Wonder for Dash vs Random Team Selector Starter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wonder for Dash
This app introduces children aged 8 and up to coding through interactive challenges and creative play with robots. It features a picture-based language and guided adventures to teach programming concepts. Users can create their own inventions and transfer code directly to the robots.
- Picture-based coding language
- Over 50 guided challenges
- Robotic adventures in various environments
- Transform robot capabilities
- Free Play mode for custom inventions
- Code transfer to robots
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Wonder makes robotics as delightful as finger painting. With a picture-based coding language and guided challenges, Wonder lets kids ages 8 and up explore robotics on their own – and have a blast doing it. A FRESH NEW LOOK The redesigned main menu puts everything one tap away: - Scroll Quest – multiple guided coding adventures, from first steps to tricky puzzles - Free Play – an open coding canvas for your own inventions CODING ADVENTURES WITH DASH Travel through the African Grasslands, the Arctic Wilderness and even Outer Space to uncover new ideas for your robot. Transform Dash into a ferocious lion, dodge asteroids together, play a game of Marco Polo, and much more. Every challenge introduces a new coding concept – sequences, events, loops, conditions and variables – through play. CREATE YOUR OWN INVENTIONS When you're ready, jump into Free Play and build anything you can imagine. Once your program is finished, transfer it to Dash – the next time you turn Dash on, it runs your code without being connected to an iPhone or iPad. HOW TO GET STARTED 1. Turn on Dash and enable Bluetooth on your iPhone or iPad. 2. Open Wonder and connect to Dash from the main menu. 3. Update your robot when prompted. The update brings new sounds, personality and abilities and may take up to 10 minutes. 4. Start with Challenges to learn the basics, then explore Free Play. PRAISE FOR WONDER "Thoroughly absorbing." – The New York Times "Both kids begged me to take out the robots and start playing with them again." – Business Insider SAFE FOR KIDS Wonder contains no third-party advertising and does not collect personal information. For details, see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. ABOUT WONDER WORKSHOP Wonder Workshop creates award-winning educational robots and apps that make learning to code meaningful and fun. Founded in 2012 by three parents, Wonder Workshop is now part of MORAVIA Education. We play-test with children throughout development to make sure every experience is frustration-free and fun. Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you at https://help.makewonder.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.makewonder.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.makewonder.com/TOS
Random Team Selector Starter
Easily divide students into random teams for classroom activities. This app offers fun graphics, sound effects, and animations to keep students engaged. The free version supports up to 3 groups with 20 students each.
- Random team assignment
- Student name entry
- Custom graphics and animations
- Sound effects
- Group management
- Active/inactive student selection
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Bring your Classroom Management into the 21st century with the “Random Team Selector Starter” app. Do you need to divide your class (or a part of your class) into groups (or teams) for class activities? Do this in a Fun and Engaging way with the Random Team Selector App. With this, (FREE) starter edition, of Random Team Selector you can…. create a class group, enter the names of your students, and the app will randomly divide your class into 2 teams in a Fun and engaging way. The names of the Students will be displayed randomly and automatically as they are allocated to a team. The custom graphics, sound effects and animations will ensure the students never get bored. In this FREE version of the app you can have up to 3 Groups, each containing up to 20 “active” students. The paid, “Pro” version of the app, allows for unlimited Groups and unlimited students (Group members) in each Group, as well as multiple “Themes” to help keep the students engaged, Dropbox integration (requires a FREE Dropbox account) allowing you to backup and import Groups/Group members from an Excel spreadsheet or text file, and support for 2, 4 or 8 Teams. Student names can be made active an non active, if you only want to include part of the class. This can be useful to allow for absentees or simply to exclude certain members of the class from the selection. Student names (Group Members) and Groups (Classes) are easily created, edited (left swipe on the name) and deleted. There is a feedback form in the app to report any issues directly to the developers, or to request changes or enhancements to the app. We encourage you to use this as we want to make this app the best it can be! So if you can think of any ways in which the app can be improved then it is easy to let us know…..we want the app to meet your needs as a Teacher. If you do find this app useful please Share on Facebook and Twitter, you can do this easily from inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wonder for Dash at 4.3 against Random Team Selector Starter's 3.4. Wonder for Dash also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 33%) and ratings volume (476 vs 5). Random Team Selector Starter's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wonder for Dash holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wonder for Dash has 476 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Wonder for Dash's written reviews are positive against 33% of Random Team Selector Starter's.
| Parameter | Wonder for Dash | Random Team Selector Starter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (476 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 476 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 455 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MORAVIA Consulting, spol. s r.o. | EDTECH MONSTER LIMITED |
Customer experience
Wonder for Dash
Random Team Selector Starter
Bugs and requests
Wonder for Dash
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when trying to run certain programs
- Bluetooth connection frequently drops
- Incorrect Bluetooth status detection
- Certain features and commands not working as expected
- App freezes or becomes unresponsive
Requested features
5 requests- Add more robots and accessories support
- Improve app stability and performance
- Implement a user profile system
- Add more advanced programming features
- Improve Bluetooth connectivity and reliability
Random Team Selector Starter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wonder for Dash
No in-app purchases
Random Team Selector Starter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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