Osmo Coding Awbie vs Lumen's Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Lumen's Lab
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Lumen's Lab is a cozy puzzle game about light. Aim a beam, bend it around corners with mirrors, split it into branches, and mix color where two beams cross. Every one of the 200 experiments is built around a single idea to discover; find it, and the whole path snaps into place. There's no fire button. The emitters are always on, so the beams re-trace the instant you place a piece, and dragging a mirror previews the result before you let go. You're never waiting on the game; you're just tinkering with light until it does what you want. Color is something you make, not something you pick. Red, blue, and yellow combine into purple, orange, green, and white. Targets demand an exact match, so every stray color counts, and some colors can only be made mid-air, where two beams cross. Six ways light behaves, each introduced on its own and then woven into the rest: - Reflectors: drop a / or \ mirror to bend a beam. Tap to flip it. - Splitters: fan one beam into three, each branch free to take a different route. - Color filters: strip a composite beam down to a single primary. - Interference: where beams cross, their colors add together, or cancel when they share one. - Beam-triggered movers: strike a pad and its linked marble rolls to its goal. - Convergence: route two beams to arrive together so their colors sum to exactly what a target needs. Produce an optical effect in a solution and Doc Lumens logs it in the Codex: additive mixing, destructive interference, the XOR reversal, and more. Cozy by design: a warm plum-twilight palette, gentle music, and not a single timer or fail state. Scoring is move-based, so you can tinker as long as you like. - 200 handcrafted levels across four phases. The first 100 are free, and a single one-time purchase unlocks the rest - No ads, no accounts, no subscriptions, no timers - Fully offline - iPhone, iOS 17 or later Thanks for playing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Osmo Coding Awbie at none against Lumen's Lab's 1. Osmo Coding Awbie also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Lumen's Lab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and ads 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. Lumen's Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Osmo Coding Awbie asks for nothing beyond the download.
Osmo Coding Awbie ships an update every 2 months, Lumen's Lab every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Osmo Coding Awbie | Lumen's Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (450 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 450 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 305 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tangible Play | Lloyd Rowat |
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
Lumen's Lab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Osmo Coding Awbie
No in-app purchases
Lumen's Lab
- Levels 101-200$0.99
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