Comparison

Column Addition vs CloudLabs Vector addition

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

CloudLabs Vector addition

Features
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This laboratory practice has a Cartesian plane available, in which the user can draw and operate different vectors to carry out the sum of two vectors, by means of the graphical method of the parallelogram. In the simulator, the magnitude of the vectors, the angle and the components in X and Y are obtained.

Screenshots

Column Addition4 screens
CloudLabs Vector addition1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CloudLabs Vector addition at Free against Column Addition's $3.99. CloudLabs Vector addition also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). Column Addition's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 21 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CloudLabs Vector addition is free to download; Column Addition costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Column Addition ships an update every 8 months, CloudLabs Vector addition every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Column Addition versus CloudLabs Vector addition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColumn AdditionCloudLabs Vector addition
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEsa HelttulaJiovany Orozco

In-app purchases

None

Column Addition

No in-app purchases

None

CloudLabs Vector addition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Column Addition free?
Column Addition costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudLabs Vector addition free?
CloudLabs Vector addition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Column Addition or CloudLabs Vector addition have ads?
Neither Column Addition nor CloudLabs Vector addition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Column Addition or CloudLabs Vector addition?
Column Addition ships an update every 8 months, and CloudLabs Vector addition every 21 months. Most recently, Column Addition was updated on August 24, 2026 and CloudLabs Vector addition on September 21, 2026.

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