Comparison

Hands vs Little Math

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

Head to head
About

Hands

This app simulates a virtual geoboard for exploring geometry and math concepts. It offers interactive activities and an instructor's guide with lesson ideas for elementary and middle school students. Students can draw shapes and receive instant feedback on geometric properties.

Highlights
  • Virtual geoboard simulation
  • Interactive math activities
  • Instructor's guide with lesson ideas
  • Geometric feedback on note card
  • Shape properties exploration
  • Measurement and coordinate geometry tools
Features
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Hands-On Math: Geoboard creates a virtual geoboard on your iPad and includes activities for a variety of math topics. The app purchase includes an instructor's guide with hands-on activities for elementary and middle school age students. This free iBook provides teachers with lots of activities and lesson ideas that are designed to be used with the app. A simple tap downloads the extensive teacher's guide and installs it in iBooks. The app simulates the use of a popular math manipulative used to teach basic geometry and other math concepts. It is perfect for elementary and middle school classrooms. Our Geoboard is one of the best ways to help students explore and discover geometry. Students draw line segments, rectangles or circles on a 5x5 pegboard. As they draw geometric feedback is reported on a note card helping students better understand length, perimeter, and area. Using Hands-On Math Geooard students can develop the following important mathematical concepts: Properties of Shapes Composing and Decomposing Plane Figures Measurement Naming Shapes and Parts of a Circle Symmetry Drawing and Analyzing Two-Dimensional Shapes Congruence and Similarity Naming and Recognizing Basic Shapes Length, Area, Perimeter, Circumference, Radius and Diameter Coordinate Geometry

About

Little Math

This interactive app makes learning basic math fun for children. It covers numbers, counting, addition, subtraction, and Roman numerals through engaging activities and games. Children can progress from understanding numbers 0-9 to mastering large numbers and basic arithmetic.

Highlights
  • Number recognition and writing
  • Counting activities
  • Addition and subtraction practice
  • Greater than, less than, and equal concepts
  • Roman numeral learning
  • Interactive quizzes
Features
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The Small Math app has everything a child needs to learn basic math ... very interactive and fun your child learns from numbers to large numbers ... Your child learns while having fun. NUMBERS Know the numbers: - See how numbers can be used in everyday life - Know the numbers from 0 to 9 - Activity to find out what number the animal looks like - Know how to differentiate numbers from other characters such as letters - Learn to write numbers - Color the numbers Learn to count: - Learn to count to 9 with a very interactive animation - Learn to count with your fingers - Activity to drag a certain amount of fruit to the box - Activity to count how many insects are on the screen Dozens: - Know the numbers from 1 to 20 - Know how to differentiate dozens and units - Learn to count to 100 - Activity to assemble the numbers choosing the ten and the unit Hundreds: - Drag the tens into the box until it forms the number 100 - Meet the hundreds of 100 to 900 - Hundreds, tens and units Large numbers: - Drag the hundreds into the box to form the number 1000 - See the numbers that come before and after 1000 - Know some examples of large numbers - Drag the hundreds of thousands into the box and form the number 1 million - "Put the numbers in order and form the number ..." - Enter the requested number into the calculator Test your knowledge: - A quiz divided into easy, medium and difficult to see if the child already knows someone's numbers in full. EVEN AND EVEN NUMBERS - Know the even numbers - Know the odd numbers - Drag the numbers into the correct box, to several random numbers, and you will have to divide them into even numbers and odd numbers GREATER THAN, LESS THAN AND EQUAL - Know the symbols - Learn the “greater than” symbol and click on the numbers from largest to smallest - Learn the “less than” symbol and click on the numbers from smallest to largest - Learn the “equal” symbol - Drag the plates to complete the correct answer, counting the fruits and finding out if the number is higher, lower or equal - Drag the plates to the correct places according to the number on them. ROMAN NUMBERS - Know the Roman numbers, and what each letter represents - Learn to count to 15 with Roman numbers - Learn the tens in Roman numerals - Learn hundreds in Roman numerals - Activity to try to find out what the Roman number is - Activity to form the Roman number from a given number ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION Addition: - Learn to add - Learn to add with your fingers - Learn to add by counting objects - Respond to simple addition operations - Learn how to add dozens - Make addition operations vertically - Learn to add large numbers - Activity to add large numbers Addition table Subtraction: - Learn to subtract - Learn to subtract with your fingers - Learn to subtract with fruits - Respond to simple subtraction operations - Try to subtract by counting the dots in the classic domino game - Learn how to subtract dozens - Activity to know what you learned to subtract Subtraction table MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION Multiplication: - Learn to multiply - Multiplying by 0 - Learn to multiply with a simple activity - Learn to multiply by counting objects - Respond to simple multiplication operations Multiplication table Learn how to do a split operation - Learn to divide by 2 - Learn to divide by 3 - Learn to divide by larger numbers - Activity to find out if you have learned to divide - Respond to simple split operations Liked? And all this in a single application totally free! Available in Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Russian and Indonesian. I'm sure your child will love it!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Little Math at 100% against Hands's 33%. Little Math also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Hands's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume 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

Little Math is free to download; Hands costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Little Math holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Hands's written reviews are positive against 100% of Little Math's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands ships an update every 16 months, Little Math every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hands versus Little Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandsLittle Math
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB185 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVentura Educational SystemsApps Bergman Ltda

Customer experience

Hands

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Little Math

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hands

No in-app purchases

None

Little Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hands free?
Hands costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Little Math free?
Little Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hands or Little Math?
Little Math is rated higher. Hands averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Little Math averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hands or Little Math have ads?
Little Math shows ads; Hands does not.
Which is updated more often, Hands or Little Math?
Hands ships an update every 16 months, and Little Math every 3 months. Most recently, Hands was updated on September 8, 2026 and Little Math on October 17, 2026.

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