Cubelets Updater vs PhoneIoT
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.
PhoneIoT
This app connects to a block-based programming environment, enabling remote access to your device's sensors and display. Students can create interactive projects, like using their device as a remote control for robots.
- Connects to NetsBlox educational programming environment
- Remotely access iOS device sensors
- Control device display from code
- Create engaging programming projects
- Enable device as robot remote control
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PhoneIoT allows you to connect to NetsBlox (https://editor.netsblox.org/?), a block-based educational programming environment, and remotely access your iOS device's sensors and display from code. Along with some of the other distributed computing services available through NetsBlox, this allows students to create highly engaging projects, such as turning your iOS device into an accelerometer-enabled remote control driving a virtual or physical robot rolling around on the ground (via the pre-existing RoboScape service on NetsBlox).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhoneIoT at 100% against Cubelets Updater's 33%. PhoneIoT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Cubelets Updater's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PhoneIoT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Cubelets Updater's written reviews are positive against 100% of PhoneIoT's.
Cubelets Updater ships an update every 6 months, PhoneIoT every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cubelets Updater | PhoneIoT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modular Robotics | Devin Jean |
Customer experience
Cubelets Updater
PhoneIoT
In-app purchases
Cubelets Updater
No in-app purchases
PhoneIoT
No in-app purchases
