Comparison

Pearl Diver HD vs Let's Sum It

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

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About

Pearl Diver HD

Dive into the ocean depths to master the number line, including fractions and decimals, by collecting pearls. This game is designed by educators to align with Common Core standards for grades 3-8.

Highlights
  • Number line mastery
  • Fractions and decimals
  • Common Core standards alignment
  • Progress tracking
  • Educational game design
  • Pearl collection gameplay
Features
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Throw on your diving helmet, and head into the depths of the sea! Master the number line, including fractions and decimals, while gathering beautiful pearls. Will you find the elusive black pearl? • Ideal for elementary and middle school students, grades 3-8. Developed by mathematics educators, researchers, and game developers at the Learning Games Lab at New Mexico State University. Games developed by the Learning Games Lab undergo a rigorous instructional design process, extensive user testing, and input from learners, teachers, and researchers. Pearl Diver addresses Common Core standards relevant to the number line and properties of numbers, including: • Understanding numbers, ways of representing numbers, and number systems. • Understanding and representing commonly used fractions. • Understanding fractions as part of unit wholes and as locations on number lines. • Comparing and ordering fractions, and finding their approximate locations on the number line. For information about learning effectiveness, see the Math Snacks Research Summary: http://mathsnacks.com/research.html For information about the NMSU Learning Games Lab, visit http://learninggameslab.org. Developed as part of the "Math Snacks" initiative. Other free animations, activities, and games are available through the Math Snacks web site at http://mathsnacks.org. Math Snack materials were developed 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

Let's Sum It

Features
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Part of the Indoor Recess Games CFS Bundle Want to have fun practicing math problems with THREE or FOUR addends?! Practice sums to 10.... all Target Sums in this game range from 2 to 10. The goal of the puzzle is to arrange the pieces so that the sum of each horizontal row equals the Target Sum. The current sum for each row is displayed on the far right side of each row in red until it matches the Target Sum... then, it turns green. The catch is you can only slide one piece at a time to the empty square. And, only pieces adjacent to the open square can be moved. The final puzzle piece is displayed below the grid and must be dragged to its correct location as the last move. The last piece must be placed even if it is zero. Adjust the range of Target Sums or play the Challenge mode where the Target Sum is NOT displayed. The TOP 15 Quickest Times are recorded in the app (not game center) when using that mode. Want to play this on your phone? Then, check out the Sum It Climb bundle.

Screenshots

Pearl Diver HD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Let's Sum It at every 3 months against Pearl Diver HD's every 20 months. Let's Sum It also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pearl Diver HD ships an update every 20 months, Let's Sum It every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pearl Diver HD versus Let's Sum It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearl Diver HDLet's Sum It
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Mexico State University Board of RegentsClassroom Focused Software

In-app purchases

None

Pearl Diver HD

No in-app purchases

None

Let's Sum It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pearl Diver HD free?
Pearl Diver HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Let's Sum It free?
Let's Sum It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pearl Diver HD or Let's Sum It have ads?
Neither Pearl Diver HD nor Let's Sum It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pearl Diver HD or Let's Sum It?
Pearl Diver HD ships an update every 20 months, and Let's Sum It every 3 months. Most recently, Pearl Diver HD was updated on October 17, 2026 and Let's Sum It on October 9, 2026.

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