Comparison

BaseballMath vs HB Phonological Awareness

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

Head to head
About

BaseballMath

Practice essential math facts through an engaging baseball game. Customize addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems for individual players. Adjust difficulty and add a timer for an extra challenge.

Highlights
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice
  • Customizable fact ranges
  • Adjustable operation per player
  • Player-specific hit adjustments
  • Optional timer for added challenge
  • Supports multiple difficulty levels
Features
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Part of the Indoor Recess Games CFS Bundle Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts to 9 while moving your runner around the bases. Players set the facts to practice and the operation to use. Adjust the operation and facts to practice for each player separately. Have a younger or older brother or sister? Are you a 4th grader helping a 1st grader at school? One of you play using addition sums to 5 and the other practice multiplication with factors 5-9. Select your practice problems within these parameters: • Addition: Sums to 5; Sums 5 to 10; Sums 10 to 20; and, Sums 20 to 50 • Subtraction: Minuends to 5; Minuends 5 to 10; Minuends 10 to 20; and, Minuends 20 to 50 • Multiplication & Division are based on: Multiplication Factors 1 to 5; Factors 5 to 9; Factors 6 to 12; and, Factors 1 to 12 Hits are adjusted separately for each player based on the facts you are using in the game. For an added challenge, turn on the timer! The time adjusts from 1 to 5 seconds.

About

HB Phonological Awareness

This educational app helps students improve listening and phonological awareness skills through interactive sound-based activities. Students learn to segment, blend, and manipulate sounds to build a virtual rock band, with a multi-level program that gradually increases in difficulty.

Highlights
  • Targets nine phonological awareness skills
  • Systematic sound segmentation and blending
  • Multi-level program with increasing difficulty
  • Monitors progress and provides feedback
  • Teaches listening skills for reading
  • Customizable program settings
Features
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HearBuilder is available for all users—families, educators, therapists, schools, and districts. Anyone with a HearBuilder subscription can access the full program. HearBuilder Phonological Awareness gives students a systematic, engaging way to build phonological awareness and listening skills. As they learn to segment, blend, and manipulate sounds, students earn instruments and band members to form the rock group The Phonemix, turning skill practice into a fun musical adventure. Program Features • Targets nine essential phonological awareness skills: Sentence Segmentation, Syllable Blending, Syllable Segmentation, Rhyming, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation & Identification, Phoneme Deletion, Phoneme Addition, and Phoneme Manipulation • Multi level activities that gradually increase in difficulty • Builds foundational listening and sound awareness skills needed for early reading • Supports learners at a wide range of skill levels • Tracks progress and provides frequent feedback to keep students motivated HearBuilder Online (my.hearbuilder.com) • Access all four HearBuilder programs: Following Directions, Phonological Awareness, Auditory Memory, and Sequencing • Monitor progress and track student performance • Individualize each student’s settings and difficulty levels • Add adjustable background noise to increase challenge • Customize and print detailed reports

Screenshots

HB Phonological Awareness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HB Phonological Awareness at 67% against BaseballMath's 0%. HB Phonological Awareness also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). BaseballMath's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BaseballMath holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HB Phonological Awareness has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of BaseballMath's written reviews are positive against 67% of HB Phonological Awareness's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BaseballMath ships an update every 5 months, HB Phonological Awareness every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BaseballMath versus HB Phonological Awareness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseballMathHB Phonological Awareness
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.4 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB239 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClassroom Focused SoftwareSuper Duper Publications

Customer experience

BaseballMath

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

HB Phonological Awareness

All ratings24 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

BaseballMath

No in-app purchases

None

HB Phonological Awareness

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BaseballMath free?
BaseballMath is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HB Phonological Awareness free?
HB Phonological Awareness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BaseballMath or HB Phonological Awareness?
BaseballMath is rated higher. BaseballMath averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while HB Phonological Awareness averages 3.4 from 24 ratings.
Do BaseballMath or HB Phonological Awareness have ads?
Neither BaseballMath nor HB Phonological Awareness shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BaseballMath or HB Phonological Awareness?
BaseballMath ships an update every 5 months, and HB Phonological Awareness every 2 months. Most recently, BaseballMath was updated on November 1, 2026 and HB Phonological Awareness on November 5, 2026.

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