Comparison

Addition Facts vs Grandpa's Workshop

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

Head to head
About

Addition Facts

Features
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Addition Facts is designed to help elementary students develop basic arithmetic skills. The product includes Addition Flash Cards to help encourage recognition and recall of addition facts. When using the Addition Flash Cards, two sets of objects appear on the screen and dissolve into a card labeled with the sum. The child controls the pace of the learning experience by either swiping or tapping to move to the next flash card. Shake the iPhone to randomly select another card. This product includes Addition Practice, which is an interactive game where the child touches a button that is labeled with the correct answer to an addition problem. When the correct button is touched, a star appears on the screen. The object of this activity is to get 10 stars. Just for fun, Rhythm Band creates an entertaining musical instrument on your iPhone, where different sound effects or notes are produced as the color buttons are tapped.

About

Grandpa's Workshop

Engage young children with a fun building and tool identification game. This app features a friendly grandpa and eight interactive mini-games designed to teach essential skills like measuring, fractions, and tool recognition through play.

Highlights
  • Tool identification mini-games
  • Measuring and fractions practice
  • Spot the difference challenges
  • Painting and puzzle activities
  • Real tool videos
  • Number group recognition
Features
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Build, measure, count, paint, and play alongside Grandpa in eight hands-on learning activities designed for children ages 6–8. Children explore: • tools and woodworking vocabulary • counting and number groups • measuring and fractions • visual puzzles and matching • painting projects • clubhouse customization and rewards Gameplay and narration are available in English only. Grandpa's Workshop has no advertising, in-app purchases, subscriptions, or account creation. Fairlady Media does not collect data from the app. External support and App Store links are protected by a parent gate.

Screenshots

Addition Facts4 screens
Grandpa's Workshop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Grandpa's Workshop at every 4 months against Addition Facts's every 43 months. Grandpa's Workshop also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Addition Facts's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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

Addition Facts costs $0.99 and Grandpa's Workshop $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Addition Facts ships an update every 43 months, Grandpa's Workshop every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Addition Facts versus Grandpa's Workshop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAddition FactsGrandpa's Workshop
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating—4.2 (94 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—82.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—94 — better
Update frequencyEvery 43 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVentura Educational SystemsFairlady Media

Bugs and requests

Addition Facts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Grandpa's Workshop

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • No sound
  • Crashing at specific points
  • App reverts to iPad opening screen
  • Crushes on iPad

Requested features

12 requests
  • More varied activities and games
  • New videos and puzzles
  • Additional difficulty levels or grade levels
  • More spoken directions for non-readers
  • More tool videos
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  • A Grandpa's auto shop app
  • More content to complete the clubhouse
  • More variety in jobs/activities
  • Updates with new tools and videos
  • More levels and content
  • Clubhouse expansion
  • More crazy uncles

In-app purchases

None

Addition Facts

No in-app purchases

None

Grandpa's Workshop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Addition Facts free?
Addition Facts costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grandpa's Workshop free?
Grandpa's Workshop costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Addition Facts or Grandpa's Workshop have ads?
Neither Addition Facts nor Grandpa's Workshop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Addition Facts or Grandpa's Workshop?
Addition Facts ships an update every 43 months, and Grandpa's Workshop every 4 months. Most recently, Addition Facts was updated on October 26, 2026 and Grandpa's Workshop on November 1, 2026.

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