Native Numbers is a group of math games that develops number sense in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten kids. The games cover five core concepts, with five levels dedicated to each one. Native Numbers gives feedback to players using percentage and time. The educator’s dashboard is accessible from the website, and it allows you to monitor up to four accounts.

Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id570231808

What Users Love About the App

“I love the app, the number sense imbued in the levels is fantastic. I love how mastering one level unlocks the next, very motivating.”

“This is pedagogically excellent. My son enjoyed using it and finished all the puzzles in a couple days. It showed me he had numbers sense already, and while I realize he could have learned more from this a year or so earlier (he is six), it was valuable because it improved his speed in solving. That’s valuable.”

“I’ve worked in educational technology for 15 years as a teacher, administrator, researcher, and consultant and this app may have the most ingenious instructional design I’ve ever seen. It forces children to grapple with CONCEPTS of number, specifically to understand equivalence relationships among numerosity, magnitude, and numerals.”

“My 8-year-old granddaughter had been struggling with Everyday Math curriculum and it had been identified that she was weak in number sense. She started using Native Numbers last fall and she loves “playing” it. Just 15-20 minutes a few times a week has made a HUGE difference! She struggled with the first level, but now that she mastered that things are really clicking!”

“This is by far the best math app out there, and it may be the best one period (are there awards for these things?) My 4 year old went from zero understanding of math concepts to a math whiz, all through the use of this app.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“One big problem – the trophies. As soon as my child realized the meaning of the different colors he was no longer interested in learning the numbers but instead was working only for the gold trophy. And the first time he didn’t get one he was in tears and no longer interested in the app at all.”

“We used this over a year ago and I wanted my child to go back and work with it as a review but all the data was lost and even trying to setup a new dashboard it no longer works.”