Comparison

eyeMath School Edition vs Hands

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

Head to head
About

eyeMath School Edition

This educational app offers a fun, 3-minute arithmetic drill for children. It uses engaging themes and animations to motivate students to solve increasingly difficult math problems, with incorrect answers reappearing for mastery.

Highlights
  • 3-minute arithmetic drills
  • Engaging themes and animations
  • Adaptive problem repetition
  • Intuitive tap-and-move interface
  • Accessible for physical challenges
  • No ads, in-app purchases, or tracking
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eyeMath School Edition is a colorful and exciting 3-minute math challenge that helps children master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through fun, engaging practice. It’s perfect for the classroom, homeschooling, and learning at home. Students solve increasingly challenging math problems by dragging numbers into the correct positions. Every 10 correct answers unlocks a new animated world—from snowy landscapes and forests to distant planets and outer space—as players strive for ever-higher scores. Parents and teachers appreciate that earning higher scores requires quick, accurate math skills. Incorrect answers aren’t forgotten. They automatically reappear later in the game, giving children additional practice until every math fact has been mastered. Designed to Make Learning Fun Children love the colorful 3D animations, lively worlds, and the challenge of beating their own high scores. Parents and teachers appreciate that better scores come from speed, accuracy, and mastery of essential arithmetic facts. Simple Enough for Independent Play The interface is designed so that even young learners can begin playing almost immediately. Children simply tap or drag numbers into the correct places—no complicated menus or lengthy instructions. The game is ideal for students who already recognize numbers and have a basic understanding of arithmetic. No additional reading skills are required. On iPad, the large numbers and oversized buttons make the game accessible to children with limited fine motor skills. Music and sound effects enhance the experience but are never required for gameplay, allowing both deaf and hearing students to enjoy the game equally. We are two dads who believe learning should be exciting. We’d love to hear how your students use eyeMath School Edition, and what features could make it even more fun and educational. eyeMath School Edition contains no links, no advertising, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, and no tracking.

About

Hands

Explore mathematical concepts with a virtual hundreds chart. Students can use colored markers to discover number patterns, skip-counting, multiplication, division, and more. An instructor's guide is available for educators.

Highlights
  • Interactive hundreds chart
  • Color marker tool
  • Skip-counting exploration
  • Number pattern discovery
  • Multiplication and division practice
  • Prime and composite number identification
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Hands-On Math: Interactive Hundreds Chart creates a virtual math playground where students explore, investigate and discover mathematical concepts. Students use colored markers on the Interactive Hundreds Chart to represent patterns and number sequences. Using Hands-On Math: Interactive Hundreds Chart students can develop the following important mathematical concepts: Skip-Counting Number Patterns Multiplication and Division Facts Prime and Composite Numbers Least Common Multiple Divisibility of Numbers and more... An extensive Instructor's Guide for this app is available at the support website. Download the document and install it in iBooks to access ideas about how to use the Interactive Hundreds Chart for teaching elementary mathematics. Extremely easy for students and teachers to use. Tap a color and a marker, then tap numbers on the chart. To remove a marker simply slide it off the chart. Erase all markers by tapping the eraser. Note to reviewer: Simply slide a marker off the board to remove it. There is no need to erase entire board if you make a mistake.

Screenshots

eyeMath School Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

eyeMath School Edition and Hands both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 58% of eyeMath School Edition's. eyeMath School Edition's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and device support (4 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

eyeMath School Edition costs $1.99 and Hands $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for eyeMath School Edition against 3.0 for Hands. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of eyeMath School Edition's written reviews are positive against 83% of Hands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eyeMath School Edition ships an update every 3 months, Hands every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
eyeMath School Edition versus Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereyeMath School EditionHands
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfishdog.netVentura Educational Systems

Customer experience

eyeMath School Edition

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%

Hands

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

eyeMath School Edition

No in-app purchases

None

Hands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eyeMath School Edition free?
eyeMath School Edition costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hands free?
Hands costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eyeMath School Edition or Hands?
eyeMath School Edition and Hands are both rated 3.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do eyeMath School Edition or Hands have ads?
Neither eyeMath School Edition nor Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eyeMath School Edition or Hands?
eyeMath School Edition ships an update every 3 months, and Hands every 8 months. Most recently, eyeMath School Edition was updated on October 18, 2026 and Hands on October 21, 2026.

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