Comparison

Patterns & Shapes vs Carl Can Divide

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

Head to head
About

Patterns & Shapes

This preschool matching game helps children learn pattern sequences and problem-solving skills. With colorful characters guiding them, kids can progress at their own pace or race against the clock to earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Learn pattern sequences
  • Develop problem-solving skills
  • Progress at own pace
  • Optional timer for challenges
  • Collect rewards
  • Multiple choice answers
  • 7 difficulty levels
Features
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Winner of the People's Choice Award for Best Application at the Creativepool Awards 2016. Patterns with Ibbleobble is an exciting preschool shape matching game that helps children learn pattern sequences. This app will help them to decipher sequence problem-solving, understand repetition and familiarity, allowing them to recognise order and make predictions. By joining their new friends in Ibbleobble, each child can choose a cute character companion who will guide them along their journey of learning. Each character represents a different level of difficulty: Mr. Mousey shows beginners the way, whilst Florence the Fox is there to guide more advanced learners. At Ibbleobble, we understand that everyone’s different, so our app allows young learners to progress at their own pace, or take a challenge against the clock! The friendly, easy-to-use interface presents a range of simplistic sequence of images on-screen, allowing children to choose answers from a multiple-choice list. To recognise their hard work and achievement, children will collect their character’s favourite objects as a reward. Whether it’s cheese for Mr. Mousey, or chocolate coins for Lola the Chicken, the more they achieve, the happier their companion will be! • Match the Patterns • Simple gameplay • Multiple choice • Repetition to aid learning • 7 levels • Optional timer • Fantastic sounds and voice-over • Colourful characters • Vibrant graphics • No in-app purchases • No third-party advertising • 100% ALWAYS ad-free • Includes Kelly animated iMessage stickers • Universal purchase (Available for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple TV) We also offer some great low cost app bundles too, so be sure to check out Ibbleobble Clever clogs, Brainbox, Brainiac & Wiz Kids to cherry pick the right educational bundle for your child. www.ibbleobble.com www.facebook.com/iblobl www.instagram.com/iblobl www.twitter.com/_iblobl Are you enjoying Patterns with Ibbleobble? Help us make more fun games like this by rating and reviewing it! If you experience any problems with the application or would just like to get in touch we'd like to hear from you. Please email us with full details at: apps@kidd.co Remember to search Ibbleobble in the AppStore for more fun and games!

About

Carl Can Divide

This app makes learning division and multiplication fun for children aged 10 and up. It offers engaging gameplay with bubble-swiping mechanics and provides detailed progress reports for parents and teachers. Covers times tables up to 12, square roots, and prime numbers.

Highlights
  • Fun and engaging gameplay
  • Practice division and multiplication
  • Covers times tables up to 12
  • Includes square roots and prime numbers
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Makes learning times tables fun and easy. Ages 10 + A tool for parents and teachers to test and evaluate mental division skills while providing a fun and challenging activity for children to practice and learn. "Playing Carl gives my class the needed number practice while the graphics and ease of use quickly engage the students. The easy swipe action and speed of the game works for all levels" - Heather Earl, Grade 5/6 Teacher, Ottawa, Canada "As a university professor in mathematics, I sometimes see students that lack the confidence to tackle math problems for themselves. One of the simplest ways to build math confidence early on is to memorize the times tables. Anyone can do it if they try. And a game like this can actually make it fun." - Jeff Orchard, University of Waterloo Math Professor No more endless drills or boring flashcards!  Players swipe floating bubbles to divide them evenly by a given number.  Swipe enough correct numbers and progress to the next level.  Too many mistakes and students will have to try again, promoting automatic recall of multiplication facts. Parents and teachers can remotely monitor detailed metrics via the automatically generated one page email report. - designed in collaboration with teachers and students - levels progress in the sequence recommended by experts for learning multiplication tables - immediate feedback after each game to help players improve - covers times tables up to 12, square roots and prime numbers with a one time in-app purchase - success is required to progress to the next level - detailed report in game or by email - difficulty increases as player improves - Game Center leaderboards and achievements to encourage friends and classmates Available in: English French Spanish Swedish Italian Portuguese Simplified Chinese Dutch Czech Russian ** We value and appreciate your reviews!

Screenshots

Patterns & Shapes4 screens
Carl Can Divide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Carl Can Divide at Free against Patterns & Shapes's $1.99. Carl Can Divide also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Patterns & Shapes's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Carl Can Divide is free to download; Patterns & Shapes costs $1.99 up front. Carl Can Divide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Patterns & Shapes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Patterns & Shapes holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patterns & Shapes has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Patterns & Shapes's written reviews are positive against 95% of Carl Can Divide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Patterns & Shapes versus Carl Can Divide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatterns & ShapesCarl Can Divide
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews94.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKidDotCocodeDependent Software Incorporated

Customer experience

Patterns & Shapes

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Carl Can Divide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

None

Patterns & Shapes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Carl Can Divide

One-time1
  • Full Version$0.99

Questions

Is Patterns & Shapes free?
Patterns & Shapes costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carl Can Divide free?
Carl Can Divide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Patterns & Shapes or Carl Can Divide?
Patterns & Shapes is rated higher. Patterns & Shapes averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Carl Can Divide averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Patterns & Shapes or Carl Can Divide have ads?
Neither Patterns & Shapes nor Carl Can Divide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patterns & Shapes or Carl Can Divide?
Patterns & Shapes ships an update every 3 months, and Carl Can Divide every 3 months. Most recently, Patterns & Shapes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Carl Can Divide on November 2, 2026.

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