Comparison

Common Core Pocket vs FinLiteracy

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

Head to head
About

Common Core Pocket

Quickly access and search all Common Core State Standards for various subjects and grade levels. Features include keyword scanning, color-coded subjects, and enlarged text options for easy readability.

Highlights
  • Lookup standards by subject and grade
  • View learning progressions
  • Enlarged text option
  • Set specific grade levels
  • Scan keywords for easy search
  • Color-coded subject areas
Features
Currently charting
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Common Core Pocket is an easy to use reference that gives you quick access to all the Common Core State Standards wherever you are. Common Core Pocket is designed for teachers, parents, administrators, students and anyone else who uses the Common Core State Standards. Common Core Pocket FEATURES: - LOOKUP STANDARDS BY: • Subject area (English Language Arts, Math, History/Social Studies, Science & Technical Subjects, and Writing) • Grade • English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) Strand • Math Domain LEARNING PROGRESSIONS – See how learning progresses over grade levels. ENLARGED TEXT – Responds to the large print setting. SET GRADES – Only need standards for one grade? Grade level can be set for both English Language Arts and Math. SCAN KEYWORDS – Press the scan key to highlight topic keywords in bold for easier search. COLOR-CODED SUBJECT AREAS – So you always know what standards you're looking at. INSTRUCTIONS/HELP SECTION – Actual screen shots and instruction sequences. DARK MODE ENABLED

About

FinLiteracy

This app teaches children essential money management skills through interactive lessons, quizzes, and rewards. It covers budgeting, saving, investing, and credit, with options for families to track progress and connect learning to real-world discounts.

Highlights
  • Bite-sized financial literacy lessons
  • XP rewards and streak tracking
  • Local Challenges for real-world discounts
  • Family account creation and management
  • Progress monitoring for parents
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Give your family a head start on money. Fin teaches real financial literacy through short lessons, quizzes, daily trivia, and an adventure world where students battle bosses and earn their way to financial mastery. FOR STUDENTS: - Learn budgeting, saving, banking, credit, investing, taxes, and more across 10 chapters and 200+ lessons - Earn XP and coins, build streaks, and grow your Fin Score as you progress - Journey through 10 Adventure worlds, from Coin Kingdom to Golden Horizon, defeating minions and bosses along the way - Answer the Daily Trivia question to keep your streak alive - Practice with flashcards, matching games, quick quizzes, timed challenges, and a review of past mistakes - Customize your avatar and dress up Fin with coins you earn - Take a placement assessment to skip what you already know - Complete Local Challenges to earn real rewards from participating businesses, where available FOR PARENTS: - Create a family account and link your kids in seconds. Kids can sign in with a parent's email - Add a co-parent to the same plan, with no double billing - See each child's progress by chapter, with weekly activity and suggested next steps - Get notified when your child finishes a chapter, hits a streak, or submits a challenge, and choose which updates you receive - Assign real-world money challenges from 200+ ready-made ideas, then approve them to award XP - Accounts sync across devices, so progress is never lost FOR SCHOOLS: - School accounts support whole classes, with staff access to a class progress report. Contact will@finliteracy.app PRICING: - Start free: Chapter 1 and the Coin Kingdom adventure world are always free - Fin Family: one subscription covers up to 2 parents and 4 children, billed monthly or annually - New subscribers get a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at the end of the trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://finliteracy.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Common Core Pocket4 screens
FinLiteracy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FinLiteracy at Free against Common Core Pocket's $1.99. FinLiteracy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 28 months). Common Core Pocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#23 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and device support 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

FinLiteracy is free to download; Common Core Pocket costs $1.99 up front. FinLiteracy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Common Core Pocket asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FinLiteracy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Common Core Pocket ships an update every 28 months, FinLiteracy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Common Core Pocket versus FinLiteracy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommon Core PocketFinLiteracy
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTraxica, LLCFINLITERACY LLC

Customer experience

Common Core Pocket

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FinLiteracy

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Common Core Pocket

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FinLiteracy

Subscriptions2
  • Basic7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Family7 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Common Core Pocket free?
Common Core Pocket costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FinLiteracy free?
FinLiteracy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Common Core Pocket or FinLiteracy?
FinLiteracy is rated higher. Common Core Pocket averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while FinLiteracy averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Common Core Pocket or FinLiteracy have ads?
Neither Common Core Pocket nor FinLiteracy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Common Core Pocket or FinLiteracy?
Common Core Pocket ships an update every 28 months, and FinLiteracy every 2 days. Most recently, Common Core Pocket was updated on October 10, 2026 and FinLiteracy on October 6, 2026.

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