Counting Coins vs Visual Cents
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Counting Coins
Practice identifying and counting U.S. currency with interactive games. Learn to match coin values, make specific totals, and calculate the total value of displayed coins. This educational tool is designed to build essential money management skills.
- Match coin values
- Make specific coin totals
- Calculate coin values
- Identify coin denominations
- Four distinct game modes
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Counting Coins lets you practice working with U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. You can play in four modes: (1) Match the Value: Try to make the same value as the coins shown using a different combination of coins. (2) Make the Total: Use coins to make the total shown. (3) How Many Cents?: Type the value of the coins shown. (4) Show Values: Drag any amount of coins and show or hide the value. Counting Coins was created by K12 Inc. as part of its comprehensive math curriculum. Learn more about our public and private virtual schools at: http://www.k12.com/what-is-k12 For help with technical problems, email mobile@k12.com. Privacy Policy: http://www.k12.com/privacy-policy IP Policy: http://www.k12.com/copyright_policy Terms of Use: http://www.k12.com/terms-of-use
Visual Cents
This app helps users accurately calculate change for US currency transactions. It's designed for anyone wanting to improve their cash handling skills and avoid common payment errors.
- US currency change calculation
- Prevents calculation errors
- Improves change-making skills
- User-friendly interface
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Tired of guessing the correct change when paying with cash? Our user-friendly change calculator app for US currency prevents calculation errors and helps anyone looking to improve their change-making skills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Cents at 100% against Counting Coins's 57%. Visual Cents also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months). Counting Coins's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Cents holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Counting Coins's written reviews are positive against 100% of Visual Cents's.
Counting Coins ships an update every 30 months, Visual Cents every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Counting Coins | Visual Cents |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (19 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stride Inc. | The Education of BT, LLC |
Customer experience
Counting Coins
Visual Cents
In-app purchases
Counting Coins
No in-app purchases
Visual Cents
No in-app purchases
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