Comparison

Math Snacks Video vs CloudLabs Building a Vehicle

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

Head to head
About

Math Snacks Video

This app offers engaging animated videos and resources to help students in grades 4-8 understand key math concepts like ratios, rates, and proportions. It can be used offline and includes supplementary materials for teachers and learners.

Highlights
  • Animated math concept videos
  • Offline usability
  • Supports number line, ratios, rates, proportions
  • Companion teaching resources
  • Printable teacher and learner guides
  • Aligned with Common Core standards
Features
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Take these Math Snacks videos on the go, or use them in classrooms without an Internet connection. Supports learning about the number line, ratios, rates and proportions. Bad Date: Find true love with the right ratio. Overruled!: Kingdoms teeter on the brink of war over unit conversion. Atlantean Dodgeball: Face up in a battle of ratios. Scale Ella: Our heroine uses scale factor to reverse the antics of the evil Scaleo. Number Rights: Rally the numbers to fight for their rights. Ratey the Math Cat: He can't resist pointing out the rates and "purrportions" in daily life. We have a rich collection of teaching resources and “extras” to support you, available at mathsnacks.org You will find: • Companion "Teaching With" videos for each animation showing an experienced teacher using the animation in the classroom and integrating it into a content lesson. • Printable Teacher’s Guides with discussion questions, vocabulary, and companion activities. • Printable Learner’s Guides for students which helps them apply the concepts from the animations to problem-solving activities. • Printable Comic Book Transcripts which helps kids, especially English Language Learners, follow along with the animations or refer back to them during discussion. • Games for learning. • Information on mapping the Math Snacks animations and activities onto Common Core standards. All of the student-facing resources are available in both English and Spanish. Math Snacks have been designed to be integrated into instruction, as part of the curriculum you are already using in grades 4-8. Some Math Snacks address more than one content area and can be used in a variety of lessons at different grade levels. All Math Snacks products are aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) and address the CCSSM Mathematical Practices when used as recommended. Produced by mathematics educators, researchers, and animators at the Learning Games Lab at New Mexico State University. The Learning Games Lab at New Mexico State University produces educational, research-based games and media for a wide variety of partners. Learning Games Lab products undergo a rigorous instructional design process, extensive user testing, and input from learners, teachers, and researchers. © 2009-2016 NMSU Board of Regents. All rights reserved. NMSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator. Math Snacks materials were developed in part with support from the National Science Foundation (0918794). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Some materials were originally prototyped or discussed as part of a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education (U295A050004).

About

CloudLabs Building a Vehicle

Features
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This simulator has wheels of different sizes, and the structure of a bicycle, a cart and a wagon. For each of these structures, the wheel sizes must be coupled to the corresponding structure, in order to achieve a correct displacement.

Screenshots

Math Snacks Video4 screens
CloudLabs Building a Vehicle1 screens

Verdict

The call

Math Snacks Video and CloudLabs Building a Vehicle are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Math Snacks Video versus CloudLabs Building a Vehicle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath Snacks VideoCloudLabs Building a Vehicle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size361 MB260 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperNew Mexico State University Board of RegentsJiovany Orozco

In-app purchases

None

Math Snacks Video

No in-app purchases

None

CloudLabs Building a Vehicle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Math Snacks Video free?
Math Snacks Video is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CloudLabs Building a Vehicle free?
CloudLabs Building a Vehicle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Math Snacks Video or CloudLabs Building a Vehicle have ads?
Neither Math Snacks Video nor CloudLabs Building a Vehicle shows ads.

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