# Adding Apples HD — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Adding Apples HD by Marcel Widarto, rated 5.00/5 from 3 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/adding-apples-hd/id464881662/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/adding-apples-hd/id464881662.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (12 of 52) ### 4/5 — Great for early addition *2014-07-30, version 1.2* This is a great way of introducing and practicing the concept of addition, using “virtual manipulatives.” The graphics are gorgeous. I love how the apples change colour as they are counted, which helps children stay on track. It is great that this is a child-directed app, and that children can use it to input their own equations, but I’d love to be able to set some for my child so that they can practice particular facts. ### 4/5 — Adding "App"les *2014-01-27* Great graphics, instant reinforcement, tracking progress on three students/children, calculator type play to transfer to other calculators when ready, visually and tactiley pleasing. Fun for ages 4-6 and special needs students. Would like to see a bit quicker pace when student receives praise from the worm popping up. Also would like to see options of tracking more students, ### 4/5 — Great way to learn addition *2014-01-26* I love how the apples get wrapped as you count them, and how the two numbers being added come in as different apples. It is both visual and tactile, as much as an app can be. I would love to see this expanded to include subtraction -- maybe by eating the apples? It would be nice if there was a little more variety in rewards for doing the math -- decorate a tree house or some other reward system. Overall, a great app for learning addition facts. ### 4/5 — Great app for adding with manipulatives! *2014-01-25* I really like this app for elementary aged kids! It does a nice job with helping kids learn to add by giving them apples to count. I love that you can keep track of student progress and control how the numbers that they have to add. I would love to see the option for more than 3 different kids to monitor. A fun game would also be a neat addition. ### 4/5 — Great Addition Practice! *2014-01-24* Adding Apples is a great app to use for my young students who are learning basic addition. I can easily check on their progress at any time. The students love to work towards earning the trophies, and this is a goal that each child can achieve! The 3-D graphics are great and keep the students engaged. ### 4/5 — Hit with the Beastling *2012-10-18, version 1.2* My Grandson whom is 5 Loves it! ### 4/5 — Great addition app *2012-09-29, version 1.2* This is a great math app for TEACHING addition concepts. Very visual and hands on. My kindergartener loves working with this app. ### 5/5 — Excellent app! *2012-08-24* I've used this app to work with my youngest sister on math skills since last year. She has a learning disability and really struggles with math and reading, so I try to push those skills frequently. She loves the math apps from Operatio and I love the improvement in her grades since we started using these apps. She's moved beyond adding in school, but still enjoys playing this a few times a week to maintain her skills. Hope to see more apps I can use for her form Operatio soon. ### 5/5 — Mom *2012-08-15, version 1.2* Love this app! ### 5/5 — Great! *2012-07-09, version 1.2* My 3-year-old loves this app! It's great for teaching one-to-one correspondence, the concept of addition, and number recognition. ### 5/5 — Daughter adores! *2012-06-03* My daughter deals with several issues related to her Autism. I got her Adding Apples a while ago during an app drive giveaway. She plays the game frequently without prompting and loves it! She has learned so much from it and amazes her kindergarten special education teacher and speech therapist alike! I can not than Operatio Apps enough for making this app easy and fun for her! ### 4/5 — Simple but effective *2012-03-22, version 1.2* This app is easy to use and is effective in explaining the concept of addition. I like the way the apples change colour as they are counted by the child to determine how many all together. I agrr with the previous reviewer - it would be good to have the option to have set addition problems as well as those chosen by the child. Alice teacher ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Contains Social Media Connection *2015-05-14, version 1.2* Although it states in the description of the app that the app "Does not contain Social Network Integration". IT DOES! the home screen of the app has three big buttons: BE A FAN ON FACEBOOK, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER and Review the App. When I saw this I gave up on the app completely. Disappointed! ### 2/5 — AV *2014-01-31, version 1.2* As a teacher, I find this app to be very cluttered. In addition, you can only use numbers once and child choose numbers to push. Be more useful if student was given the problem and they