Tell Time ! ! vs Number Frames, by MLC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tell Time ! !
This app offers an engaging way to practice and master telling time. Users can customize the learning experience by selecting difficulty levels and the number of practice problems. It's designed to help users progress through various challenges until they achieve proficiency.
- Practice telling time
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Customizable number of problems
- Progress tracking
- Master time-telling skills
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Tell Time ! ! is a great way to practice telling time. Select the difficulty level and number of problems in the "Settings" screen. Progress through the difficulty levels until you master telling time. Lite Version Features: 1) Difficulty levels: easy, medium, hard, and genius 2) Set the number of problems If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!
Number Frames, by MLC
This app provides virtual number frames to help elementary students visualize and manipulate numbers up to one hundred. It supports counting, comparing, and computing, aiding the transition from one-by-one counting to more efficient strategies. Custom frames can be created for advanced visualization of factors and fractions.
- Standard and custom number frames
- Variety of counters and colors
- 5s grid for grouping emphasis
- Resizable covers for problem modeling
- Drawing and annotation tools
- Math text and writing tools
- Shareable work via image or code
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Number Frames help students structure numbers to five, ten, twenty, and one hundred. Students use the frames to count, represent, compare, and compute with numbers in a particular range. The frames allow students see quantities as equal groups of other quantities and in relation to benchmark quantities. This helps primary students move away from one-by-one counting toward more efficient ways of counting and computing. As students advance, custom frames can be constructed to help visualize factors, products, fractional parts and more. These virtual versions of number frames are open-ended educational tools, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments that use iPads. Number frames are a key model used in Bridges in Mathematics, second edition. Online preview available at: www.mathlearningcenter.org/bridges FEATURES: • Use standard 5-, 10-, 20-, and 100-frames, or create custom frames up to 12 x 12. • Choose from a variety of counters and colors. Drag single counters — or stacks of 5 and 10 — into frames or on to the workspace. • Apply a 5s grid to frames to emphasize every 5th line and reinforce grouping by five. • Hide and reveal counters 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 Number Line resources and other apps, visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps LEARN MORE To learn about Bridges in Mathematics, an elementary curriculum that employs visual models like number line, visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/bridges/overview ABOUT US This resource is brought to you by The Math Learning Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to K-12 education since 1976. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 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: www.clarity-innovations.com
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Verdict
Tell Time ! ! and Number Frames, by MLC both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Number Frames, by MLC's written reviews are positive against 49% of Tell Time ! !'s. Number Frames, by MLC also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Tell Time ! !'s advantage is ratings volume (217 vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Tell Time ! ! against 4.0 for Number Frames, by MLC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tell Time ! ! has 217 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Tell Time ! !'s written reviews are positive against 89% of Number Frames, by MLC's.
Tell Time ! ! ships an update every 12 months, Number Frames, by MLC every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tell Time ! ! | Number Frames, by MLC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (217 ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 217 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horizon Business, Inc. | The Math Learning Center |
Customer experience
Tell Time ! !
Number Frames, by MLC
In-app purchases
Tell Time ! !
No in-app purchases
Number Frames, by MLC
No in-app purchases
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