Comparison

Number Line, by MLC vs Jamf Class Assigner

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

Head to head
About

Number Line, by MLC

This app allows students to visualize number sequences and demonstrate mathematical strategies. It supports various number types and offers tools for annotation, problem-solving, and sharing work. Ideal for elementary classrooms and iPad learning environments.

Highlights
  • Visualize number sequences
  • Demonstrate counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing
  • Use whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers
  • Add custom tick marks and labels
  • Hide and reveal numbers and jumps
  • Annotation and drawing tools
  • Save and share work
Features
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Number Line helps students visualize number sequences and demonstrate strategies for counting, comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Choose number lines labelled with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers. Or use a blank number line, with or without tick marks. Describe intervals between points on the line using forward or backward jumps above and below the line. Jumps can be labelled with their values or left blank. Add custom tick marks to the number line to show equivalence or compare number values. Show strategies with drawing and annotation tools. Hide elements of the sequence shown on the number line, which challenges students to use what they know about number relationships and computation to identify those missing elements. This virtual number line is an open-ended educational tool, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments that use iPads. For more Number Line resources and other apps, visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps FEATURES • Mark the number line with multiples of whole numbers, fractions, or decimals. In addition, set the starting value of the line, including using negative values. • Add and manipulate forward and backward jumps, above or below the line. • Label jump bars, manually or automatically, to show intervals or hide labels altogether. • Add custom tick marks and values to blank number lines. • Hide and reveal numbers on the number line. • Hide and reveal jumps, numbers, and other elements 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

About

Jamf Class Assigner

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When deploying iPad devices at any scale, knowing the end user of the device is an important attribute for scoping content and settings. This has typically been accomplished either by manually assigning after enrollment, or through an authenticated enrollment workflow where the end user is prompted for their username and password. Both methods have their drawbacks; stale data and manual manipulation with the former, and complicated usernames and passwords with the later. Further, the authenticated enrollment flow is great for ensuring security and ease of device assignment, however, it is often difficult for younger users, causing more room for error and lost instructional time. This new workflow improves the overall deployment experience so that a device simply needs to be enrolled into Jamf School or Jamf Pro and dropped off at a classroom or other location. The classroom teacher is then empowered to quickly pull up their live class roster to seamlessly generate a QR code which the student can scan to instantly assign themselves as the device owner. This simple workflow can easily be built upon to leverage the power of Smart Groups to scope content and settings that are specific to that end user, minimizing IT’s time commitment and ensuring instructional time is preserved.

Verdict

The call

Number Line, by MLC and Jamf Class Assigner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Number Line, by MLC ships an update every 13 months, Jamf Class Assigner every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Number Line, by MLC versus Jamf Class Assigner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumber Line, by MLCJamf Class Assigner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Math Learning CenterJAMF Software

In-app purchases

None

Number Line, by MLC

No in-app purchases

None

Jamf Class Assigner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Number Line, by MLC free?
Number Line, by MLC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jamf Class Assigner free?
Jamf Class Assigner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Number Line, by MLC or Jamf Class Assigner have ads?
Neither Number Line, by MLC nor Jamf Class Assigner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Number Line, by MLC or Jamf Class Assigner?
Number Line, by MLC ships an update every 13 months, and Jamf Class Assigner every 7 months. Most recently, Number Line, by MLC was updated on November 6, 2026 and Jamf Class Assigner on November 2, 2026.

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