NumberShire 1 vs MCN Connections
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NumberShire 1
This educational app immerses young learners in an enchanted world to master math skills aligned with national standards. Through engaging stories, mini-games, and rewards, it aims to significantly improve children's mathematics learning for kindergarten through second grade.
- Math skill mastery
- State and national standards alignment
- Story-driven learning
- Mini-games and rewards
- Research-backed curriculum
- Classroom account login
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The residents of NumberShire are up to their ears in problems…math problems, that is! To solve them, they need a new apprentice to come to town and master math skills aligned to state and national standards. Designed for kindergarten through second grade students, NumberShire is an enchanted land filled with lovable characters, hilarious adventures, fun mini-games and cool rewards. This version is for classroom users who already have web accounts and requires a username, password, and login code. With a curriculum designed by educational experts from the University of Oregon, NumberShire is supported by rigorous research that has shown it can significantly improve children’s mathematics learning. Built using academic best practices and a unique story-driven approach, NumberShire emphasizes deep learning with over 12 hours of carefully designed educational content.
MCN Connections
This app serves as a central hub for a church community, facilitating connection, learning, and engagement. Users can access past messages, receive updates via notifications, and share content. It also allows for offline message listening.
- Access past messages
- Push notifications for updates
- Share messages via social media/email
- Download messages for offline listening
- Stay connected with church life
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Millville Church of the Nazarene's place to connect, learn, grow, and give, and study! This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of our church. With this app you can: watch or listen to past messages; stay up to date with push notifications; share your favorite messages via Twitter, Facebook, or email; and download messages for offline listening. Mobile app version: 6.24.2
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MCN Connections at every 2 months against NumberShire 1's every 13 months. NumberShire 1's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NumberShire 1 against 5.0 for MCN Connections. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
NumberShire 1 ships an update every 13 months, MCN Connections every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NumberShire 1 | MCN Connections |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 417 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Oregon Digital Press | MILLVILLE CHURCH OF NAZARENE INC |
Customer experience
NumberShire 1
MCN Connections
In-app purchases
NumberShire 1
No in-app purchases
MCN Connections
No in-app purchases
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