Comparison

Counting Board vs Australian Touch and Write

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

Head to head
About

Counting Board

This educational tool helps young children aged 2-4 learn basic counting, addition, and subtraction through interactive tapping and audio pronunciation. It also includes a drawing feature to encourage creativity.

Highlights
  • Learn to count 1-100 with audio
  • Interactive addition lessons
  • Interactive subtraction lessons
  • Drawing and creativity tool
  • Suitable for ages 2-4
Features
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Over 900,000 downloads. Kids just love it. This is a colorful teaching tool for your kids to learn the basic of numbers. It suitable for age from 2 to 4. Features: 1. Teach your children to count from 1 to 100 by tapping the numbers one by one and read it loudly. Automatic pronounce function included. 2. Learn add method: e.g. Learn 5 + 2 = 7. First tap 5, and then tap next 2 blocks, count the blocks from 1 to 2 while tapping. The answer will be 7. 3. Learn minus method: e.g. 16 - 4 = 5, First tap 16, and then tap previous 4 blocks, count the blocks from 1 to 4 while taping, The answer will be 11 4. Let your kids to use their imagination to draw a picture.

About

Australian Touch and Write

This app teaches Victorian cursive handwriting to children through interactive and engaging activities. It allows for personalized word lists and offers a variety of fun writing textures and backgrounds to keep young learners motivated.

Highlights
  • Victorian cursive letter practice
  • Customizable word lists
  • Multiple writing textures
  • Variety of paper backgrounds
  • Australian accent pronunciation
  • Reward system for motivation
Features
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"This has gone from a great app to an awesome app with the new update. Thanks for listening to our feedback and doing these changes." - Customer review "Brilliant - fun way to learn Victorian cursive. I have been waiting for an app like this - a fun way teach Victorian Modern Cursive, an app my special needs son enjoys playing with and learns as he goes. He can even use a stylus to draw the letters and build the muscle memory in his hand, that can later be transferred to writing with a pencil or pen. All children will benefit from this app, presenting learning writing in an exciting format, great guides to help learn where to start and stop letters, and great celebration pages to keep them interested and rewarded. I like that you can use the word lists or make your own so then the app grows with the child into writing full words, not just letters. I think I will be trying it out with my son's spelling lists too and double benefit - writing and spelling. It is also great to be able to teach Aussie formats such as Victorian Modern Cursive.... Almost all the apps I have tried have been US based. Thanks FizzBrain! You are a star!" - Customer review Kids love learning to write cursive - especially when they can use shaving cream, paint, and jello! "Australian Touch and Write: Victorian Unjoined Cursive" was developed by real classroom teachers. It recreates the fun and effective teaching strategy used in classrooms every day: learning writing with shaving cream, jello, finger paint, and more! "Australian Touch and Write" also allows you to create your own lists of names and words so that you can individualize the learning experience for your child! Note: This is an introduction to Victorian cursive letter writing - children will practice INDIVIDUAL cursive letters to achieve mastery, using Victorian Unjoined Cursive letters based on the "School Fonts" Victorian font. FEATURES: ‣Toggle letter sounds or letter names for the included word lists ‣Children can practice writing their own names and individualized word lists – parents and teachers can create as many word lists as they want! ‣Now with Australian accent! ‣Comes with 16 different writing textures: shaving cream, ketchup, lime gelatin, chocolate frosting, chalk, pencil, blue pen, lemon gelatin, chocolate pudding, syrup, grape jelly, whipped cream, pumpkin pie, red paint, and vanilla pudding! ‣Comes with 28 different writing papers, including 4 different line patterns children are most likely to find in real classrooms, food papers, animal papers, nature papers, and more! ‣Includes 2 high frequency word lists to help children practice the most common words encountered by early learners ‣Includes word family lists, such as the -AT family and -AN family ‣Includes 2 alphabet word lists – short words from a to z – providing practice in both upper and lower case letters ‣Includes 1 alphabet list – for just practicing the letters a to z, both upper and lower case ‣Brief reward at the end of each word reinforces learning and motivates children, without becoming a distraction! ‣Integrates visual, kinesthetic and simulated tactile modalities to enhance learning – and fun! ‣Created by elementary classroom teachers – based on best teaching practices! Search YouTube for "Touch and Write App" to see how our other writing apps work, or locate the FizzBrainApps channel. Please contact us at fizzbrain@gmail.com with any questions, problems, or suggestions. We will get right back to you – we listen to our customers! And if you have additional textures or papers you would like to see included in an update, let us know!

Screenshots

Counting Board4 screens
Australian Touch and Write4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Counting Board at 57% against Australian Touch and Write's 11%. Counting Board also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.1). On update cadence, 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

Counting Board costs $0.99 and Australian Touch and Write $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counting Board ships an update every 15 months, Australian Touch and Write every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Counting Board versus Australian Touch and Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounting BoardAustralian Touch and Write
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better11.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB155 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEverQuizFIZZBRAIN LLC

Customer experience

Counting Board

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

Australian Touch and Write

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral33.3%
Negative55.6%

In-app purchases

None

Counting Board

No in-app purchases

None

Australian Touch and Write

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Counting Board free?
Counting Board costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Australian Touch and Write free?
Australian Touch and Write costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Counting Board or Australian Touch and Write have ads?
Neither Counting Board nor Australian Touch and Write shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Counting Board or Australian Touch and Write?
Counting Board ships an update every 15 months, and Australian Touch and Write every 12 months. Most recently, Counting Board was updated on June 5, 2026 and Australian Touch and Write on September 9, 2026.

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