Comparison

fingerCount vs Instruments

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

Head to head
About

fingerCount

This educational game helps young children learn numbers and letters in English and Spanish through interactive play. It enhances hand-eye coordination and spatial reasoning while encouraging creativity and interaction.

Highlights
  • Learn numbers and letters
  • English and Spanish language support
  • Interactive character movement
  • Develops hand-eye coordination
  • Encourages creativity and interaction
  • Multi-touch interface integration
Features
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FingerCount is a game for small children to learn numbers and letters in both English and Spanish. On the surface, fingerCount is eye and ear candy that allows your child to move characters around, providing visual and audio feedback which encourages extended play. On a deeper level, fingerCount is a learning tool that teaches children their numbers while at the same time using the multi-touch iPhone interface to integrate concepts of quantity. It can also be used by anyone to learn Spanish or English by teaching numbers and the alphabet in a fun way. In addition, fingerCount aids in hand-eye coordination and spatial relationships. Finally, you can use flexible nature of fingerCount to create games with your child to support creativity and encourage interaction with those around them.

About

Instruments

Explore a vibrant collection of 55 musical instruments with interactive sound and visuals. Learn instrument names and sounds in 78 languages, perfect for young children and language learners. This offline app offers a safe, ad-free, and engaging musical discovery experience.

Highlights
  • 55 interactive musical instruments
  • Real sounds and spoken names
  • Supports 78 languages
  • Offline functionality
  • Adjustable slideshow mode
  • Parental gate for settings
Features
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Instruments is the best interactive sound picture book featuring 55 musical instruments: tap the image to hear the instrument and see its name in your chosen language (78 languages). Large images, real sounds, spoken names. Who is it for? Ages 1–5 for the picture-book experience. Ages 3–15 for language learning and instrument vocabulary. How it works The interface lets a child, alone or with an adult, discover each instrument and its sound. Images can advance automatically like a slideshow (adjustable speed) or manually by swiping the screen. The display order is configurable (random or sequential). A long-press on the instrument name lets you choose another display/spoken language. Multilingual (78 languages) Spoken names and interface available in your language of choice, to build vocabulary and train the ear from an early age. Tip: in your device settings, download Apple’s premium voices (higher-quality voices provided by iOS). Why you’ll love Instruments? Clear, reassuring musical discovery for young children. Natural pronunciations and authentic sounds. Multilingual (78) to support early learning, vocabulary, and listening. Works anywhere Works offline and in airplane mode: all images and sounds are stored on device No connection required. Orientation Portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. Parents and schools – Parental gate (settings protected by a random math question). – Schools reminder: 50% off via Apple School Manager. Privacy – No ads – No in-app purchases – No tracking – No data collection – No analytics – Privacy Nutrition Label: “No data collected” Contact us contact@iburgerapps.com Instruments accordion, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, balalaika, bandoneon, banjo, barrel organ, bass drum, bass guitar, bassoon, bugle, castanets, cello, clarinet, claves, congas, crash cymbal, didgeridoo, djembe, double bass, drum kit, duduk, electric guitar, flute, french horn, gong, grand piano, handbell, harmonica, harp, harpsichord, lute, mandolin, maracas, oboe, pan flute, piccolo, pipe organ, recorder, saxophone, sitar, snare drum, synthesizer, tambourine, tenor drum, timpani, triangle, trombone, trumpet, ukulele, upright piano, viola, violin, xylophone Supported languages (displayed and spoken) Afrikaans, Albanian, German, Amharic, English, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Uzbek, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Zulu

Screenshots

fingerCount2 screens
Instruments4 screens

Verdict

The call

fingerCount and Instruments both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Instruments's written reviews are positive against 50% of fingerCount's. fingerCount's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On rating, ratings volume, 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

fingerCount is free to download; Instruments costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for fingerCount against 5.0 for Instruments. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of fingerCount's written reviews are positive against 100% of Instruments's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

fingerCount ships an update every 5 months, Instruments every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
fingerCount versus Instruments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfingerCountInstruments
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn CoddingtonChristophe Burdin

Customer experience

fingerCount

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Instruments

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

fingerCount

No in-app purchases

None

Instruments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is fingerCount free?
fingerCount is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Instruments free?
Instruments costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, fingerCount or Instruments?
fingerCount and Instruments are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do fingerCount or Instruments have ads?
Neither fingerCount nor Instruments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, fingerCount or Instruments?
fingerCount ships an update every 5 months, and Instruments every 6 months. Most recently, fingerCount was updated on September 26, 2026 and Instruments on September 18, 2026.

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