Play700 vs Mabot IDE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play700
Control robot kits using your smartphone with simple programming. This app offers features for vision detection, displaying information, multimedia playback, and sensor input.
- Robot control via smartphone
- Simple programming interface
- Vision detection (face, color, motion, line)
- Display image, shape, character, number
- Multimedia playback (voice, audio, video)
- Sensor input (shaking, gradient, illumination)
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Applicaton 'R+ Play700' can use smart phone utility such as sensor, image processing with camera, video and audio or more. You can control robot kit by using smart phone with simple programming. Currently, It supports 4 kinds of robot sample in Play 700, 1 stage. [Main Function] 1. Vision It supports face, color, motion and line detection. 2. Display It supports image, shape, character, number displaying. 3. Multimedia It supports function of voice output(TTS), voice input, play audio or video. 4. Sensor It supports function which relate with shaking, gradient, illumination or other several senses. 5. etc. It supports for using messenger receiving, vibration, email sending. # roboplus Play700, R+ Play700
Mabot IDE
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Product Description Welcome to the world of Bell Mabot! Mabot is a modular robot which brings you all the fun of an intelligent robotic. Connect different modules together to form your creation, with endless possibilities for design and play. If you have never used Mabot before, we suggest choosing an awesome robot from one of the many kits available, and download Mabot GO to your phone or tablet to control it. Mabot IDE is more than a creative structure for Mabot control software, but also a visual programming control tool. You can control Mabot which different creative structure through the Mabot IDE. The basic components include: Control ball, Drive Ball, Battery Ball, Connection Ball, S Rod, Sensor Ball - Touch, Sensor Ball - Infrared, Color Ball. With Mabot IDE for graphical programming, Mabot will be able to complete the complex task, is to cultivate artificial intelligence era of the ideal choice of the aborigines. IMPORTANT: This is not a stand-alone app but is used to control a Mabot robot built with the Bell Mabot kit. Quick start guide 1. Build a Mabot robot; 2. Turn on the Bluetooth function on your tablet; 3. Open Mabot IDE and search for your Mabot robot; 4. Once the Mabot robot is successfully connected, let the games begin! 5. Encodes the Mabot so that it moves automatically in different scenes If you have any questions or suggestions, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at any time at https://www.bellrobot.com/forum. PLEASE NOTE: -- Mabot IDE is only available for tablet for now. To find out more, please visit us at: https://www.bellrobot.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mabot IDE at every 3 weeks against Play700's every 2 months. Play700's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, 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.
Play700 ships an update every 2 months, Mabot IDE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play700 | Mabot IDE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROBOTIS CO., LTD. | ShenZhen Bell Creative Science and Education Co.,Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Play700
No in-app purchases
Mabot IDE
No in-app purchases









