mBlockly for Codeybot vs Sphero Edu Jr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mBlockly for Codeybot
This app allows users to program a Codeybot educational robot by snapping together graphical building blocks. Users can create programs to make the robot move, express emotions, and interact with its environment. It enables wireless control of the robot directly from an iPad.
- Block-based programming
- Robot control
- Wireless connectivity
- iPad gyroscope integration
- Educational tool
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Control your robot and learn programming by snapping graphical building blocks together. *** A Codeybot educational robot is required for running this app!*** LET YOUR ROBOT FEEL, THINK, AND DANCE With mBlockly, you can build short programs to let your Codeybot move or tell a story when it is happy or sad. TAKE YOUR CODEYBOT WITH YOUR TRIP Computers and cables are no more needed. Your iPad communicate directly with your Codeybot TURN YOUR IPADS INTO MAGIC WANDS mBlockly can read the status of iPad's gyroscope, meaning that you may let your codeybot dance by shaking the iPad or tilting it to each direction. E-mail：support@makeblock.cc
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 review sentiment: mBlockly for Codeybot at 75% against Sphero Edu Jr's 44%. mBlockly for Codeybot also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Sphero Edu Jr's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mBlockly for Codeybot holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sphero Edu Jr has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of mBlockly for Codeybot's written reviews are positive against 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's.
mBlockly for Codeybot ships an update every 10 months, Sphero Edu Jr every 17 months. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | mBlockly for Codeybot | Sphero Edu Jr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.6 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Makeblock Co., Ltd. | Sphero, Inc. |
Customer experience
mBlockly for Codeybot
Sphero Edu Jr
In-app purchases
mBlockly for Codeybot
No in-app purchases
Sphero Edu Jr
No in-app purchases
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