Hands vs Place Value Addition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hands
This app provides a virtual playground for students to explore place value, addition, and subtraction with regrouping using interactive base ten blocks. It supports learning whole numbers and decimals through hands-on discovery.
- Virtual base ten blocks
- Place value exploration
- Addition and subtraction with regrouping
- Whole number concepts
- Decimal concepts
- Interactive learning
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Hands-On Math: Base Ten Blocks is a virtual math manipulative playground where students explore and discover place value concepts and also learn addition and subtraction with regrouping. Our Base Ten Blocks allow students to experience and develop math concepts through interaction and discovery. When first learning place value, blocks can be set to represent ones, tens and hundreds. Later, to introduce decimals, blocks can be set to ones, tenths and hundredths. Topics: Whole Numbers Reading and Writing Numbers Decimals Addition and Subtraction Regrouping A comprehensive instructor's guide is available at the app URL given below. Note to Reviewers: Use Settings options to control Sound and Decimal settings. iPad sound must be turned on in Settings and also the switch on the side of iPad must also be in ON position for the sound to work.
Place Value Addition
This educational app helps children understand place value by visually adding numbers using interactive discs. It offers random and custom problems for numbers up to three digits, aiding comprehension of regrouping in addition.
- Visual place value discs
- Addition with regrouping
- 1-3 digit numbers
- Random problems
- Customizable problems
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Place Value Addition helps students understand addition using place value discs. A strong understanding of place value in the base ten system is essential for long-term mathematical learning. In addition, place value helps students understand how regrouping works. The app provides a visual, step-by-step way to add two numbers using place value discs. Students can solve randomly generated problems or enter their own problems. Features: * Numbers with 1–3 digits * Randomly generated problems * Custom problems * Visual place value discs * Step-by-step addition practice * Clear visualization of regrouping Part of the iDevBooks Place Value series: * Place Value Addition * Place Value Subtraction * Place Value Multiplication * Place Value Division Video: Please visit idevbooks.com to see a video of the app. Other iDevBooks Math Apps: Other iDevBooks math apps include Visual Fractions Decimals Percentages, Decimal Rounding, Whole Number Rounding, Column Subtraction, Column Addition, Long Division, Long Multiplication, Lattice Multiplication, Partial Differences Subtraction, Partial Quotients Division, Partial Sums Addition, and more. Feedback: New ideas to make this app better are welcome. Please visit idevbooks.com to give feedback. Privacy: This app has no ads, no in-app purchases, and does not transmit user data during operation. The app also does not contain links to other apps or to the web.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hands at every 6 months against Place Value Addition's every 21 months. Hands also leads on price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Hands costs $2.99 and Place Value Addition $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hands against 5.0 for Place Value Addition. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Hands ships an update every 6 months, Place Value Addition every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | Place Value Addition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Esa Helttula |
Customer experience
Hands
Place Value Addition
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
Place Value Addition
No in-app purchases
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