Comparison

Finger Numbers vs SchoolTool

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

Head to head
About

Finger Numbers

This app helps early learners develop rapid quantity recognition and a strong sense of numbers and operations through engaging games and practice modes. It adapts to individual learning needs with flexible settings and provides diagnostic reports for educators.

Highlights
  • Rapid quantity recognition
  • Number decomposition practice
  • Multiple game and practice modes
  • Adaptive learning settings
  • Multi-user profiles
  • Diagnostic reports for teachers
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Finger Numbers is a motivating learning app that builds rapid quantity recognition (quasi‑simultaneous subitizing) and a robust sense of number and operations for early math. This release is a complete technical rebuild with expanded content—designed for children, parents, and teachers. What children practice: - Recognizing quantities at a glance and matching them with finger touches - Automating number decompositions, complements to 10, and strategies like the “Power of 5” - Moving fluently between representations (fingers, dots, mixed) Game and practice modes: - Basics: Fingers, Dots, Mixed - Pattern Recognition: structured arrangements - Calculation Strategies: Power of 5, complements to 10, How many are missing?, decompositions - Two Hands: cooperative/competitive split‑screen number decomposition - Jump and Run: an action mini‑game controlled by finger numbers Adapt to each learner: - Flexible number range from 3 to 10 fingers (start with 3-5 Fingers for learning the input) - Time pressure can be enabled/disabled as needed - Visual aids and flash‑view controls - Multi‑user profiles with individual progress; Guest mode without recording For teachers - Diagnostic reports with solution times, success rates, and strategy insights - Protected area to review learning progress - AI‑powered summaries with didactic guidance Note: On iPad, system gestures (e.g., 4–5‑finger gestures) may interfere with multi‑finger input. Consider disabling multitasking gestures in system settings if needed. Languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified)

About

SchoolTool

This app helps create a quiet learning environment with a visual noise warning light and a timer. It provides optical and acoustic feedback on volume levels and helps students grasp remaining work time.

Highlights
  • Noise warning light with optical and acoustic feedback
  • Adjustable sensitivity for different groups
  • Configurable warnings for noise limit breaches
  • Visual timer for work phases
  • Develops a sense of time in students
  • Timer can be relative or absolute
Features
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Intuitive. Effective. Engender a quiet working atmosphere and support your students while they concentrate on their work and complete their assignments effectively! Noise warning light: The noise warning light provides optical and acoustic feedback on the volume level in the classroom + Adapt the sensitivity to different study groups + Ask your students: the duration of downtime needed for evaluation can be varied. + Often a reminder is enough: Set warnings that remind them (as often as necessary) of breaches of the noise limits before a negative evaluation takes place + Save the settings for different situations or study groups! That way, you can switch, for example, between group and individual work phases. Visual Timer: The visual timer gives your pupils the possibility of grasping the remaining time for a work phase with just a glance + Train a sense of time into your students + Set the "direction" of the timer + The duration can be presented as relative or absolute (on a 60-minute scale) + Set whether an acoustic alarm is to sound at the end of the work phase

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Finger Numbers at 5.0 against SchoolTool's 1.0. Finger Numbers also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and price ($1.99 vs $7.99). SchoolTool's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On ratings volume, 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

Finger Numbers costs $1.99 and SchoolTool $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Finger Numbers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Finger Numbers's written reviews are positive against 67% of SchoolTool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finger Numbers ships an update every 9 months, SchoolTool every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Finger Numbers versus SchoolTool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinger NumbersSchoolTool
Price$1.99 — better$7.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian UrffOliver Kroeger

Customer experience

Finger Numbers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SchoolTool

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Finger Numbers

No in-app purchases

None

SchoolTool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Finger Numbers free?
Finger Numbers costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SchoolTool free?
SchoolTool costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Finger Numbers or SchoolTool?
Finger Numbers is rated higher. Finger Numbers averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SchoolTool averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Finger Numbers or SchoolTool have ads?
Neither Finger Numbers nor SchoolTool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finger Numbers or SchoolTool?
Finger Numbers ships an update every 9 months, and SchoolTool every 2 months. Most recently, Finger Numbers was updated on November 5, 2026 and SchoolTool on November 13, 2026.

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