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By Leslie Crenna
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Ahoy! Fun, effective money app for treasure-loving mateys.
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Learn to Count Money
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What's It About?
LEARN TO COUNT MONEY includes three main games: Intro to Money gives denomination basics; How Much Money asks kids to count up and choose from three amounts; and Put Money on the Map requires kids to count up to a target amount. Kids drag and drop coins and bills as they count them. Questions come in groups of five, but there are no levels. Results are logged by number correct with date, game, and level. Despite the boring name, this is a fun learning app.
Is It Any Good?
Learn to Count Money contains just enough interest to keep kids coming back for more. Graphics such as a smiley skull and crossbones, a cartoony captain with a sabre and hook, and a treasure chest full of golden coins will entertain the pirates among us. Home buttons on every page, clear-enough instructions, and very real-looking money make the whole experience quite user-friendly. Settings allow kids or parents to choose instructive options such as whether to display a target amount or a treasure chest for counting and dropping money. Also, the difficulty level is flexible (easy to very hard), adding higher denominations and amounts.
The only downsides are graphics that are a bit too busy, and vital information -- the target amount of money, for example -- can get lost. Games come in bite-size groups of five, but there are no official levels. Results likely will be of interest to parents, but kids probably won't care as much about the log-style reporting.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Check kids' ability to count with real money: How much is in my wallet?
Play a game of store, wherein the kid merchant must make change by adding or subtracting.
Make sure to start at your kid's ability level; bills may be easier than coins.
App Details
- Devices : Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Math : arithmetic , money
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , decision-making , part-whole relationships
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : August 6, 2013
- Genre : Education
- Topics : Pirates
- Publisher : Acez Software LLC
- Version : 1.0.5
- Minimum software requirements : Android 1.5 and up
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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