The iPhone Mom

Percentally was designed as a tool for tracking the progress of special education students as they work towards goals. One of the co-developers of Percentally is a Speech-Language Pathologist and you can tell that this is an app which would be useful in tracking progress in that type of work. Percentally allows you to keep track of tally marks and then automatically turns them into percentages, without having to do the math yourself. Once you’ve created the data the app allows you to copy it onto a clipboard, google spreadsheet or email.

Why would I need an app like Percentally on my iPhone? I have had to keep tallies and figure out percentages when volunteering in the classroom. I have had to keep tallies at my kids’ sporting events. I could see myself handing the app over to my kids and telling them to keep tally of how many blue cars we saw on a road trip. Anything for road trip entertainment, right? This isn’t an app that I personally would use everyday but I could find uses for it.

I’m going to admit that I found Percentally tough to figure out at first. My brain doesn’t do certain things very well and percentages are one of those things. I like to think that at one time I could have easily  understood the concept but four kids later and now I’m operating with a much smaller amount of brain power. But from what I can tell this is an app that those of you with fully intact brains who are geared towards this type of thing will have no trouble understanding. The developers provide a very thorough explanation of the app on their website. There are FAQs, tutorials and screenshots to walk you through the process of using the app.

*Eric Sailers also provided me with a list he’s compiled of apps that can be used in Special Education settings. You can see that list here.

Price when Reviewed: $2.99

Seller: Rinn Apps

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this app for review purposes.