Child protection nonprofit alleges ‘manipulative’ upselling with math game Prodigy. … The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood said in its letter of complaint that during 19 minutes of gameplay it saw 16 unique advertisements for membership and only four math problems.

Is Prodigy good for math?

The game succeeds in making math so much fun that kids actually clamor to play it. “They love it,” says Loren Holand, a fifth-grade teacher at Main Street School. … “Prodigy does a great job of both entertaining students and providing them with valuable math lessons,” its website declares.

Is prodigy a rip off of Pokemon?

Prodigy absolutely takes some inspiration from Pokemon, but it’s far from a rip. It has its own setting, a completely unique art style and a battle system that is generally simplified over Pokemon. Even neglecting how it teaches math, it’s a pretty decent beginner level RPG in and of itself.