Smartick review

Smartick is an online maths and coding program for children aged 4 to 14, made by Sistemas Virtuales de Aprendizaje, a company based in Málaga, Spain. Each child does one 15-minute session a day. After a short placement phase, Smartick’s adaptive system builds a personalised study plan and generates a new session every day based on how the child did before. It is sold mainly to parents, in English and Spanish, and Smartick says families in 190 countries use it.

Who it’s for

Smartick is built for home use. A parent who wants their eight-year-old to do a short, steady burst of maths every evening, without having to plan it, is the core customer. The 15-minute limit is a deliberate choice, and it suits families who struggle to get homework done at all.

Schools are a secondary market. Smartick says it works with schools and offers discounts for teachers who want to use it with students, but it does not publish details of a teacher dashboard or class tools on its English site. A school that wants to set specific topics, track a whole class against a scheme of work, and report to leaders will be better served by school-first tools such as Matific or Mathletics.

Where Smartick can make sense for a school is as a recommendation to families, or as an intervention for a small group. A primary SENCo with a handful of pupils who need daily number practice could ask Smartick for a group price and let the adaptive system handle the content.

What it does well

The daily routine is the main strength. Fifteen minutes is short enough that most children accept it, and a fixed daily session is easier for a family to keep up than open-ended practice. A child who does 15 minutes five days a week gets more practice than one who does an hour once a fortnight.

The adaptive sequence takes work off the adult. In the first two or three sessions, Smartick assesses the child’s level. From then on, it chooses the content each day, moving forward when the child is secure and going back when they make mistakes. Parents do not need to know where their child is in the curriculum.

Coding sits alongside maths, so a family can use one subscription for both. The apps run on iOS and Android, and families can also log in on the web.

The program is available in Spanish as well as English, which helps bilingual families and Spanish-speaking schools.

Where it falls short

Teachers have little control. The adaptive system decides what each child practises, so a teacher cannot line Smartick up with this week’s lesson on fractions. That is fine for home practice but awkward in a classroom.

Pricing is hard to compare. Smartick does not show prices on its public pricing page. Its help centre says prices vary by country, currency, number of children and subscription length, and that parents see their price after logging in to the parent page. A school business manager trying to compare quotes will need to call or email.

Public information for schools is thin. Smartick’s help centre has only two short articles on schools and teachers, and both say to contact the company. Before you commit, ask for a demo of whatever teacher view exists and a sample report.

Pricing

Smartick does not publish prices on its website as of November 2026. Family subscriptions are priced by country, number of children and length of subscription, with discounts for siblings and longer terms, and there is a seven-day free trial. Schools and teachers get discounted prices on request.

Privacy and data

Smartick’s privacy policy is written under the EU GDPR and Spanish data protection law, and names the Spanish Data Protection Agency as the regulator. For children under 14, it says a parent or guardian must give consent, and Smartick says it will make reasonable efforts to verify it. The policy lists the data it collects, including name, date of birth, nationality, contact details, browsing data and, with express consent, information about special educational needs. It says calls with families may be recorded and video calls need explicit consent.

Some points will concern schools. The policy says browsing data may be used to evaluate marketing campaigns and that marketing and advertising providers may receive data for personalised advertising. It does not say where data is hosted. It describes the adaptive system as AI-based and says it is used to identify each child’s level and adjust content. If a school buys Smartick for students, ask for a data processing agreement that rules out marketing use of student data. Our student data privacy checklist covers the other questions.

Verdict

Smartick is a reasonable home maths routine for families who want a short daily session that adapts on its own, especially if they want Spanish as an option. For schools, it offers too little control, too little public information about teacher tools, and a privacy policy too open to marketing use. Teachers looking for classroom maths practice should pick a school-focused tool from our learning apps rankings.

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