Count Sort vs Hands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Count Sort
This app introduces young children to basic number concepts and counting. It helps them understand one-to-one correspondence and early numeral recognition with adjustable counting targets. An iPad version offers 10 Frames for visual counting.
- One-to-one counting practice
- Adjustable counting targets (up to 32)
- Early numeral recognition
- Number family recognition
- 10 Frames option (iPad)
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A very basic set of activities for children just beginning to learn about numbers. Using numbers up to 32, Count Sort helps children recognize that counting must be done in a “one-to-one” fashion. Options exist to limit the counting target to 10, 15, 20, 25, and 32 chips. The activities also develop early numeral recognition and early recognition of number “families.” The iPad version includes an option to display the chips in 10 Frames. Developed as part of the Number Sense Project at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.
Hands
Explore mathematical concepts with a virtual hundreds chart. Students can use colored markers to discover number patterns, skip-counting, multiplication, division, and more. An instructor's guide is available for educators.
- Interactive hundreds chart
- Color marker tool
- Skip-counting exploration
- Number pattern discovery
- Multiplication and division practice
- Prime and composite number identification
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Hands-On Math: Interactive Hundreds Chart creates a virtual math playground where students explore, investigate and discover mathematical concepts. Students use colored markers on the Interactive Hundreds Chart to represent patterns and number sequences. Using Hands-On Math: Interactive Hundreds Chart students can develop the following important mathematical concepts: Skip-Counting Number Patterns Multiplication and Division Facts Prime and Composite Numbers Least Common Multiple Divisibility of Numbers and more... An extensive Instructor's Guide for this app is available at the support website. Download the document and install it in iBooks to access ideas about how to use the Interactive Hundreds Chart for teaching elementary mathematics. Extremely easy for students and teachers to use. Tap a color and a marker, then tap numbers on the chart. To remove a marker simply slide it off the chart. Erase all markers by tapping the eraser. Note to reviewer: Simply slide a marker off the board to remove it. There is no need to erase entire board if you make a mistake.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Count Sort at Free against Hands's $2.99. Count Sort also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Hands's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (83% vs 50%). 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
Count Sort is free to download; Hands costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hands holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Count Sort's written reviews are positive against 83% of Hands's.
Count Sort ships an update every 7 months, Hands every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Count Sort | Hands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Classroom Focused Software | Ventura Educational Systems |
Customer experience
Count Sort
Hands
In-app purchases
Count Sort
No in-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
