Comparison

Interactive Telling Time vs Geoboard, by MLC

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

Head to head
About

Interactive Telling Time

This app offers a fun and interactive way for children aged 3-12 to learn how to tell time. It features movable clock hands, multiple languages, and various difficulty levels to aid progressive learning. Engaging games and rewards keep young learners motivated.

Highlights
  • Interactive analog clocks with movable hands
  • Learn analog to digital time conversion
  • Multiple language support with native speakers
  • 5 difficulty levels for progressive learning
  • Quiz mode for time concepts
  • Progress tracking and virtual rewards
Features
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- Selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Week in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Overall New & Noteworthy in France, China - Discover an easy and fun way to learn analog/digital clocks. - 2012 Parents' Choice Silver Award winner - Parents' Choice Foundation - Learn to tell the time in different languages! Multiple languages all recorded by native speakers (English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Swedish, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Korean, Chinese and Italian). "a thorough, well thought out approach to learning and practicing the art of telling time" -- www.theiphonemom.com "an incredible process to teach your child time-based concepts using nothing but your iPad or iPhone" - 5 out of 5 stars -- www.theiphoneappreview.com - Includes 9 beautifully hand drawn interactive clocks that comes with movable hour and minutes hands especially designed for small fingers! This app was made for you by artists and educators, with the help from school teachers and mother’s groups to bring you the best app in learning to tell the time for young beginners. We understand the many challenges faced by parents when explaining concepts to young children and that is why Interactive Telling Time balances the need for learning with fun and interactive games. Interactive Telling Time is great for kids from ages 3 to 12 and comes in 5 difficulty levels so that it helps kids master telling time progressively (statistics is provided to help keep track of your child’s progress). Beautifully illustrated with many adorable clock designs and accompanied by encouraging voice-overs and cheerful background music, this app creates a kid-friendly environment to enhance their learning experience. Interactive Telling Time Features: Universal App: - Universal app for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. Educational: - Learn to set the time via Interactive clocks with movable hour and minute hand! - Learn to read a clock/to tell time. - Learn conversion between analog clock and digital clock - Learn the concept of day and night. - Learn how to use AM/PM, 12 hour and 24 hour clock notation. - Quiz Mode (Learn concepts such as ‘o’clock‘, ‘midnight’, ‘half past’, ‘quarter past’, ‘quarter to’, ‘past’, ‘to’, etc.) - Designed for kids aged 3-12! 5 difficulty levels to choose from. - A score board to keep track of kid’s progress - Tutorials for young learners. - Virtual Aquarium reward - Your kids will want to play to try to win all the rewards! Beautifully designed interface: - 9 Beautifully Hand Drawn Interactive Clock including: + Simple Teaching Clock (crisp indicators to make it simple and easy) + Lion Clock, + Train Clock, + Aquarium Clock, + Moon Clock, + Flower Clock, + Gears Clock, + Owl Clock and + Seven Wonders Clock! - Creatively designed animated rotating earth which alternates between sunrise, noon, sunset, and night backgrounds. - Easy to use interface specifically designed for young learners Additional Fun Games with educational values: - Stop The Clock - A fun and exciting game designed with an educational focus. With the clock minutes hand ticking, kids will have to stop the clock as per quiz question (for example, Stop the clock at 9:45!). - Clock Puzzle - help kids learn the positions and use of all clock components such as digits, hour hand and minute hand. - Discover time at your own pace in our new Explore Time play mode! -------------- Connect with us! Visit us: http://www.GiggleUp.com Like us: facebook.com/GiggleUpApps Follow us: twitter.com/GiggleUpApps Email us: Support@GiggleUp.com Brought to you by GiggleUp, creators of the award-winning Interactive Telling Time and other educational apps for kids. Our goal is to promote learning through play with the purpose of helping children develop useful learning skills. Our apps have been enjoyed by children and used in classrooms all around the world!

About

Geoboard, by MLC

Explore mathematical concepts like perimeter, area, and fractions by stretching virtual bands around pegs to form shapes. This open-ended educational tool is ideal for elementary and middle school learners, offering multiple board types and drawing tools for interactive discovery.

Highlights
  • Create line segments and polygons
  • Multiple board types (square, rectangular, circular)
  • Shape duplication and transformation
  • Fill shapes with transparent color
  • Display grid lines with numbering
  • Drawing and annotation tools
  • Save and share work
Features
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Geoboard is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary and middle grades. Learners stretch bands around the pegs to form line segments and polygons and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more. This virtual version of the manipulative is an open-ended educational tool, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments. FEATURES • Create line segments and polygons by stretching bands around the Geoboard’s pegs. • Choose from 8 different band colors. • Fill individual shapes with a transparent color, or use the Fill All button to toggle all the bands between filled and unfilled. • Switch between the standard 25-peg square board, a rectangular board with 150 pegs, or a circular board with 13 pegs. The circular board enables explorations with angles, fractions, and time measurement. • Duplicate shapes then move, rotate, or flip them to explore symmetry and congruency. • Change the color of selected bands. • Display grid lines with or without numbering to more easily calculate area and identify shape locations. •Hide and reveal work with resizable covers to create your own problems and model strategies. • Use the drawing tools to annotate work and show understanding. • Add equations, expressions, and descriptions with the math text and writing tools. • Share your work by saving an image or providing a share code to others. MORE APPS For more Geoboard resources and other apps, visit:www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps LEARN MORE To learn about Bridges in Mathematics, an elementary curriculum that employs visual models such as the geoboard, please visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/bridges/overview ABOUT US This app is brought to you by The Math Learning Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to K-12 math education since 1976. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Geoboard app was made possible by a generous donation from Dr. David Moursund. This app was crafted by Clarity Innovations. We help improve teaching and learning by creating solutions that match promising technologies with the needs of education.  Visit us at: www.clarity-innovations.com

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Geoboard, by MLC at free against Interactive Telling Time's paid. Geoboard, by MLC also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 65%). Interactive Telling Time's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 39 months) and ratings volume (249 vs 17). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Interactive Telling Time holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interactive Telling Time has 249 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Interactive Telling Time's written reviews are positive against 81% of Geoboard, by MLC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Interactive Telling Time ships an update every 3 months, Geoboard, by MLC every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Interactive Telling Time versus Geoboard, by MLC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInteractive Telling TimeGeoboard, by MLC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (249 ratings) — better3.9 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings249 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiggleUp Kids Apps And Educational Games Pty LtdThe Math Learning Center

Customer experience

Interactive Telling Time

All ratings249 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews248 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative29.4%

Geoboard, by MLC

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

Interactive Telling Time

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes on launch
  • Upgrade/purchase functionality not working
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more advanced time concepts (quarter/half past, etc.)
  • Expand to include more clock types and difficulty levels
  • Allow tracking progress for multiple users
  • Introduce mini-games or challenges to keep it engaging

Geoboard, by MLC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Interactive Telling Time

No in-app purchases

None

Geoboard, by MLC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interactive Telling Time free?
Interactive Telling Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Geoboard, by MLC free?
Geoboard, by MLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Interactive Telling Time or Geoboard, by MLC?
Interactive Telling Time is rated higher. Interactive Telling Time averages 4.1 out of 5 from 249 ratings, while Geoboard, by MLC averages 3.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Interactive Telling Time or Geoboard, by MLC have ads?
Neither Interactive Telling Time nor Geoboard, by MLC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Interactive Telling Time or Geoboard, by MLC?
Interactive Telling Time ships an update every 3 months, and Geoboard, by MLC every 39 months. Most recently, Interactive Telling Time was updated on September 29, 2026 and Geoboard, by MLC on September 18, 2026.

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