# LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Inventor — user reviews > 137 indexed App Store user reviews of LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Inventor by LEGO, rated 4.00/5 from 227 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lego-mindstorms-inventor/id1515448947/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lego-mindstorms-inventor/id1515448947.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 138 · 4★ 29 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Inventor? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Great for coding and building robots - 🚀 Excellent hub-to-hub communication - 💡 Powerful Python coding capabilities - 👍 Intuitive block-based programming - 👍 Fantastic Christmas gift **Cons** - 🐛 Connectivity issues with Bluetooth and hubs - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing - 🔋 Battery life and charging problems - 🐛 Compatibility issues with older LEGO Mindstorms - 🐛 Buggy and unstable app **Commonly reported bugs** - Motors not working as expected - Sensors not being detected - App not loading or getting stuck on startup - Firmware update issues - Inability to connect to the hub **Most requested features** - Add support for Nintendo Switch controllers - Implement 360-degree view for building instructions - Introduce line and bar graphs - Add a time sensing block with 12/24-hour options - Improve remote control functionality ## Newest reviews (14 of 137) ### 4/5 — Why are you discontinuing it? *2026-06-05* Why are you discontinuing the app, people paid lots for a product you want to technologically lock down. It was a good app ### 3/5 — Bugs *2026-05-30* Make those last bug fixes with the remote before you discontinue ### 2/5 — App update *2026-04-15, version 10.5.0* My class iPads won’t consistently connect anymore to my inventor robots anymore. Why is this? Would love for someone to directly email me at ksnickell at aurorak12.org. ### 3/5 — Votre site bogue *2025-12-03* La Croix directionnelle et les boutons ne marchent plus. ### 5/5 — I love this set *2025-05-30* It is awesome I love building robots and can you make the app faster so you can use the controller to control self balancing robot? ### 4/5 — ストリーミングしたらバグる *2025-05-15* ラジコンを作ってストリーミングモードで操作しようと思ったのですが 3分に 1回ぐらいバグって操作不能になります。 Hubを再起動しないといけないので嫌です。 ### 3/5 — Good but no compatibility *2025-03-23* I used it and tried connecting the spike prime hub but it did not work for some reason. **Developer response:** LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor set and LEGO Education SPIKE™ Prime set weren't developed to be compatible, but they do share the same components. If you want to use the SPIKE hub with Robot Inventor, you need to update the Hub OS to the Robot Inventor firmware and vice versa. If you’re still having trouble, get in touch with us at LEGO.build/Service-Apple. 📞💬 - Alina, LEGO® Customer Service ### 4/5 — Technic® XL Motor Causing Issue *2024-09-18, version 10.5.0* (Review for iPad app) Great app, however when I changed my MVP model to use a Technic® XL Motor for the drive motor rather than the standard medium angular motor, the remote control codes (all three of mine, one of which is for DualShock control) stopped working correctly. All three codes had worked correctly the day before the modification of the model, but now the steering point-blank refuses to work. I manually tried the steering on the model, and the motor pushed back with power, trying with all its might to keep the wheels central. Note that this was only a problem for the remote control codes. All other codes (downloadable to the hub) worked correctly. Fix this soon, please! ### 5/5 — Génial *2024-07-31* Bonjour cette application est géniale pour le set lego 51515, svp ne l’effacez pas, elle m’a appris à coder et à être plus intelligent, je suis en train d’apprendre du Python :). ### 5/5 — nice *2024-03-02, version 10.5.0* good but i cant createmy own instructions。 ### 4/5 — Great app *2024-02-05* This app is great although I would like to request this feature: May you please add the Lego Spike Force Sensor feature in this app as well? I have the Force Sensor but I don’t have the hub which means I cannot use the Spike 3 App. I have tried Pybricks but it doesn’t work. Also can you add this feature as well: A way in the app that allows to update the hub so that you can use it in spike 3 app? **Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us, which we will share with our developers. Keep your eyes peeled for future updates as who knows what our designers have in store for us?! 👀🤖 - Mathieu, LEGO® Customer Service ### 4/5 — Cool aber… *2023-11-25* Ich mag die Mindstorms App sehr aber ich habe ein Problem ich baue viele Labyrinthe für meinen Roboter aber aus manchen kann er nur rausfindenden wenn er sich entweder nach links oder nach rechts dreht aber so einen Block kann ich nicht finden kann ich bitte 🙏 schnell eine Antwort **Developer response:** Hi! Das möchten wir uns genauer anschauen. Bitte melde dich über LEGO.build/Service-Apple bei uns und unsere Roboter Experten helfen dir gerne weiter. 