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

This app provides a virtual playground for students to explore place value, addition, and subtraction with regrouping using interactive base ten blocks. It supports learning whole numbers and decimals through hands-on discovery.

Highlights
  • Virtual base ten blocks
  • Place value exploration
  • Addition and subtraction with regrouping
  • Whole number concepts
  • Decimal concepts
  • Interactive learning
Features
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Hands-On Math: Base Ten Blocks is a virtual math manipulative playground where students explore and discover place value concepts and also learn addition and subtraction with regrouping. Our Base Ten Blocks allow students to experience and develop math concepts through interaction and discovery. When first learning place value, blocks can be set to represent ones, tens and hundreds. Later, to introduce decimals, blocks can be set to ones, tenths and hundredths. Topics: Whole Numbers Reading and Writing Numbers Decimals Addition and Subtraction Regrouping A comprehensive instructor's guide is available at the app URL given below. Note to Reviewers: Use Settings options to control Sound and Decimal settings. iPad sound must be turned on in Settings and also the switch on the side of iPad must also be in ON position for the sound to work.

Screenshots

eyeMath School Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hands at 5.0 against eyeMath School Edition's 3.0. Hands also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). eyeMath School Edition's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 30%) and device support (4 vs 1). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Hands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of eyeMath School Edition's written reviews are positive against 30% of Hands's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eyeMath School Edition ships an update every 3 months, Hands every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 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)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews — better30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.013.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB7 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
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative40.0%

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?
Hands is rated higher. eyeMath School Edition averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hands averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
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 6 months. Most recently, eyeMath School Edition was updated on October 18, 2026 and Hands on October 20, 2026.

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