Comparison

Hands Up Math vs Ello 2.0

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hands Up Math

This educational game helps children improve their mental math skills through interactive gesture-based quizzes. It offers a fun and engaging way for kids to practice math concepts with multiple levels and smooth performance.

Highlights
  • Mental math quiz solving
  • Gesture control for answers
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Fun and engaging gameplay
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Sharpen your kid’s mental math quiz solving skills with one of the most exciting and unique math training games available online. Are you looking for a math practice game which is equally good for mental health as it is for physical health? How about letting your kid enjoy physical activity as he answers simple math quiz questions by using gestures? The new mental math quiz app is designed to help kids learn math quickly and effectively. From the basic math categories offering many levels to cool gesture control and smooth performance, this app is all about making fun and exciting for everyone.

About

Ello 2.0

This app offers personalized reading and math instruction for children aged 5-9. Utilizing AI, it listens to children read aloud, identifies errors, and adapts lessons to their individual learning pace. It features a vast library of decodable books and covers foundational math concepts.

Highlights
  • AI reading tutor
  • Adaptive learning
  • 1,200+ decodable books
  • Math games
  • Daily personalized quests
  • Phonics instruction
Currently charting
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Your child is unique. Their learning should be too. More than games. Real teaching. Ages 5–9. Ello listens to your child, catches mistakes, and adjusts to their level — built by literacy researchers and speech scientists. Most kids' apps are tappable games with a quiz bolted on. Ello actually teaches. It listens to your child read out loud, catches mistakes, and adjusts the next session based on what they got wrong. Featured by Good Morning America, Time Magazine, and Common Sense Media. Free to start. No ads. Ever. Download and explore Ello's reading games, math games, and Daily Quests completely free. How Ello actually teaches: Ello's AI listens to your child read out loud, catches mistakes, and adjusts the next session to match. No other reading app does real-time listening, a full book library, and early math in a single daily session. - Daily Quests — a personalized mix of reading and math, up to 15 min per day - 1,200+ decodable books built on the Science of Reading - Math for kids — counting, numbers, and addition - AI reading tutor — listens, corrects, and guides in real time - Adaptive learning — meets your child exactly where they are - Kid-safe — no ads, no in-app purchases Reading, math, and a reason to keep coming back. Ello covers phonics, early reading, and math for kids from Kindergarten through 5th Grade. Whether your child is a kindergartener building phonics skills or a 2nd grader who needs a math tutor — Ello adapts to them. "She struggled with reading, but Ello makes it fun. Now she asks to read every day." — Jamie M. "My son's reading level jumped two grades in three months." — Lola P. Reading tutor. Math tutor. One app. Download free — your child's first Daily Quest is waiting.

Screenshots

Hands Up Math4 screens
Ello 2.04 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ello 2.0 at none against Hands Up Math's 1. Ello 2.0 also leads on ratings volume (124 vs 4) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). Hands Up Math's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hands Up Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ello 2.0 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hands Up Math holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ello 2.0 has 124 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Hands Up Math's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ello 2.0's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands Up Math ships an update daily, Ello 2.0 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hands Up Math versus Ello 2.0: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHands Up MathEllo 2.0
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (124 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better82.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4124 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#47 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKommemo LLCEllo Technology, Inc.

Customer experience

Hands Up Math

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ello 2.0

All ratings124 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hands Up Math

One-time1
  • Gold Key$4.99
None

Ello 2.0

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hands Up Math free?
Hands Up Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ello 2.0 free?
Ello 2.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hands Up Math or Ello 2.0?
Hands Up Math is rated higher. Hands Up Math averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Ello 2.0 averages 4.6 from 124 ratings.
Do Hands Up Math or Ello 2.0 have ads?
Neither Hands Up Math nor Ello 2.0 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hands Up Math or Ello 2.0?
Hands Up Math ships an update daily, and Ello 2.0 every 2 days. Most recently, Hands Up Math was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ello 2.0 on November 4, 2026.

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