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Math Practice That BuildsConfidence, Not Addiction.

They learn it at school or at your kitchen table. Upwardly Math is the practice field — where new skills get the reps to stick, Grades K–8, with a step-by-step walkthrough behind every question.

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“I love, love, love the learning plans”

Nora A. · parent · Grades K–8 · Common Core aligned

Why Parents Pick Us

Three reasons, no fluff.

Gamification aimed at habits

Kids earn XP by doing real math, and careful work pays best — showing your work is worth more XP than the answer itself. XP powers a friendly Weekly Race and trophies for streaks, mastery, and real thinking. No loot boxes, no real money. And you can switch any of it off.

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Shaped by the families who use it

Every support email gets a real answer — from a person, not a ticket bot — and subscriber requests usually ship in weeks, not years. Ask for a unit your student needs, and watch it show up.

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Matched to what school teaches

567 practice units and 6,497+ questions across K–8, aligned to what they’re actually doing in class. They learn it there — it locks in here.

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New This Summer

Their race.Your finish lines.

Every week, students race — on the XP they earn, or on weekly goals you set for each child: days practiced, questions answered, or XP. Everyone who reaches their own line wins the week, so a 2nd grader and a 6th grader are each just working toward their own bar.

And because XP pays most for careful work — showing your work is worth more than the answer itself — it’s a race that can’t be won by rushing.

One toggle on your dashboard turns the whole thing off, anytime.

See how the race is scored

Four siblings racing on an animated track, each toward their own parent-set weekly goal measured in questions or days practiced — Each child races their own goal — and the app says so, right on the track.

See It Working

They show their work. It pays off.And you can check it.

The thing every parent and teacher asks for — finally rewarded, and visible from your dashboard.

A student showing their work in the sketchpad with the Quill of Reasoning active — 1They show their work. With the Quill of Reasoning active, real working-out in the sketchpad earns bonus XP — even if the answer’s wrong.

The end-of-unit summary revealing the bonus XP earned for shown work — 2The thinking pays off. At the end of the unit, the bonus XP for genuine work is revealed — we reward the process, not just the answer.

Parent Reporting showing a student's sketch work and whether it was a genuine attempt — 3And you can verify it. Parent Reporting shows the actual sketch — plus our read on whether it was a genuine attempt.

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New — Upwardly IQ

Their week,in plain English.

Upwardly IQ reads how practice is really going and writes you a short Brief — what they practiced, what clicked, and what’s tripping them up — like a teacher who knows your kid. When units are ready for a look back, it offers to build a review quiz from your student’s own work. The loop is short: read for two minutes, help for five, retake to confirm it stuck.

IQ suggests. You decide. And for a limited time, every family gets it free.

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Maya practiced on 4 days this week, answering 31 questions across 3 units — right in line with their usual rhythm. They got 84% of questions right on the first try, a touch above their typical 80% over the last month. Reading analog clocks kept coming up: the clock faces themselves are landing first try, but Maya occasionally swaps a.m. and p.m. for morning school times — the same slip on three different questions, so it looks like the distinction, not the clock, is what needs another look.

The Brief — refreshed as often as every day while they’re practicing.

Simple Pricing

About the price of a quick bite out.

A whole month of full access for one student — and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

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Full K–8 catalog — every unit, every question
Parent dashboard with question-by-question review
XP Shop, Learning Plans & walkthroughs
Direct founder support — no ticket queues

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From the founder

“I hate subscription trapsas much as you do.”

You can change or cancel your plan anytime from your My Account page — no phone calls, no retention hoops. Some families run Upwardly Math year-round; plenty come and go with the school calendar. Both are welcome here.

And here’s what founder-run actually buys you: if something’s missing — a unit your student needs, a feature that would make practice click for your kid — you tell me directly, and I can usually ship it in weeks. No unmonitored inbox. No bailing to the next app hoping someone finally listens.

— Rudy, founder of Upwardly Math

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