🙂 - Henny, LEGO® Kundenservice ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2023-11-07* This is the best app made by LEGO ### 3/5 — What about the EV3? *2023-10-18, version 10.5.0* What I want to know is there an actual way to code the ev3 off my phone? Otherwise I think this app is a bit of a scam, because you would need the newer version of the robot to actually code anything. Please make it so I can code the ev3 off my phone. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not functional *2026-05-16* Lego mind storms was discontinued so pls fix this ### 1/5 — Just don’t get the app *2025-04-25* nothing works except the brand-new devices so there is no point getting it unless you have one. **Developer response:** That shouldn't be the case! Get in touch with us over at LEGO.build/Service-Apple and we'll take a look into it for you. - Jayare, LEGO® Customer Service ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-05-07, version 10.5.0* I could not connect my spike prime hub to this using Bluetooth. This is completely useless. ### 1/5 — Won’t work on other MINDSTORMS *2024-02-10, version 10.5.0* It doesn’t work on nxt so I can’t program it. ### 1/5 — App won't work properly… *2024-01-30* Hello. I was taking a break from building my robot but now when I want to continue it and re-open the app to complete the robot, only the logo shows up. I cannot get instructions up. I'm also hearing rumours that this app is being continued. If that's the case, how could you… **Developer response:** Let's get you back to building your robot! Please reach out to us at LEGO.build/Service-Apple and we'll troubleshoot the issue with you. 🛠️ - Parker, LEGO® Customer Service ### 1/5 — EV3 lost *2024-01-23, version 10.5.0* I got EV3 but when I went to this app, EV3 wasn’t there so Lego tell me why he wasn’t there because I was so disappointed and gave up on it.please send feedback ### 1/5 — Buggy mess *2023-07-06, version 10.5.0* This app was very unstable and the controller just did not work ### 1/5 — Two missing parts that are on the robot *2023-06-13, version 10.5.0* So there are two parts that are needed but are on the robot. Lego you need to have more of them in the box. ### 1/5 — Achei ruim *2023-05-17* Mal otimizado e tal ### 1/5 — 日本語は対応していない *2022-08-04* 日本語対応とありますが、日本語には対応していません。アプリや説明の動画全て英語です。子供にプログラミングの勉強をさせたくて購入しましたが、英語の説明からしなくてはならないため、子供が理解できるようになるまでかなりの時間を要しました。物自体はとても良い商品だけに、このアプリの出来はとても残念に感じました。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Don’t discontinue *2026-07-17* Pls I love this app and the coding and building cool new things is the best part , I need this app to stay happy ### 5/5 — Très bonne application *2026-06-29* Mais est-il possible de connecter un hub Powered up avec un hub mindstorms ? ### 5/5 — Great Set, wired instructions *2026-06-22, version 10.5.3* This app, and the 51515 set are both great. My 51515 set is second hand, but it’s high quality made it look as good as new. The app, however is kinda weird. I can’t put my stuff on the community section, and tricky’s basketball launcher is wired when you attach it to tricky, and one step of Charlie’s drum set is also wired. All in all, this gets 4.8⭐️s. ### 5/5 — Mega *2026-05-20* Ich finde diese App Mega cool und habe sehr viel Spaß und Erfahrung mit dieser App. Aber warum wird die App Eingestellt?Was soll ich dann mit dem Roboter? Ich hab so viele Programme die dann weg sind. Find ich schade.😢 Bitte schnell antworten! Danke !! ### 5/5 — perfect, just some issues with my hub *2026-03-06* used this without problems for what, 3 years? now the new spike prime hub updat ehappened, and now it doesnt connect to either the app or the computer, idk which. also, i believe that this app is superior to the spike prime one, becuse of the controller extensions and hub to hub communication. also, i would love if someone could tell me if theyve had this problem before. ### 5/5 — really great *2025-11-26* I really like it ### 5/5 — Gut *2025-09-15* Es ist eine super App aber leider werden die alten Modelle nicht mehr unterstützt(zb. Ev3) ### 5/5 — Schulprojekt *2025-07-09* Ich wollte fragen ob es gewisse Tips vorhanden sind für mein schulprojekt **Developer response:** Hi! Vielen Dank für deine Bewertung. Wir würden dir gerne bei deinem Projekt helfen. Bitte melde dich einfach mit mehr Informationen über LEGO.build/Service-Apple bei uns, sodass unsere Experten dir mehrere Tipps und Tricks zeigen können. 📱 - Henny, LEGO® Kundenservice ### 5/5 — Best gift ever *2025-07-01* I got this for Christmas and it’s the best ever! I build robots all the time God bless Lego ### 5/5 — 很好！ *2025-06-21* Lego的mindstorms app很好！5/5 太好， --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*