Education Shed
For primary and elementary school students, teachers, and parents seeking research-backed, curriculum-aligned supplemental practice.
Known forMath Shed
For primary and elementary school students, teachers, and parents seeking research-backed, curriculum-aligned supplemental practice.
Providing teacher-designed, gamified literacy and numeracy tools to bridge the gap between classroom instruction and home practice for primary students.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 2Last updated
Math Shed
v1.6.4
4mo ago
Primary focus
Gamified primary education and literacy tools
Scale
indie
Target audience
Primary and elementary school students, teachers, and parents seeking research-backed, curriculum-aligned supplemental practice.
Origin
Developed by a team of teachers to create a digital platform that bridges the gap between traditional classroom instruction and digital gameplay.
Maintains a steady development cycle with 3 updates across its portfolio in the last 6 months, focusing on its core active titles.
3 apps analysed
Evidence-based spelling curriculum drives 80% improvement in student results
Distributed across 20 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 1 of 3 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
User-sentiment analysis coming soon.
IXL dominates the educational landscape with a massive, multi-subject curriculum that captures the same school-aged audience as Spelling Shed.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
A massive, long-standing competitor in the early education space that commands significant market share.
Dominates the classroom engagement space with a social, competitive quiz format that overlaps with spelling game mechanics.
High-velocity release cadence and a focus on gamified language learning make this a direct threat to Spelling Shed's engagement model.
Adjacent literacy-focused platform that competes for the same screen time and educational budget.
A high-quality, free alternative that provides a broad foundation for early learners.
Rapidly emerging AI-driven homework assistant that is capturing student attention through high-utility problem solving.
An AI-first competitor leveraging modern LLM capabilities to disrupt traditional educational toolsets.
