Column Addition vs CBC Highlands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Column Addition
This educational app teaches and reinforces the column addition method with an interactive interface. Users can solve custom or random problems with adjustable number sizes and receive visual feedback on their progress. It includes optional jigsaw puzzles as a reward for solving problems.
- Interactive column addition learning
- Customizable number of digits
- Random and custom problem generation
- Visual feedback and animations
- Optional jigsaw puzzles
- Adjustable interface colors and animations
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Column Addition helps students learn and practice the column addition method step by step. The app aligns the numbers automatically so students can focus on solving each column. Carrying is handled visually with animations, helping students understand how digits move from one column to the next. Students can solve randomly generated problems or enter their own addition problems. The number of digits can be adjusted, making the app useful for different skill levels. Column addition is also known as columnar addition, long addition, or longhand addition. Features: - Add 2 or 3 numbers - Each number can have 1–5 digits - Randomly generated or manually entered problems - Automatic number alignment - Visual animated carrying - Current operation for each column can be hidden - Operands of the current operation can be highlighted - Customizable interface colors - Adjustable animation speed - Different interfaces for iPhone and iPad - 25 six-piece animal jigsaw puzzles - Puzzle feature can be turned on or off Reviews and Endorsements: Fun Educational Apps: “iDevBooks educational math apps make math enjoyable and entertaining. One of my sons was struggling with math and I must say the use of iDevBooks math apps has really helped him.” Professor Tim Pelton reviewed the sister app Column Subtraction: “Because no wrong entries are allowed the app provides a passive form of positive reinforcement and your child will likely improve in both confidence and competence with respect to the procedure.” Teacher endorsement: “The Math apps by Esa Helttula allow students to practice and reinforce the specific computation strategies taught in class, with as much or as little scaffolding as necessary. They also provide individualized feedback to each student, with an immediacy that is not always possible through pencil and paper practice.” — Rita Zeni, Ecole Sandy Hill Elementary, Abbotsford, BC, Canada Other iDevBooks Math Apps: Other iDevBooks math apps include Column Subtraction, Long Multiplication, Long Division, Lattice Multiplication, Visual Multiplication Table, Fraction Math, Partial Differences Subtraction, Partial Quotients Division, Partial Sums Addition, Decimal Rounding, and more. Feedback: New ideas to make this app better are welcome. Please visit idevbooks.com to give feedback. Privacy: This app has no ads, no in-app purchases, and does not transmit user data during operation. The app also does not contain links to other apps or to the web.
CBC Highlands
Access sermons from Dr. Gary Hewins and exclusive podcasts. Stay informed with the church calendar and receive important updates via notifications. This app keeps you connected to ministry news and events.
- Sermon access
- Exclusive podcasts
- Church calendar
- Push notifications
- Ministry updates
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Access to Dr. Gary Hewins Sermon. Listen to Pod Casts found exclusively on this App. Stay up to date with the church calendar. Turn on notifications so we can send you messages and updates on our ministry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CBC Highlands at Free against Column Addition's $3.99. CBC Highlands also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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
CBC Highlands is free to download; Column Addition costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CBC Highlands holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CBC Highlands has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Column Addition ships an update every 8 months, CBC Highlands every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Column Addition | CBC Highlands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Esa Helttula | COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH OF HIGHLANDS, INC |
Customer experience
Column Addition
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In-app purchases
Column Addition
No in-app purchases
CBC Highlands
No in-app purchases
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