Play700 vs VEX Classroom
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
VEX Classroom
Manage VEX GO robotics hardware in your classroom. Update firmware, rename devices, and locate your VEX GO brains with this educational tool.
- Update VEX GO brain firmware
- Rename VEX GO brains
- Locate VEX GO brains
- Classroom hardware management
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The VEX Classroom app allows users to manage their classrooms full of VEX GO robotics hardware. Users can use VEX Classroom to: - Update their VEX GO brains to the latest firmware version - Rename their VEX GO brains - Locate their VEX GO brains
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VEX Classroom at 3.7 against Play700's 3.0. Play700's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VEX Classroom holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play700 | VEX Classroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROBOTIS CO., LTD. | VEX Robotics, Inc. |
Customer experience
Play700
VEX Classroom
In-app purchases
Play700
No in-app purchases
VEX Classroom
No in-app purchases
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