Hands vs Halloween Maths Lite
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.
Halloween Maths Lite
Practice math skills with a fun, spooky theme. Solve addition and subtraction problems across multiple levels, earning stars for correct answers to unlock new challenges. Ideal for children aged 5 and up.
- Addition and subtraction practice
- Themed levels
- Star rewards for correct answers
- Progressive level unlocking
- Suitable for ages 5+
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Bubble Maths with a 'spooky' twist... This app will test your maths skills, starting with simple sums through to more complex addition and subtraction. There are 25 questions per level. For every correct answer you get a star, with the aim to get all 25 correct. Complete one level to unlock further levels until you have completed them all. This app is great for children and adults alike but all of the questions are based around Key Stage 1 and 2 style questions so great for children 5+ years. Are you a maths expert and can you get all of the stars?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Halloween Maths Lite at 100% against Hands's 30%. Halloween Maths Lite also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). Hands's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 37 months). 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
Halloween Maths Lite is free to download; Hands costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halloween Maths Lite has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 100% of Halloween Maths Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hands ships an update every 6 months, Halloween Maths Lite every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | Halloween Maths Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Dizzy Squirrel Limited |
Customer experience
Hands
Halloween Maths Lite
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
Halloween Maths Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hands free?
Is Halloween Maths Lite free?
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