Gizmos & Gadgets, 2nd Edition User Reviews

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App crashes on start up

Tested on different iPads, different iOS installs, and a few iPhones as well. The app no longer opens.

Disappointed

I spent lots of money on the different kits and had a very excited 10yr ready to have fun, only to find the app can’t be used and doesn’t show anything. We can’t add any kits or anything to it?
Please fix this

No Kits / No Bits pictures

The app asks to add a kit, but there are no kits to select.

Made an account on the website to bypass that, but there are still no kits to add and none of the bits have pictures.

There is nothing for me to build

When I go on the app and look for stuff to build, it uses a whole bunch of different things that I don’t have. I only have the gizmos and gadgets kit but not the CloudKit.

Company too lazy to make content/tutorials

First of all, I love the idea of building projects with my daughter. Problem is, these kits they sell have a limited amount of projects included and then they lean on other kids to create projects FOR THEM for free. Most of what’s found are basically show-off projects with NO direction.
Littlebits answer to this is “just create stuff...by buying more kits!” And again just a few small projects.
This company really needs to hire some real project tutorial makers without pushing it back to other kids to create content for them. It’s not working. Now I have 3 kits collecting dust because my daughter, and peoples other kids I’ve tried to give them away to, don’t want them. Just more junk for the landfill.
Littlebits - a word of advice. Kids need direction in these kits. When a FEW get older, then they create their own stuff - but only a few. You can’t expect ALL kids to “just create” after 3, 4 or 12 projects. You obviously don’t have kids and are designing for yourself.
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Love it but,

Please please add apple home capability so that Bluetooth or cloudbit will be able to use home as a controller. This and need more coding! Perhaps a dedicated app for coding to the code bit? Or ability to to write code for the R2D2 command chip outside the Star Wars invent app (which takes up a lot of space) same for the avengers theme kit. This is a great solution for rapid prototyping I find these bits super useful to get the idea or a buildable schematic before breaking out a soldering iron and making something. They are also great teaching tools!
I would also like to see more options for controllers through the various apps like controlling blebit and cloudbit simultaneously on one screen (some of us have loads of these and want to use them all). I love littleBits and combining with LEGO I can build the thing I’m after in small scale first and do all the tinkering to make sure the final work will be perfect.
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App forces close

We have only used the app a handful of times. It was great until it stoped working. Now it forces close immediately every time we open it. Will upgrade my review if this issue is fixed because my son really likes it and would like to continue using it.

Crashes after 10 seconds

I’m afraid this app simply doesn’t run on my iPhone 6s Plus...

If it doesn't arrive broken, don't worry, it will break soon enough

Great concept if it had worked. Very cheaply made.

Wow

Well I'm glad I decided to do my homework on the product I was really excited when I saw this I almost just got it with out looking into it. I am happy I did and will be waiting to see what other companies do in the future I'm sure it won't be long til someone really wants to help out little inventors with something they can use and learn from with out a huge marketing scam.... People who do this and take advantage of children's excitement and wonder over things they won't be able to achieve even if they wanted to because what they’re selling will never actually be what their showing it sold as should be ashamed of themselves terrible people do things like that I will never buy from this company

And In order to write a review I have to rate them at least one star to make my thoughts heard and add to there rating smh

Why are people rating this product at 3/4 stars if all your saying about it is negative I don’t understand
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