using the correct WordPress WordPress, wordpress.org, is open-source software that is free to ... Read more

Introduction Many children and adults alike are held back in their studies and later work because they struggle to carry out quick mental arithmetic calculations.  MathPuzzler is the first in a sequence of applications designed to help tackle this problem and improve everyday maths.    Math Puzzle Editions The Freemium edition includes Ads (suitable for children) and is otherwise fully functional.  The complexity of each question is dependant on this level and on the math operator (+, -,  x, ÷) in use.   The Premium edition is completely Ad-free.  It has three additional graded levels that can help improve numeracy skills ... Read more