Comparison

Find the words vs Number Frames, by MLC

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

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About

Find the words

This word search puzzle challenges you to find hidden words in a grid. Words can be oriented horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The app offers multi-touch support, landscape mode, and customizable word lists. Earn achievements for new pen colors and upgrade to remove ads.

Highlights
  • Word search grid
  • Horizontal, vertical, diagonal words
  • Customizable word lists
  • Multi-touch strokes
  • Landscape mode
  • Speech voice for found words
  • Achievements for pen colors
Features
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Find the words This is the implementaion of the word search that most popular word puzzle on papers. The objective of this puzzle is to find and mark all the words on the grid. The words may be placed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. When the word has found, it will play the speech voice automatically. You can draw multi-touch strokes, also play it with landscape mode. You can get more pen colors by achievements. There's three buttons on the top. Top left button: to manage the words that play the game. add your own words and start the game. Top second button: to share the play screenshot on the social media. Top right button: settings for languages to play, speech voices, achievements for pen colors. Also you can upgrade the app to hide the advertisements. Find the words supports the languages: English, Simplified Chinese(简体中文), Traditional Chinese(繁體中文), Japanese(日本語), Spanish(Español), French(Français), German(Deutsch), Russian(Pусский), Portuguese(Português), Italian(Italiano), Korean(한국어), Turkish(Türkçe), Dutch(Nederlands), Arabic, Thai(ภาษาไทย), Swedish(Svenska), Danish(Dansk), Norwegian Bokmål(Norsk bokmål), Polish(Polski), Finnish(Suomi), Greek(Ελληνικά), Romanian(Română), Hungarian(Magyar), Czech(Čeština), Slovak(Slovenčina), Hindi(हिंदी) Find the words - Discord community https://factorcat.github.io/apps/findthewords/

About

Number Frames, by MLC

This app provides virtual number frames to help elementary students visualize and manipulate numbers up to one hundred. It supports counting, comparing, and computing, aiding the transition from one-by-one counting to more efficient strategies. Custom frames can be created for advanced visualization of factors and fractions.

Highlights
  • Standard and custom number frames
  • Variety of counters and colors
  • 5s grid for grouping emphasis
  • Resizable covers for problem modeling
  • Drawing and annotation tools
  • Math text and writing tools
  • Shareable work via image or code
Features
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Number Frames help students structure numbers to five, ten, twenty, and one hundred. Students use the frames to count, represent, compare, and compute with numbers in a particular range. The frames allow students see quantities as equal groups of other quantities and in relation to benchmark quantities. This helps primary students move away from one-by-one counting toward more efficient ways of counting and computing. As students advance, custom frames can be constructed to help visualize factors, products, fractional parts and more. These virtual versions of number frames are open-ended educational tools, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments that use iPads. Number frames are a key model used in Bridges in Mathematics, second edition. Online preview available at: www.mathlearningcenter.org/bridges FEATURES: • Use standard 5-, 10-, 20-, and 100-frames, or create custom frames up to 12 x 12. • Choose from a variety of counters and colors. Drag single counters — or stacks of 5 and 10 — into frames or on to the workspace. • Apply a 5s grid to frames to emphasize every 5th line and reinforce grouping by five. • Hide and reveal counters with resizable covers to create your own problems and model strategies. • Use the drawing tools to annotate work and show understanding. • Add equations, expressions, and descriptions with the math text and writing tools. • Share your work by saving an image or providing a share code to others. MORE APPS For more Number Line resources and other apps, visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps LEARN MORE To learn about Bridges in Mathematics, an elementary curriculum that employs visual models like number line, visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/bridges/overview ABOUT US This resource is brought to you by The Math Learning Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to K-12 education since 1976. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This app was crafted by Clarity Innovations. We help improve teaching and learning by creating solutions that match promising technologies with the needs of education. Visit us: www.clarity-innovations.com

Screenshots

Find the words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Number Frames, by MLC at 89% against Find the words's 23%. Number Frames, by MLC also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Find the words's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months). On price and ratings volume 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. Find the words sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Number Frames, by MLC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Find the words holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Find the words's written reviews are positive against 89% of Number Frames, by MLC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find the words ships an update every 5 weeks, Number Frames, by MLC every 13 months. Both last shipped on September 16, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Find the words versus Number Frames, by MLC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind the wordsNumber Frames, by MLC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better4.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews22.6% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNO WOO KYOUNGThe Math Learning Center

Customer experience

Find the words

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral6.0%
Negative71.4%

Number Frames, by MLC

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Find the words

One-time1
  • Upgrade Find the Words$2.99
None

Number Frames, by MLC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find the words free?
Find the words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Number Frames, by MLC free?
Number Frames, by MLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Find the words or Number Frames, by MLC?
Find the words is rated higher. Find the words averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Number Frames, by MLC averages 4.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Find the words or Number Frames, by MLC have ads?
Find the words shows ads; Number Frames, by MLC does not.
Which is updated more often, Find the words or Number Frames, by MLC?
Find the words ships an update every 5 weeks, and Number Frames, by MLC every 13 months. Most recently, Find the words was updated on September 16, 2026 and Number Frames, by MLC on September 16, 2026.

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