Comparison

Counting Board vs Number Line, by MLC

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

Number Line, by MLC

This app allows students to visualize number sequences and demonstrate mathematical strategies. It supports various number types and offers tools for annotation, problem-solving, and sharing work. Ideal for elementary classrooms and iPad learning environments.

Highlights
  • Visualize number sequences
  • Demonstrate counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing
  • Use whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers
  • Add custom tick marks and labels
  • Hide and reveal numbers and jumps
  • Annotation and drawing tools
  • Save and share work
Features
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Number Line helps students visualize number sequences and demonstrate strategies for counting, comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Choose number lines labelled with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers. Or use a blank number line, with or without tick marks. Describe intervals between points on the line using forward or backward jumps above and below the line. Jumps can be labelled with their values or left blank. Add custom tick marks to the number line to show equivalence or compare number values. Show strategies with drawing and annotation tools. Hide elements of the sequence shown on the number line, which challenges students to use what they know about number relationships and computation to identify those missing elements. This virtual number line is an open-ended educational tool, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments that use iPads. For more Number Line resources and other apps, visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps FEATURES • Mark the number line with multiples of whole numbers, fractions, or decimals. In addition, set the starting value of the line, including using negative values. • Add and manipulate forward and backward jumps, above or below the line. • Label jump bars, manually or automatically, to show intervals or hide labels altogether. • Add custom tick marks and values to blank number lines. • Hide and reveal numbers on the number line. • Hide and reveal jumps, numbers, and other elements 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

Counting Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Number Line, by MLC at Free against Counting Board's $0.99. Number Line, by MLC also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 2). Counting Board's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Number Line, by MLC is free to download; Counting Board costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Counting Board holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Number Line, by MLC has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Counting Board's written reviews are positive against 67% of Number Line, by MLC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counting Board ships an update every 15 months, Number Line, by MLC every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Counting Board versus Number Line, by MLC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounting BoardNumber Line, by MLC
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings215 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 13 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEverQuizThe Math Learning Center

Customer experience

Counting Board

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

Number Line, by MLC

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Counting Board

No in-app purchases

None

Number Line, by MLC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Counting Board free?
Counting Board costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Number Line, by MLC free?
Number Line, by MLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Counting Board or Number Line, by MLC?
Counting Board is rated higher. Counting Board averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Number Line, by MLC averages 4.4 from 15 ratings.
Do Counting Board or Number Line, by MLC have ads?
Neither Counting Board nor Number Line, by MLC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Counting Board or Number Line, by MLC?
Counting Board ships an update every 15 months, and Number Line, by MLC every 13 months. Most recently, Counting Board was updated on October 31, 2026 and Number Line, by MLC on October 9, 2026.

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