Comparison

Finger Numbers vs Place Value Chart

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

Place Value Chart

Explore the decimal number system through interactive grouping and ungrouping of tokens. This app allows you to build numbers, remove tokens, and understand place value concepts. New features include displaying totals as numbers and in written English, and support for decimal fractions.

Highlights
  • Interactive token manipulation
  • Grouping and ungrouping concepts
  • Display totals as numbers
  • Display totals in written English
  • Support for decimal fractions
  • Shake to clear tokens
Features
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Experience grouping and ungrouping in our decimal number system with this interactive place value chart. Touch the chart to create tokens and move them around with your finger. Is this always possible? Remove tokens by moving them to the top of the chart. Shake your iPad or iPhone to remove all of them. Some activities supported by this place value chart: - How can you create large numbers using the least number of tokens? - How can you remove tokens quickly without shaking the device? - What happens if a token is moved from the hundreds to the ones? And what happens if you first move it to the tens place and then to the ones? This brand new version features new options to show totals, both as a number and in written english. Furthermore it is possible to use it for decimal fractions. The educational design of this interactive place value chart has been developed by Prof. Ulrich Kortenkamp (Didactics of Mathematics, University of Potsdam, Germany) and Prof. Silke Ladel (Didactics of Primary Education, Mathematics, Saarland University, Germany). It supports the development of mental concepts for place values in decimal systems and targets elementary and primary and lower secondary education.

Screenshots

Place Value Chart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Finger Numbers at 5.0 against Place Value Chart's 1.8. Finger Numbers also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Place Value Chart's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On 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

Finger Numbers costs $1.99 and Place Value Chart $0.29 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 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Place Value Chart has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Finger Numbers's written reviews are positive against 60% of Place Value Chart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finger Numbers ships an update every 9 months, Place Value Chart every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Finger Numbers versus Place Value Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinger NumbersPlace Value Chart
Price$1.99$0.29 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian UrffUlrich Kortenkamp

Customer experience

Finger Numbers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Place Value Chart

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

None

Finger Numbers

No in-app purchases

None

Place Value Chart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Finger Numbers free?
Finger Numbers costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Place Value Chart free?
Place Value Chart costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Finger Numbers or Place Value Chart?
Finger Numbers is rated higher. Finger Numbers averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Place Value Chart averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Finger Numbers or Place Value Chart have ads?
Neither Finger Numbers nor Place Value Chart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finger Numbers or Place Value Chart?
Finger Numbers ships an update every 9 months, and Place Value Chart every 2 months. Most recently, Finger Numbers was updated on October 14, 2026 and Place Value Chart on October 15, 2026.

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