Apps for Money Skills Part 2: iCan Count Money – international apps from Ahmed Tawakol

Today I’m reviewing iCAN Count Money by Ahmed Tawakol. Like yesterday’s app, this one has different iPad and iPhone versions for different countries, and currently you can get the app for Canada (iPhone only), New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Europe (Euro.  The one I have on my iPad is the Australian version, so the screen shots I am using come from that, but the activities are for each international version, the only difference being the currency used in the activities.

Activities

There are three activities in the iPhone version of the app:

• I Know How To Pay! – Children select the exact change to pay for an item.
• I Know How Much To Get Back! – Give the correct change for an item.
• I Can Catch The Coins! – This is a coin recognition game.  Children are asked to find a number of a particular coin.  Coins fly across the screen, flipping from time to time so that children can see front and back of the coins.
• Bonus activity – Both versions include a Money calculator which could be a useful aid for those learning to add their currency.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

An extra three activities are included with the iPad version.