Hands vs CloudLabs TANGRAM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hands
Explore geometric shapes and their properties through interactive activities. Students can create designs, learn shape names, and develop an intuitive understanding of geometry concepts. Encourages free play and discovery for a fun learning experience.
- Interactive geometric shape exploration
- Learn shape names and properties
- Create designs and patterns
- Develop intuitive geometry understanding
- Free play for discovery
- Variety of learning activities
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Hands-On Math: Pattern Blocks is an interactive learning environment where students explore and discover geometric shapes and their properties. Students use the Pattern Blocks virtual manipulative to complete a variety of activities. The learning activities involve making designs and patterns, learning the names and properties of shapes, and a variety of other concepts related to beginning geometry. Encourage students to make designs with the blocks and to group and classify the blocks according to geometric properties. Have them click on the different buttons and see what they do. Free play will familiarize them with the operation of the app, and allow them to experience the fun of mathematical discovery. By using the blocks in the various activities, students will develop an intuitive understanding of some of the more abstract concepts of geometry. Encourage students to summarize the information and relationships that they discovery while using the app through oral discussion.
CloudLabs TANGRAM
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This simulator provides a holoprojector and a Chinese game known as Tangram. You need to assemble the figure shown on the holoprojector using the geometric figures available on the table. The simulator will allow you to choose the figure you want to assemble using the Tangram.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CloudLabs TANGRAM at Free against Hands's $2.99. CloudLabs TANGRAM also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On update cadence, 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
CloudLabs TANGRAM is free to download; Hands costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hands ships an update every 18 months, CloudLabs TANGRAM every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hands | CloudLabs TANGRAM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Jiovany Orozco |
In-app purchases
Hands
No in-app purchases
CloudLabs TANGRAM
No in-app purchases
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