Comparison

Pearl Diver HD vs Abby Monkey

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

Abby Monkey

This app offers four engaging Easter-themed math games designed to make learning arithmetic fun for young children. It covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with adjustable difficulty levels and enthusiastic feedback.

Highlights
  • Four unique math games
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division modes
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Easter-themed design
  • Enthusiastic praise for efforts
  • Memory Match, Catch Me!, Easter Egg Hunt, Spring Bingo
Features
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***** A title from our extremely successful series -- all EIGHT (!) RANKED #1 APP FOR KIDS on APP Store in many countries: ABBY BASIC SKILLS PRESCHOOL, ABBY – PAINTER STAR, ANIMAL PRESCHOOL SHAPE PUZZLES - FIRST WORD; ABBY'S MAGIC LAPTOP FOR PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS, ABBY MONKEY – ANIMAL GAMES FOR KIDS HD, ANIMAL TRAIN - FIRST WORD HD, ANIMAL PRESCHOOL WORD PUZZLES HD, and ABBY MONKEY – First Words for Preschool: Animals HD). All five other products ranked in TOP 10 in EDUCATIONAL category. Easter is coming soon! Let's celebrate it together with our Spring Math! Buy now and get four unique games (full version only) in one app wrapped within this amazingly colorful Easter-themed design! Believe that learning basic math has never been more fun. You will love to see your children making progress in their arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) while being engaged. So prepare for an ultimate Easter fun, and open this egg app full of adventure! ----------------- The application features four games (full version only): 1) Memory Match (full version only) Your task is to match a correct answer with a corresponding question. Answer as quickly as possible and get the best score! 2) Catch Me! (full version only) Catch as many eggs with correct answers as you can. For each blossomed flower on the tree, answer one question and master the game! 3) Easter Egg Hunt Get through five levels of the game while keeping as many lives as possible. Each subsequent level gets more difficult as more answer choices are displayed and maximum time gets shorter. 4) Spring Bingo (full version only) The purpose of the game is to create either a horizontal or vertical pattern of eggs in a row across the whole screen. ----------------- Additional features: - Enthusiastic praise for all children's efforts - High-quality music background - Four game modes for each game: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division! - Three difficulty levels for each game! - Intuitive Easter-themed interface ----------------- Based on our two-decade old experience in development of educational software, we made a considerable effort to ensure that this app is as simple and instructive as possible. All the children we showed it to in our research reported improvement in their math skills without tediousness typical of solving math problems in a more traditional way. We hope your children will appreciate and enjoy this app as well.

Screenshots

Pearl Diver HD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Abby Monkey at 3.1 against Pearl Diver HD's 1.5. Abby Monkey also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Abby Monkey holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Abby Monkey has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Pearl Diver HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Abby Monkey's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pearl Diver HD versus Abby Monkey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearl Diver HDAbby Monkey
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (2 ratings)3.1 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.64.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Mexico State University Board of Regents22LEARN Toddler and Baby Learning Games, LLC

Customer experience

Pearl Diver HD

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Abby Monkey

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pearl Diver HD

No in-app purchases

None

Abby Monkey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pearl Diver HD free?
Pearl Diver HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abby Monkey free?
Abby Monkey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pearl Diver HD or Abby Monkey?
Abby Monkey is rated higher. Pearl Diver HD averages 1.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Abby Monkey averages 3.1 from 14 ratings.
Do Pearl Diver HD or Abby Monkey have ads?
Neither Pearl Diver HD nor Abby Monkey shows ads.

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