Comparison

Osmo Coding Awbie vs Tami's Tower

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Osmo Coding Awbie

This app introduces children to coding through a fun, interactive adventure. Players use physical blocks to program a character's journey, combining tangible play with screen time to learn problem-solving and logic skills.

Highlights
  • Learn coding with physical blocks
  • Interactive screen-based gameplay
  • Program character's journey
  • Develop problem-solving skills
  • Teaches logic and computational thinking
  • Hands-on learning experience
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Ready for a tree-shaking, strawbie-munching adventure? In Osmo’s Coding Awbie, kids use physical blocks of code to program a wondrous journey for Awbie, a playful character who loves delicious strawbies. Combining tangible blocks with interactive screen time, Coding Awbie is the easiest way to introduce your kids to coding. Winner of the toy industry's top awards: **Parent's Choice Gold Award, 2016** **Oppenheim Best Toy, Platinum Award, 2016** "It enables children to learn computational thinking" - Forbes "Osmo’s blocks are like LEGO for coding" - Engadget "…for young children, one of the best is Osmo Coding" - The Wall Street Journal Coding Awbie teaches problem-solving and logic skills. It helps kids succeed in an increasingly digital world. Osmo Coding Awbie is the easiest way to learn the basics of programming. * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.

About

Tami's Tower

Guide a hungry tamarin to fruit by building a stable tower. Learn basic engineering design principles through interactive gameplay. This educational game is designed for young learners and can be used at home or in the classroom.

Highlights
  • Build towers to reach fruit
  • Learn engineering design principles
  • Educational content for K-2
  • Metacognitive prompts for self-assessment
  • Sandbox mode for level design
  • Classroom or home use
Features
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It’s lunch time and Tami, the golden lion tamarin, is hungry! Help Tami reach the delicious fruit by building a tower. But watch out! Other animals can cause Tami’s tower to topple over. From the Smithsonian Science Education Center, Tami’s Tower: Let’s Think About Engineering is an educational engineering design game that will help teach your student how to design a solution to a problem using basic engineering design principles. Educational features: • Aligned to educational science standards for kindergarten through second grade • Designed for emergent readers • Grounded in educational psychology research • Metacognitive prompts provide students an opportunity to monitor and assess their own confidence •  Teachers can assess student responses to metacognitive prompts through an in-game summary screen •  In-game tutorial to teach students how to play • Introduces students to engineering design principles • Students will learn how the shape of an object can help it function as needed to solve a problem •  Students can reflect on previous attempts to improve design •  Students can design a level in Sandbox mode •  Designed to be used in the classroom or at home

Screenshots

Osmo Coding Awbie4 screens
Tami's Tower1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tami's Tower at 100% against Osmo Coding Awbie's 37%. Tami's Tower also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Osmo Coding Awbie's advantage is ratings volume (450 vs 14). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tami's Tower holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Coding Awbie has 450 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Osmo Coding Awbie's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tami's Tower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Osmo Coding Awbie ships an update every 2 months, Tami's Tower every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Osmo Coding Awbie versus Tami's Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOsmo Coding AwbieTami's Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (450 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings450 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size305 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTangible PlaySmithsonian Institution

Customer experience

Osmo Coding Awbie

All ratings450 ratings
Positive69.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative22.0%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive37.4%
Neutral13.0%
Negative49.6%

Tami's Tower

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Osmo Coding Awbie

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes during gameplay
  • Coding blocks not recognized properly
  • Incorrect path detection and character movement
  • Syncing and progress issues across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Ability to create custom games
  • Improved camera support for tablet cases
  • Better error handling and troubleshooting

Tami's Tower

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Osmo Coding Awbie

No in-app purchases

None

Tami's Tower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Osmo Coding Awbie free?
Osmo Coding Awbie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tami's Tower free?
Tami's Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Osmo Coding Awbie or Tami's Tower?
Tami's Tower is rated higher. Osmo Coding Awbie averages 3.9 out of 5 from 450 ratings, while Tami's Tower averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Osmo Coding Awbie or Tami's Tower have ads?
Neither Osmo Coding Awbie nor Tami's Tower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Osmo Coding Awbie or Tami's Tower?
Osmo Coding Awbie ships an update every 2 months, and Tami's Tower every 6 weeks. Most recently, Osmo Coding Awbie was updated on September 27, 2026 and Tami's Tower on September 25, 2026.

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