Comparison

Partial Product Multiplication vs Vectors and Planes

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

Head to head
About

Partial Product Multiplication

This educational tool teaches and reinforces the partial products multiplication method. It offers an intuitive, interactive interface with customizable settings and animations to illustrate step-by-step understanding. Designed to help students grasp multiplication strategies.

Highlights
  • Teaches partial products multiplication method
  • Interactive and intuitive interface
  • Customizable colors and settings
  • Animations for step-by-step understanding
  • Supports custom and random problems
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
Features
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Partial Products Multiplication helps students learn and practice the partial products multiplication method step by step. The app gives students a visual way to multiply numbers by breaking the problem into smaller partial products. The partial products are then added to find the final answer. Students can solve randomly generated problems or enter their own multiplication problems. The Partial Products Method: In the partial products method, each place value is multiplied separately. For example, in 39 × 24, the partial products are 36, 120, 180, and 600. These are then added together to get the final answer: 936. Teacher endorsements: “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.” — R. Zeni, Ecole Sandy Hill Elementary, Abbotsford, BC, Canada “There are students who see my examples who still need some guidance, and after using your app have said, ‘Now I get it.’ The feature of selecting possible solutions in each step helps some of my students who are still building their multiplication facts.” — Z. R. Prowell, Highlands Elementary, Edina, Minnesota, USA Easy to Use: The numbers are aligned automatically so students can focus on solving each step. After the student solves each partial product, the correct answer moves into the right place. If the student presses the wrong button, the answer appears above the keyboard but does not move. Features: - Step-by-step partial products multiplication practice - Each number can have 2–3 digits - Randomly generated or manually entered problems - Current operation can be hidden - Operands of the current operation can be highlighted - Customizable interface colors - Adjustable animation speed Other iDevBooks Math Apps: Other iDevBooks math apps include Column Addition, Long Multiplication, Long Division, Column Subtraction, Visual Multiplication Table, 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

Vectors and Planes

This app visualizes and explains complex 3D geometry concepts, including linear and quadric structures and their intersections. It offers interactive 3D graphs and step-by-step calculation algorithms for a deeper understanding of mathematical principles.

Highlights
  • Visualize 3D linear structures
  • Visualize 3D quadric structures
  • Interactive 3D graphs
  • Step-by-step calculation algorithms
  • Combinations of structures
  • Linear Algebra concepts
Features
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Vectors and Planes App helps visualize and understand 3D linear and quadric structures and their intersections. List of linear structures and combinations: 1. Two vector combination. 2. Plane. 3. Line and plane combination. 4. Two plane combination. 5. Three plane combination. Current list of quadric structures: 1. Two sphere combination. 2. Standard ellipsoid. 3. Ellipsoid in a form of positive-definite matrix. 4. Standard cone. 5. Cone in a form of indefinite matrix. 6. 1-sheet hyperboloid. 7. 1-sheet hyperboloid in a form of indefinite matrix. 8. 2-sheet hyperboloid. 9. 2-sheet hyperboloid in a form of indefinite matrix. 10. Standard cylinder. 11. Cylinder in a form of positive-semidefinite matrix. 12. Hyperbolic paraboloid. 13. Elliptic paraboloid. Current list of combinations of quadric and linear structures: 1. Matrix ellipsoid and line. 2. Standard ellipsoid and plane. 3. Matrix ellipsoid and plane. 4. Matrix cone and line. 5. Standard cone and plane. 6. 1-sheet hyperboloid in matrix form and line. 7. 2-sheet hyperboloid in matrix form and line. 8. Matrix cylinder and line. 9. Elliptic paraboloid and line. 10. Hyperbolic paraboloid and line. Interactive 3D graphs are provided for all of the above. Step by step calculation algorithms are provided for all intersection point sets. Many of the algorithms are based on Linear Algebra concepts. Those, in turn, are explained in our “Matrix Solver Step by Step” app. Version 10 was completely redesigned. Developers hope to get feedback from users at graphmath@aol.com.

Screenshots

Partial Product Multiplication4 screens
Vectors and Planes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vectors and Planes at Free against Partial Product Multiplication's $3.99. Vectors and Planes also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Partial Product Multiplication's advantage is chart position (#193 vs unranked). 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

Vectors and Planes is free to download; Partial Product Multiplication costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vectors and Planes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vectors and Planes has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Partial Product Multiplication's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vectors and Planes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Partial Product Multiplication ships an update every 8 months, Vectors and Planes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Partial Product Multiplication versus Vectors and Planes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPartial Product MultiplicationVectors and Planes
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)4.3 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEsa HelttulaYuri Morozov

Customer experience

Partial Product Multiplication

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Vectors and Planes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Partial Product Multiplication

No in-app purchases

None

Vectors and Planes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Partial Product Multiplication free?
Partial Product Multiplication costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vectors and Planes free?
Vectors and Planes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Partial Product Multiplication or Vectors and Planes?
Vectors and Planes is rated higher. Partial Product Multiplication averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Vectors and Planes averages 4.3 from 11 ratings.
Do Partial Product Multiplication or Vectors and Planes have ads?
Neither Partial Product Multiplication nor Vectors and Planes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Partial Product Multiplication or Vectors and Planes?
Partial Product Multiplication ships an update every 8 months, and Vectors and Planes every 4 days. Most recently, Partial Product Multiplication was updated on October 8, 2026 and Vectors and Planes on October 20, 2026.

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