Cubelets Updater vs Sphero Edu Jr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cubelets Updater
This app connects to Bluetooth Cubelets, allowing real-time construction updates and remote control of up to six robot blocks. It also supports upgrading older Cubelets to the latest operating system.
- Real-time construction map updates
- Remote control of up to six Cubelets
- Steer Drive blocks
- Activate Flashlight blocks
- Read Distance block output
- Upgrade Cubelets OS
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Cubelets robot blocks are a fast and easy way to inspire kids to become better thinkers. The Cubelets app connects to your Bluetooth Cubelet, and allows you to play with Cubelets in new ways. Connect to your Bluetooth Cubelet and see a map of your Cubelets update in real time as you change your construction. Then, select up to six Cubelets to remote control them. Steer your Drive blocks around, light up your Flashlight block, or read the output from the Distance blocks on your robot. This app supports Cubelets OS 4, a new operating system for Cubelets. If you have older Cubelets, you may upgrade them to OS 4 in the app.
Sphero Edu Jr
This app allows users to connect to a robot and customize its actions using visual programming blocks. Create mazes, play games, and compose music while learning fundamental coding logic.
- Block programming interface
- Customize lights, sounds, and movements
- Create mazes and games
- Learn basic programming logic
- Classic and new drive modes
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With Sphero Edu Jr you can connect to your indi and customize its behavior with simple yet powerful programming blocks. By coding the lights, sounds, and movements of indi, you can create unique mazes, play games, write simple songs, and ultimately learn the basic logic of programming. Features include: • All new block programming experience, designed for the uniqueness of indi. • Drive modes, including the classic Sphero driving experience and a new mode designed specifically for indi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sphero Edu Jr at 3.6 against Cubelets Updater's 2.6. Sphero Edu Jr also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 33%) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). Cubelets Updater's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 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.
Sphero Edu Jr holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Cubelets Updater's written reviews are positive against 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's.
Cubelets Updater ships an update every 6 months, Sphero Edu Jr every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cubelets Updater | Sphero Edu Jr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 3.6 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modular Robotics | Sphero, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cubelets Updater
Sphero Edu Jr
In-app purchases
Cubelets Updater
No in-app purchases
Sphero Edu Jr
No in-app purchases
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