JigsawGeo vs iWorld US Lite

JigsawGeo plays on a real, spinnable 3-D globe, and version 3.2 adds a passport to fill with stamps from every place you find. No more flat Mercator map stretching Greenland to the size of Africa. Countries sit at their true size, true shape, and true distance apart, exactly as they do on the planet. Spin the globe, zoom in, and put the world back together. Drag a puzzle piece to where you think it belongs, or just double-tap the spot. Beat the clock, earn a high score, and learn world geography without it ever feeling like studying. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNTS. NO TRACKING. Free to download with two complete maps included. Every other map is a one-time in-app purchase: never a subscription, never an advertisement. Safe to hand to a kid. YOUR JIGSAWGEO PASSPORT • Earn a stamp for every place you find, and win visas as your map pages fill up • Tap a stamp to read a fun fact about the place • Collect themed pages like Islands and Great Lakes, and keep a travel journal of every game you play • Make the ID page yours with your name, your favorite place and an avatar you build yourself • Print your passport as a little booklet to cut out, staple and color in 16 MISSIONS, ALL UNLOCKED Choose what you are asked to find and how much help you get. Every mission is open from the start. • Find each place by its shape, its capital city or its flag, or pinpoint the capital inside its own region • Get as much help as you like: the globe glides toward the right spot, a sonar ping guides you, or you go it alone • Or let a place light up on the globe and pick its name, its flag or its capital from four choices • Earn six ranks on every map, from Traveler to Cartographer, and win ten more badges on other missions SPIN, ZOOM, EXPLORE • Drag one finger to rotate the globe; flick it to send it spinning • Pinch to zoom, from the whole planet down to a single island • Maps open with a spaceship fly-in: soar in from the far side of the world, skim low over the land, then pull back to see the whole map • Choose a Terrain or Political globe style • Built on a full geographic database, so the tiny islands, peninsulas and inlets that other map games quietly leave out are all here • Oceans, seas, lakes and place names fill in around your puzzle as you play • Optional latitude and longitude grid • Portrait or landscape, iPhone or iPad, light mode or dark MORE THAN 25 MAPS • Continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, Middle East • The World: 207 countries on one globe • Single countries in detail: United States (51 states), Japan (47 prefectures), India (35 states and union territories), Mexico (32 states), China (31 provinces), France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Australia • Around the water: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea • Through history: the British Empire, the Former Soviet Union • Value packs bundle whole sets for less COMPETE AND LEARN • Game Center leaderboards for every map, so you can see where you land against players worldwide • Your best time tracked for every map and every mission • Two narrator voices read each region and capital aloud as you play • Plays in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese • Works completely offline, with no signal needed on the road FOR CLASSROOMS AND KITCHEN TABLES Teachers, homeschoolers and map lovers have used JigsawGeo for years to make continents, capitals and flags stick. The globe makes the lesson obvious: why Africa is far bigger than it looks, why Russia is not, and how close some countries really are to each other. Bought maps on another device? Tap Restore Purchases on the Options screen. Questions, or a map you would love to see? Tell us. We read every message.

iWorldGeography is used by schools, libraries, and families in 74 countries!!!! This FREE TRIAL includes 7 states in a fully functional version of iWorldGeography United States. Give it a try! Includes: Maine, Georgia, Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Washington. "Your iWorld apps were the first we found that we could endorse whole-heartedly … Thank you for your quality, real, Montessori apps." -- montessoritech.net Just like the full version of iWorldGeography United States, US Lite includes a Montessori 3-part-lesson [introduce, recall, reconstruct], plus labeling. Student-centered, self-correcting, independent work blends seamlessly with existing curriculum or stands alone for home use. Free worksheets can be printed for follow-up, physical-world activities at home or in the classroom. Available to all at TenSunInteractive.com - Extras. This introduction to United States and Capitals was designed by former Lead Developer at MIT's Center for Educational Computing Initiatives. Created for 6-to-9 year olds. Narrated by a child. United States includes an introduction to state names and capitals plus quiz, puzzle, and label activities … Content: • Active Intro - Touch any state to hear its name. • Passive Intro - Movie introduces each state name. • Quiz - Name is played. Touch any state to reveal answer. • Puzzle - Freely drag pieces to reconstruct map. • Label - Pins drag freely to label states and capitals. Features: • Self-Correcting Activities • Student-Controlled Manipulatives - pins & pieces drag freely on screen • Fresh Challenge - randomized content appears in a new order each time Student-Managed Options: Puzzle • "Grid" - scatters pieces to screen edges. • "Toss" - scatters pieces randomly across screen. • "Lines/No Lines" - toggle to work with or without outline. Labels • "Pass" - skips current label. • "Lightbulb" - toggles to show or hide control map. • Control visual-background information: • --- "Label" - color background, pin shows label only • --- "Color" - outline background, pin shows color only • --- "Label & Color" - outline background, pin shows label & color Learning Style: • Independent work • Self-correcting activities • Challenge increases as activities progress • Options allow students to manage challenge level and visual style • Children control navigation; never locked into an activity • No penalty for wrong answer; correct answer simply reinforced • No distracting bells and whistles • Worksheets support transition back to physical world activities TenSun puts children in charge of their learning by allowing them to control the challenge level and depth of their lesson. Activities are self-correcting. Children are free to work independently, in a small group, or with the help of a supervising adult at home or in the classroom. ONLINE MAPS AND LABELS Touch Classroom Printouts button on app's Teacher & Parent screen to access printouts for additional color, trace, and label activities. Or, visit TenSunInteractive.com's Extras page. TWITTER NEWS Follow us on Twitter @tensuninteract for App, Update, and Online Extra alerts. FACEBOOK Follow TenSun Interactive on FaceBook. EDUCATION PRICING 50% discount for 20+ apps with Apple's Volume Discount Program for Education EDUCATIONAL NOTE iWorldGeography colors match American Montessori Society classroom materials. iWorldGeography Series blends self-correcting, child-directed-activity design with Geography curriculum used in Montessori Children's House and Lower Elementary classrooms. Concept and visual design is thoughtfully integrated to supplement existing curriculum and classroom materials. The series was inspired by 3-year's observation in Lexington (MA) Montessori School Children's House classrooms where MyWorld, TenSun's desktop-based version of this series, has been used since 2004.