Comparison

iWorld Canada vs Maui District

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

Head to head
About

iWorld Canada

This app offers a Montessori-based introduction to Canada's territories and provinces for children aged 6-9. It features animated introductions, quizzes, puzzles, and labeling activities to help young learners master Canadian geography.

Highlights
  • Animated introductions to provinces and territories
  • Interactive quizzes and puzzles
  • Labeling activities for names and capitals
  • Self-correcting quiz with no penalty
  • Child-controlled manipulative design
  • Challenge refresh for varied gameplay
Features
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iWorldGeography apps are used by schools, libraries, and families in 74 countries!!!! "Your iWorld apps were the first ... we could endorse whole-heartedly … Thank you for your quality, real, Montessori apps." -- montessoritech.net " ... the simplicity ... means that children will be able to focus completely on the contents and they’ll definitely learn the material." -- theiPhoneMom.com "We love the simplicity ... and the friendly navigation system. Little kids can virtually use this app on their own and figure it all out seamlessly." --TeachersWithApps.com ****************************************************************************** FREE OUTLINE MAPS & LABELS AVAILABLE ONLINE http://tensuninteractive.com/extras.html ****************************************************************************** A Montessori-based introduction to Canada's territories and provinces, designed by former Lead Developer at MIT's Center for Educational Computing Initiatives. Created for 6-to-9-year olds, Canada includes an animated introduction to each territory and province name, plus a quiz, puzzle, and label activities for names and capitals ... Content: • Active Intro - touch a territory or province to hear its name • Passive Intro - watch animated introduction • Quiz - Ask Me to locate; Repeat to hear again • Puzzle - reconstruct map. Toss for random scatter. • Label - 2 activities - names and capitals Features: • Self-Correcting Quiz - answer fades in; audio reinforces; no wrong-answer penalty • Child Controls Manipulative - pin and puzzle pieces drag freely around screen • Challenge Refresh - questions, labels, and puzzle pieces always appear in different order • All Labels -- • --- Pass - touch button to pass on current label • --- Control maps - touch lightbulb show/hide answer-highlighted map Learning Style: • Challenge increases as activities progress • Open-ended design puts child in control; never locked into an activity • Option to restart activity; touch Puzzle and Label buttons to begin again. • No penalty for a wrong answer • Correct answers simply reinforced • No distracting bells and whistles ONLINE MAPS AND LABELS Touch "Classroom Materials" on app's title screen for printouts to color, trace, and label. TWITTER NEWS Follow TenSun on Twitter @tensuninteract for new App, Update, and Classroom Materials alerts. 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 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.

About

Maui District

Access educational television programs for Maui County, including Lana'i, Maui, and Moloka'i. Stream the same content that airs on local cable channel 356.

Highlights
  • Educational television programming
  • Content for Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i
  • Streams cable channel 356 content
  • Available on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, iPod
Features
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Educational television programming for Maui County on the islands of: Lana'i, Maui and Moloka'i. Sameprograms which air on cable channel 356 locally.

Screenshots

Maui District3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maui District at Free against iWorld Canada's $2.99. Maui District also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.4). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Maui District is free to download; iWorld Canada costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for iWorld Canada against 5.0 for Maui District. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iWorld Canada versus Maui District: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWorld CanadaMaui District
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 26 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.415.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLynne BolducCablecast Community Media LLC

Customer experience

iWorld Canada

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Maui District

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iWorld Canada

No in-app purchases

None

Maui District

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iWorld Canada free?
iWorld Canada costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maui District free?
Maui District is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iWorld Canada or Maui District?
iWorld Canada and Maui District are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do iWorld Canada or Maui District have ads?
Neither iWorld Canada nor Maui District shows ads.

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