Comparison

Foreign Numbers vs CS Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Foreign Numbers

Features
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1. Pick the language you'd like to practice 2. Enter the number range you'd like to practice in 3. Read and listen to the app pronouncing the random number generated between the provided range 4. Speak it back to the app 5. The number updates to another random number when pronounced correctly and the process repeats

About

CS Wizard

Master A-Level Computer Science concepts with interactive flashcards and helpful tools. This app aids revision, reinforces key ideas, and tracks your progress to help you ace your exams.

Highlights
  • Interactive flashcards for key terms
  • Tools for binary conversion
  • Data structure visualisers
  • Sorting algorithm visualisers
  • FDE visualiser
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Everything for OCR A-Level Computer Science (H446) in one app: notes, flashcards, exam questions, timed mock exams, revision games and step-by-step tools. Written by an A-Level Computer Science teacher, and all of it works offline. REVISE • Clear notes for all 24 specification topics, from processors to algorithms • 378 flashcards, with definitions written around what the mark schemes credit • Search every topic, term and question in one place REMEMBER • Daily Deck: a short set of cards each day, chosen by spaced repetition so each term comes back just before you would forget it • Rate your confidence and watch every topic move from Unfamiliar to Mastered • Quick Review goes straight to your weakest terms • Flashcards can be read aloud, and an optional daily reminder keeps your streak going PRACTISE FOR THE EXAM • Nearly 300 past-paper and practice questions, each with its mark scheme • Mark your own answers and see which topics are costing you marks • Mock Exam: a timed paper of 20, 70 or 140 marks built from your weaker topics, then marked question by question with a breakdown by topic SIX GAMES THAT MAKE IT STICK • Binary Blitz: convert between binary, denary and hexadecimal against the clock • Memory Pairs and Match: pair each term with its definition • Speed Round: does this definition match this term? Sixty seconds • Order It: put the steps of a process in the right order • Sort It: drop each item into the group it belongs to 19 TOOLS THAT SHOW THE WORKING Step through the methods the exam asks you to trace, one line at a time: • Processor: the fetch-decode-execute cycle and scheduling • Binary: denary, binary and hexadecimal conversion, two's complement, addition and subtraction, floating point, shifts and masks • Data structures: stacks and queues, binary search trees, hash tables • Algorithms: linear and binary search, bubble, insertion, merge and quick sort, Dijkstra's shortest path • Logic: Karnaugh maps and truth tables • Compression: run length encoding and dictionary coding TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Confidence for every topic and across both papers • Streaks, activity and your exam question scores • A countdown to Paper 1 and Paper 2 MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Real iPad layouts: sidebar, two columns, keyboard shortcuts and pointer support • Portrait and landscape • Find any term from Home Screen search, start your Daily Deck with Siri, or press and hold the app icon for shortcuts NO SUBSCRIPTION, NO ADS, NO ACCOUNT Buy it once. There is nothing to sign up for, and your progress stays on your device. The companion app to compsciwizard.com. CS Wizard is an independent revision app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by OCR.

Screenshots

Foreign Numbers4 screens
CS Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Foreign Numbers at Free against CS Wizard's $0.99. CS Wizard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Foreign Numbers is free to download; CS Wizard costs $0.99 up front. Foreign Numbers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CS Wizard asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
Foreign Numbers versus CS Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForeign NumbersCS Wizard
PriceFree — better$0.99
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMostafa ElshazlyMacauley Treleaven

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Foreign Numbers

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

CS Wizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Foreign Numbers free?
Foreign Numbers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CS Wizard free?
CS Wizard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Foreign Numbers or CS Wizard have ads?
Foreign Numbers shows ads; CS Wizard does not.

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