# Montessori Counting Board — user reviews > 94 indexed App Store user reviews of Montessori Counting Board by Innovative Investments Limited, rated 5.00/5 from 10 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/montessori-counting-board/id422259867/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/montessori-counting-board/id422259867.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## What do users think of Montessori Counting Board? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 👍 Great for toddlers - 👍 Helps with counting - 👍 Customizable voice/language - 👍 Good for special needs - 👍 Repetitive for retention - 👍 Basic but effective - 👍 Good for 1:1 correspondence - 👍 Visually appealing - 👍 Good for early learners - 👍 Helps with number recognition - 👍 Encourages self-correction **Cons** - 👎 Too basic/simple - 👎 Not engaging enough - 👎 Limited functionality for cost - 👎 Repetitive - 👎 Only counts up to 20 - 👎 Boring - 👎 Lacks variety in visuals - 👎 Doesn't teach concepts well - 👎 Empty praise - 👎 Can be too easy - 👎 Doesn't always start at 1 - 👎 Recording doesn't work **Commonly reported bugs** - Recording does not work - App is a black screen - Update caused a bug (fix provided in reviews) **Most requested features** - Increase number limit beyond 20 - Add more visual objects to count - Allow customization of starting number - Add shapes other than squares - Include basic addition/subtraction - Add more visual feedback (clapping, ding) - Count by twos and fives - Show images and ask to match count - Improve engagement with more variety - Add left-to-right or right-to-left counting - Ability to customize the number range more flexibly ## Newest reviews (13 of 94) ### 3/5 — Expected more *2013-06-26* A bit plain given it costs money. ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2013-02-17, version 1.3* Boring, only goes up to 10. ### 2/5 — Dissatisfied *2012-10-29, version 1.3* It only goes up to 21; thought it would go up to 100. And it always begins at 1 instead of being able to customize the starting point. ### 2/5 — Marginal *2012-08-20, version 1.3* Bought this for my 23 month old who attends Montessori. Was disappointed in its simplicity. There should be a progression of difficulty to encourage the child to continue engaging in the task. Far too easy for my little one. ### 2/5 — a little simplistic *2012-07-26* My 1.5 year old enjoyed it for a minute, but even for him it is a bit simplistic. For free I can understand it's value, but to pay for something that doesn't really do much I was left a bit disappointed. I would hope that it could be expanded and made a little more challenging... ### 4/5 — Very good *2012-07-16, version 1.3* Only wish it wouldn't have to start from one always. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2012-04-15, version 1.3* Excellent. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2012-03-27, version 1.3* My kindergarten ears really love this app! ### 5/5 — Montessori Counting *2012-03-22, version 1.3* Love this App! Perfect for my students who are just learning to count...nice way to differentiate concepts... ### 5/5 — Montessori Counting *2012-03-18* Great for children beginning to learn about counting & number recognition. Repetitive, which can help to retain info. My 2 yr old loves it but it would also be a great help to early school age chn who require help with number recognition & counting. ### 4/5 — great! *2012-03-02, version 1.3* awesome application! the ability to customise the numbers and sounds makes it useful for non english teaching as well. ### 3/5 — Brenda *2012-02-27, version 1.3* It may be more interesting to add objects to count than just boxes. ### 5/5 — Great App *2012-02-19* I really like using this app with my students. It is easy for them to use. They slide the squares down and they hear and see the numbers. This is really important for my students because they are special needs. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth paying for *2017-07-23* Not at all engaging. Nothing at all to it. ### 1/5 — Recording doesnt work *2015-07-28, version 1.3* This app is too basic and simple for it to get any positive reviews if it doesn't perform the basic. I liked the concept of this app for it's ability to record voice for numbers. I was hoping to have my wife's voice for my baby to hear... It does not work. This app deserves no stars. I will be asking for the $1 back in principle. ### 1/5 — Perfect app *2013-04-17, version 1.3* What a wonderful app for my child who is non verbal and autistic. The number items should go more than twenty and maybe until a hundred. And if the shape of the item to be counted can be changed in the setting for other shape like a circle or a triangle. This is a highly recommended app for the neuro typical kids as well. ### 1/5 — Should be less $$$ *2013-02-17* Much too simple and fast to complete for the money. Should be free or <$1 ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2012-10-16, version 1.3* This is the worst app you could ever buy, and also because of this people my apple id has been blocked for 1 month, i can't make any purchases or upaloads... Save the buck for something good ### 1/5 — ZERO SUPPORT *2012-09-29, version 1.3* Purchase at your own risk. After repeatedly contacting the developer and receiving NO response for UPDATES, I have half of my apps sitting IDLE! Do NOT advertise HEROIC SUPPORT when there is NONE...ZERO...NADA!! ### 1/5 — Far too simple to pay for *2012-07-16, version 1.3* Should be free with this limited functionality ### 1/5 — Montessori counting board *2012-02-11* This game is too repetitive for all but the youngest children. It counts only block shapes. ### 1/5 — ? Montessori ? *2012-01-23, version 1.3* I can't see why they call this "Montessori". ### 1/5 — The app is a black screen. *2012-01-21, version 1.3* I can't get to a settings page. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-04-18* Great app. The kids love it. ### 5/5 — Fantastic for toddler *2013-01-21* My little girl is just learning to count and she loves his app. It's so beautifully simple for her to work on her own and I can record my own voice for the numbers and praise - nice to be able to have the aussie accent. ### 5/5 — Classic Montessori *2012-11-25* Simplicity is good; that's how children learn to self-correct. This isn't the number one source of entertainment for my child, who has played it from about 2 to now 3 years of age, but it has helped him learn counting and numerals. ### 5/5 — Patchochay *2012-08-28, version 1.3* 5star ### 5/5 — Good *2012-07-23, version 1.3* Allows students to practice ### 5/5 — Special Ed teacher *2012-07-16, version 1.3* This is a developmentally appropriate way for students with emerging math skills to have distributed practice in numeracy. ### 5/5 — Great apps *2012-06-18, version 1.3* My son 21mon old loves it. ### 5/5 — Liked app! *2012-06-06, version 1.3* Loved it! Very good app! ### 5/5 — Great for my two yr old *2012-05-04, version 1.3* This is a great counting app! My preschooler loves it thanks guys! ### 5/5 — Love it *2012-04-19, version 1.3* It is great app. My children love it & so do i. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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