Comparison

Boaty McBoatface vs CViConnect Pro

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

Head to head
About

Boaty McBoatface

Pilot a research vessel to collect scientific data, supplies, and fun items while learning about marine life and anatomy. Navigate a vibrant 3D world, avoiding obstacles and sharks. Compete for the highest score globally in this simple, one-button game.

Highlights
  • Collect science and biology research
  • Scavenge knowledge pickups
  • Avoid obstacles like icebergs and sharks
  • Gather crew supplies and entertainment items
  • Learn about Zoology, Marine Ethology, Medicine, Anatomy, Ecology
  • Global high score competition
Features
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- Control your RRS Ship to collect science and biology research, food, supplies, fuel and entertainment. - Scavenge knowledge pickups to win extra large scores whilst learning about topics like Zoology, Marine Ethology, Medicine, Anatomy, Ecology. (and lots more!) - Avoid colourful objects like yellow submarines, buoys, dinkleberg icebergs and your Arctic home base. - Gather items like Tacos, apples, skateboards, tablets and phones for the vessels crew. 5 categories of objects, give various score amounts, and speed adjustments. - 3D environment with a top down view, vibrant colors and large objects makes it fun and appealing for children. - Only one button needed to control the whole game, which means its great for kids and families. Those that use gamepads, output to TV or those that want a simple game to pass around with friends. - The games atmosphere matches real-time, lighter mid-day, darker at night and early mornings. - See the Worlds and Developers highest score. Can you beat the Developer? If you beat the other players highest world score, your score is auto submitted as the NEW WORLDS HIGHEST SCORE, where all other players will see it and now aim to beat it! - Oh and one last thing, make sure to avoid the swimming Great White Sharks! O_O No Forced Adverts, No in-app purchases, no Account registering or data collection. Internet connection needed to see World and Developers highest score. (optional) - Created and run by one person, thanks for playing and supporting me! ^_^ - Steve the Developer.

About

CViConnect Pro

This app assists teachers of the visually impaired in creating and running visual activities for students with Cortical Visual Impairment. It captures response data to help educators analyze student progress and tailor future lesson plans.

Highlights
  • Visual activity preparation and execution
  • Student response data capture
  • Data graphing and analysis
  • Automatic generation of new training sessions
  • Tailors lesson plans based on student interaction
  • Support forum for users and professionals
Features
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Who is the app for? CViConnect Pro is an iPad application intended to support teachers of the visually impaired (TVIs) who are working with students who have Cortical Visual Impairment. The app can be used by teachers to prepare and run visual activities with their students. The goal is to aid in the process of improving the visual impairment with this iPad application, and grow the awareness of CVI as a whole and provide educational content related to CVI. What does it do? The application guides the TVI through the process of working with students who have Cortical Visual Impairment. It allows the TVI to present visually stimulating activities to the student and captures data that can be used by the TVI to better help their students with their impairment. How does it work? Using the front-facing camera in the iPad the application can measure facts about how the child is responding to the exercises. All of these expertly-determined facts can then be graphed and analyzed by the educator, in whole or in part, across all training sessions. For example, it is possible to graph the time spent, on average, on training sessions combined with the number of times a sprite is touched, showing ways of measuring improvement in visual acuity as well as allowing a teacher to tailor future lesson plans to better match the needs of the student. In addition to analyzing favorite and least favorite lessons, the CVI system has the ability to use information from the training sessions to automatically generate new training sessions that are best for the student. As an example, the system can detect highly touched areas of the iPad and where sprites are commonly touched. Using this information, the system can automatically generate new lesson plans that focus the attention specifically on these areas as well as specifically AWAY from these areas to improve acuity. The system can use facts about the lengths of time spent on average by the user on training sessions to tailor the length of time a typical training session should take place. Where can I get help if I need it? CViConnect Pro maintains a support forum where users of the app (parents, TVI's and CVI professionals) are supported by leading CVI professionals and CVi Connect technical staff. Users can asks questions and provide feedback in this forum, which adds to the CVi community as a whole by serving as a place where CVI discussions can take place.

Screenshots

Boaty McBoatface4 screens
CViConnect Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CViConnect Pro at 5.0 against Boaty McBoatface's 3.0. CViConnect Pro also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 62 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

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

CViConnect Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boaty McBoatface ships an update every 62 months, CViConnect Pro every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Boaty McBoatface versus CViConnect Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoaty McBoatfaceCViConnect Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 62 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB137 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperStephen AllenLifeScience Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Boaty McBoatface

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CViConnect Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Boaty McBoatface

No in-app purchases

None

CViConnect Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boaty McBoatface free?
Boaty McBoatface is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CViConnect Pro free?
CViConnect Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boaty McBoatface or CViConnect Pro?
CViConnect Pro is rated higher. Boaty McBoatface averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CViConnect Pro averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Boaty McBoatface or CViConnect Pro have ads?
Neither Boaty McBoatface nor CViConnect Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boaty McBoatface or CViConnect Pro?
Boaty McBoatface ships an update every 62 months, and CViConnect Pro every 4 weeks. Most recently, Boaty McBoatface was updated on November 2, 2026 and CViConnect Pro on November 6, 2026.

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