Hands vs Drill Math Word Problems
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hands
This app provides an interactive virtual playground for students to explore and discover mathematical concepts. It uses colored number bars to represent whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, aiding in the development of ordering, comparison, and arithmetic skills.
- Interactive math playground
- Visual number bar representation
- Whole number, fraction, and decimal exploration
- Ordering and comparison of numbers
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
- Number line placement
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Hands-On Math: Interactive Number Sense creates a virtual math playground where students explore, investigate and discover mathematical concepts. When students are interacting with the Number Sense Playground colored number bars are used to represent whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Using Hands-On Math: Interactive Number Sense students can develop the following important mathematical concepts: * Ordering and comparing whole numbers, decimals and fractions. * Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers, fractions and decimals. * Locating whole numbers, fractions or decimals on a number line. A comprehensive instructor's guide is available at the App URL given below.
Drill Math Word Problems
This app offers a distraction-free environment for children to practice and master fundamental math skills through word problems. It includes various math topics with adjustable difficulty levels and a practice mode for focused learning.
- Addition word problems
- Randomly generated questions
- Three difficulty levels
- Practice mode
- Customizable question types
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Banana Math App is a fun way to practice and master fundamental math facts. The user interface is simple and clear with no distractions, allowing for kids to focus on learning. Some of the salient features are: - Addition Word Problems (free) - Subtraction Word Problems (locked) - Algebra Word Problems (locked) - Geometry (locked) - Time Problems (locked) - Randomly generated questions. - Three difficulty levels - Practice mode - Allows to practice a given feature. - Settings - Turn on/off the type of questions to include. Enjoy learning...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Drill Math Word Problems at Free against Hands's $2.99. Drill Math Word Problems also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.7) and review sentiment (37% vs 0%). Hands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads 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
Drill Math Word Problems is free to download; Hands costs $2.99 up front. Drill Math Word Problems sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drill Math Word Problems holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drill Math Word Problems has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 37% of Drill Math Word Problems's.
Hands ships an update every 9 months, Drill Math Word Problems every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | Drill Math Word Problems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 3.5 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 36.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Power Math Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Hands
Drill Math Word Problems
Bugs and requests
Hands
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Drill Math Word Problems
Reported bugs
9 issues- Cannot get into settings
- Website won't accept comments for reporting problems
- Geometry tiles are blank for pattern questions
- In-app purchases not working
- Answer tiles do not display images
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- Program crashes when trying to choose an answer on the chalkboard
- Bought in a bundle, now asking to buy again
- Blank boxes instead of answers
- Small print on iPhone
Requested features
5 requests- Track student progress
- Simple number sense for preschoolers
- Prompt that reads problems for non-readers
- Ability to show work
- More challenging problems for older students
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
Drill Math Word Problems
- Subtraction Question Set$0.99
- Algebra Question Set$0.99
- Time Problems Set$0.99
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- Geometry Question Set$0.99
- Money Question Set$0.99
- Numbers$0.99
- Addition/Subtraction Sentences$0.99
- Reading Book 1$0.99
- Reading Book 2$0.99
- Reading Book 3$0.99
Questions
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