Metaverse vs OctoStudio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metaverse
Easily create interactive content like games, scavenger hunts, memes, and educational experiences. Use the Metaverse Studio to build your creations and then explore them within the app browser.
- Interactive content creation
- Metaverse Studio
- App browser
- Game creation
- Scavenger hunt creation
- Meme creation
- Educational experience creation
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Metaverse is the easiest way to create interactive content. Create experiences using the Metaverse Studio, and watch them come to life in the Metaverse app browser. Create all kinds of interactive experiences, including games, scavenger hunts, memes, and educational experiences.
OctoStudio
Create animations and games using coding blocks on your mobile device. Bring your own photos and sounds to life, and share your interactive projects with others. Developed by the creators of Scratch at MIT, it's a free and fun way to learn coding.
- Create animations and games
- Use coding blocks
- Incorporate photos and sounds
- Interactive project features
- Share projects as video or GIF
- Offline project creation
- Learn coding through play
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With OctoStudio, you can create animations and games on your mobile phone or tablet. Made by the creators of Scratch at MIT. Code an animated story or game using your own artwork, sounds, and ideas. OctoStudio is completely free of charge - with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collected. Create projects without needing an internet connection. Available in more than 30 languages. OctoStudio is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group, the MIT Media Lab team that invented Scratch, the world’s most popular coding language for kids. Create • Create animations, games, and anything else you can imagine • Combine emojis, photos, drawings, sounds, and movement • Make your projects come alive with coding blocks Interact • Make interactive games you can play by tilting your phone • Shake your phone or use a magnet to start your project • Make your projects speak aloud • Code your phone to buzz or turn on and off the flashlight • Collaborate across phones using the beam block Share • Record your project as a video or animated GIF • Export your project file for others to play • Send to family and friends Learn • Get started with intro videos and ideas • Explore and remix sample projects • Develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills • Learn to code in a playful and meaningful way OctoStudio has been designed in collaboration with educators in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and other countries around the world. To learn more about OctoStudio or share your feedback, please visit us at www.octostudio.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OctoStudio at 4.8 against Metaverse's 3.3. OctoStudio also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 54%). Metaverse's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
OctoStudio holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Metaverse's written reviews are positive against 83% of OctoStudio's.
Metaverse ships an update every 5 days, OctoStudio monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metaverse | OctoStudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (113 ratings) | 4.8 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.1% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GoMeta, Inc. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Customer experience
Metaverse
OctoStudio
Bugs and requests
Metaverse
Reported bugs
83 issues- App crashes when opening YouTube videos
- Assignment glitches and floats away
- App crashes frequently
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- AR is dreadful and doesn't work properly
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- Locked phone with location request
- Map zooms when it should move
- Map zooms erratically
- App not loading
- Constant crashing/not working
- Map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Installs without any problems but can't create an account
- Latest update still doesn't allow you to sign up
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- App seems to be a great idea but constant crashes
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Constant crashing/not working
- App gets stuck on sign up screen
- App gets stuck trying to make account
- Username problems
- Can't log in, only shows 'error'
- App not loading
- App crashes when trying to take you to a YouTube video
- Assignment glitches and floats away
- App crashes frequently
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- AR is dreadful and doesn't work properly
- Locked phone with location request
- Map zooms when it should move
- Map zooms erratically
- App not loading
- Constant crashing/not working
- Map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Installs without any problems but can't create an account
- Latest update still doesn't allow you to sign up
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Constant crashing/not working
- App seems to be a great idea but constant crashes
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- App gets stuck on sign up screen
- App gets stuck trying to make account
- Username problems
- Can't log in, only shows 'error'
- App not loading
- App crashes when trying to take you to a YouTube video
- Assignment glitches and floats away
- App crashes frequently
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- AR is dreadful and doesn't work properly
- Locked phone with location request
- Map zooms when it should move
- Map zooms erratically
- App not loading
- Constant crashing/not working
- Map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Installs without any problems but can't create an account
- Latest update still doesn't allow you to sign up
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Constant crashing/not working
- App seems to be a great idea but constant crashes
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- App gets stuck on sign up screen
- App gets stuck trying to make account
- Username problems
- Can't log in, only shows 'error'
Requested features
10 requests- Improve interface
- Add dark mode
- More detailed map
- Allow playing experiences more than once
- Character actions beyond talking
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- Make Metacoins useful (shop)
- Add social media login options
- More clear instructions
- Option to remove secrets/confessions
- Track submission counts and results
OctoStudio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Metaverse
No in-app purchases
OctoStudio
No in-app purchases