put the answer in. ### 3/5 — Visual representation *2014-02-08, version 1.2* This app visually represents various additon problems that you create, and it gives you 3 answers you can select. The description states no social media yet there is a link to Facebook, Twitter, and the App store on the main screen. ### 3/5 — M *2014-02-05, version 1.2* This app has nice, engaging graphics. It does what you expect and no more. A bit simple. ### 3/5 — Adding Apples *2014-01-26* I liked how the apples were covered once they were all put together, but i would like to see a number sentence up on the screen to show what numbers you were adding together. I also don’t like how you can’t use a number for another problem until you finish adding all remaining numbers together. ### 3/5 — Just OK... *2012-06-21* As a teacher as well as the mother of a young child,I find this app to be very visually cluttered. In addition, you never see the number sentence yet still have to use a plus and equal sign, can only use the numbers once, and what is with the avalanche of coins? Only one is allowed to be put in the slot and the,others have no purpose. Other than the wonderfully realistic apples that can be counted, I just don't get all of the positive reviews. ### 3/5 — Simple addition *2012-03-22, version 1.2* Basic addition, using visuals. Ok for kids starting to learn addition. ### 3/5 — Could B Gr8 *2012-03-08, version 1.2* The calc needs to have a 0 (zero) for 10 + ____ ### 3/5 — Mildly entertaining, but needs more replayability... *2012-01-18, version 1.2* My 5 and 8 yo found it entertaining for about 30 minutes... But after getting the golden trophy (100 additions) there isn't much left to do. I would suggest adding new games, like: - Quizzes - Timed operations - Intro to subtraction ### 4/5 — Adding Apples *2015-10-19* This app would be work well for a supplement activity. The students could have fun and experience what it’s like working in a shop like atmosphere. The makers made the apples very realistic, however, with the way the apples move around the screen, it would make the students very hard to do one-to-one counting, which might cause seem confusion. Overall, I think this would be a good app to have in the classroom and at home, but would work better one on one so the teacher or parent can monitor the students’ progress since the app doesn’t have a great feedback option. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2020-10-13* My kids enjoy this ### 5/5 — Useful game *2014-12-22* Helps to teach grandchildren basic arithmetic. ### 5/5 — Addition in Action!! *2014-02-06, version 1.2* This is a great app to help students visualize the addition process. I work with students with special needs. This app fits the bill: tactile, auditory, and visual all in one!! ### 5/5 — A perfect intro to addition *2014-01-25, version 1.2* We’ve got quite a few math applications and the problem we’ve had with them is that the apps often start moving into more advanced mathematics when we’re really looking to improve our son’s confidence with the very basics before moving on. Some design choices I thought were particularly nice: - only uses the numbers 1-9 (though the total can be over 9, obviously) - gives the option to only use a subset of those numbers if your child is just starting out. - makes the child use all the numbers to finish a round. If they pick just the small ones to start, they’ll be left with only big ones at the end. One way or another, they’ll get practice with all of them. - trophies for the number of answers completed was a nice idea. We got through the first 25 questions fast and our son is eager to do the next 25 to see the silver trophy. ### 5/5 — great virtual manipulatives *2014-01-25, version 1.2* love the graphics- can see this being an effective tool for many of the classrooms I service ### 5/5 — Engaging Math Tool *2014-01-25, version 1.2* A hit with our 5-year grandson! He is motivated to earn each of the trophies. ### 5/5 — Visually stunning app for hands on addition *2014-01-24* My kindergarten students love this app. There is nothing else like it on the App Store. I like that kids can touch each apple to count and that the apples change so kids can't accidentally count them twice. It's great that you can have 3 different accounts. I would like to see the number sentence displayed to reinforce the concept even more. ### 5/5 — A really great app *2013-02-14, version 1.2* Perfect app for a kindergarten kid! Easy to understand! ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2012-09-27* It is not an easy thing to make my 6-year old daughter learn something. Was surprised and happy to hear my daughter playing with this app! I cannot tell you what exactly my daughter likes in this app but in case you need to teach your naughty kid multiplication or other simple math skills, I recommend to try this math app. ### 5/5 — LOVE IT!!!! *2012-09-17, version 1.2* My 5 year old loves this game!!!!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*