Comparison

Monkey Math School Sunshine vs Hands

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

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About

Monkey Math School Sunshine

This app offers a playful beach-themed world for children aged 3-6 to build fundamental math skills through interactive games. It features 9 engaging activities that teach counting, addition, subtraction, patterns, and more, with adaptive difficulty and a rewarding aquarium collection system.

Highlights
  • 9 interactive math games
  • Teaches sequencing, patterning, counting, adding, subtracting
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
  • Uninterrupted and unlimited play
  • Interactive aquarium rewards
  • Number tracing and shape identification
Features
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From the creators of the top selling Preschool App “Monkey Preschool Lunchbox”! Join your child’s favorite monkey in math games and activities in a playfully designed beach-themed world. Monkey Math School Sunshine allows your child to build fundamental math skills while they are endlessly entertained. Your child will count, add and sort their way through engaging games with uninterrupted play. For ages 3 to 6. Praise for Monkey Preschool Games: "5/5 Stars" SmartAppsForKids.com "5/5 Stars" KidsEducationalApps.com “One of the first apps I’d get for a toddler.” BestKidsApps.com MONKEY MATH SCHOOL SUNSHINE FEATURES *9 interactive games that teach kids about sequencing, patterning, counting, adding and subtracting. *With very little interface, your child presses one button to immediately launch into uninterrupted play. *Uses Knack Technology to instinctively adjust the challenge levels to each individual player. *Irresistibly cute monkey guides the child through game play with animated celebrations for correct answers and gentle redirection for incorrect ones. *Kids collect prizes to fill their very own INTERACTIVE AQUARIUM. *Uninterrupted and unlimited play: game continues as long as the player desires. KIDS LEARN WHILE THEY PLAY: *ADD IT UP and TAKE IT AWAY Use your addition and subtraction skills to solve math problems. Trusty crab assistants supply multiple-choice options. *PATTERNS Monkey has a problem: Objects keep popping out of his bucket, creating a pattern - but one piece is missing! Help Monkey by completing the pattern with the choices provided. *SHAPES Is it an octagon? Or maybe a hexagon? Count each side of these shapes and help Monkey figure it out. *SEQUENCES Monkey has a group of numbers in the right order, but some are missing. Help him complete the sequence with the correct numbers. *LESS/MORE Monkey loves to blow bubbles, when he does, groups of shells, fish or turtles are inside each bubble! Use your expertise to figure out which bubble has either the most or least objects inside. *BIGGER/SMALLER Which bubble has the bigger number? Which bubble has the smaller one? Help Monkey figure it out by popping the correct bubble. *CONNECT THE DOTS Baby Turtle is stuck on the beach and she needs your help to get to the sea! Connect the dots to show her the way. *WRITE IT UP! Help Monkey learn his numbers by tracing them in the sand. *BUBBLE POP Monkey is running out of time! Pop all the bubbles that have either the right number or the right amount of objects inside before the time runs out! * Contact THUP! * Have some comments on our apps? We'd love to hear it! Want to find out what we're doing next? Come visit us: Email us: support@thup.com Like us: http://www.facebook.com/THUPgames Follow us: http://twitter.com/THUPGames

About

Hands

This app simulates a virtual geoboard for exploring geometry and math concepts. It offers interactive activities and an instructor's guide with lesson ideas for elementary and middle school students. Students can draw shapes and receive instant feedback on geometric properties.

Highlights
  • Virtual geoboard simulation
  • Interactive math activities
  • Instructor's guide with lesson ideas
  • Geometric feedback on note card
  • Shape properties exploration
  • Measurement and coordinate geometry tools
Features
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Hands-On Math: Geoboard creates a virtual geoboard on your iPad and includes activities for a variety of math topics. The app purchase includes an instructor's guide with hands-on activities for elementary and middle school age students. This free iBook provides teachers with lots of activities and lesson ideas that are designed to be used with the app. A simple tap downloads the extensive teacher's guide and installs it in iBooks. The app simulates the use of a popular math manipulative used to teach basic geometry and other math concepts. It is perfect for elementary and middle school classrooms. Our Geoboard is one of the best ways to help students explore and discover geometry. Students draw line segments, rectangles or circles on a 5x5 pegboard. As they draw geometric feedback is reported on a note card helping students better understand length, perimeter, and area. Using Hands-On Math Geooard students can develop the following important mathematical concepts: Properties of Shapes Composing and Decomposing Plane Figures Measurement Naming Shapes and Parts of a Circle Symmetry Drawing and Analyzing Two-Dimensional Shapes Congruence and Similarity Naming and Recognizing Basic Shapes Length, Area, Perimeter, Circumference, Radius and Diameter Coordinate Geometry

Screenshots

Monkey Math School Sunshine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monkey Math School Sunshine at 90% against Hands's 33%. Monkey Math School Sunshine also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (57 vs 1). Hands's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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

Monkey Math School Sunshine costs $1.99 and Hands $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monkey Math School Sunshine holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monkey Math School Sunshine has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Monkey Math School Sunshine's written reviews are positive against 33% of Hands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monkey Math School Sunshine ships an update every 4 months, Hands every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Monkey Math School Sunshine versus Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonkey Math School SunshineHands
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (57 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHUP GamesVentura Educational Systems

Customer experience

Monkey Math School Sunshine

All ratings57 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.6%

Hands

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Monkey Math School Sunshine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Voice directions cutting out
  • Number bubble counting issues
  • Inconsistent touch responsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • More advanced math concepts
  • Ability to disable certain game modes
  • Option to save progress across multiple users
  • Expanded aquarium or multiple aquariums

Hands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Monkey Math School Sunshine

No in-app purchases

None

Hands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monkey Math School Sunshine free?
Monkey Math School Sunshine costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hands free?
Hands costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monkey Math School Sunshine or Hands?
Monkey Math School Sunshine is rated higher. Monkey Math School Sunshine averages 4.3 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Hands averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Monkey Math School Sunshine or Hands have ads?
Neither Monkey Math School Sunshine nor Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monkey Math School Sunshine or Hands?
Monkey Math School Sunshine ships an update every 4 months, and Hands every 16 months. Most recently, Monkey Math School Sunshine was updated on October 3, 2026 and Hands on September 8, 2026.

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