Cubelets Blockly vs Sphero Edu Jr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cubelets Blockly
This free coding environment uses a visual programming language to help children learn to program their robot blocks. It allows users to create new robots and behaviors with code, making it an accessible tool for coding novices.
- Visual programming language
- Learn to code robots
- Create new robot behaviors
- Supports Cubelets OS 4
- Free coding environment
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Cubelets robot blocks are a fast and easy way to inspire kids to become better thinkers. Cubelets Blockly is a FREE coding environment for your Cubelets® robot blocks. Blockly, a visual programming language originally developed by Google, forms the backbone of this powerful learning tool. Coding novices need not worry. Cubelets Blockly is the perfect platform to learn to program your own robots! This simple and powerful visual programming tool gives you full control over your Cubelets® robot blocks. Create countless new robots and behaviors with the power of code. This app supports Cubelets OS 4, a new operating system for Cubelets. If you have older Cubelets, you may upgrade them to OS 4 using the Cubelets app.
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: Sphero Edu Jr at 44% against Cubelets Blockly's 0%. Sphero Edu Jr also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.5) and device support (3 vs 1). Cubelets Blockly's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 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.
Sphero Edu Jr holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cubelets Blockly's written reviews are positive against 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's.
Cubelets Blockly ships an update every 3 months, Sphero Edu Jr every 17 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Cubelets Blockly | Sphero Edu Jr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (6 ratings) | 3.6 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modular Robotics | Sphero, Inc. |
Customer experience
Cubelets Blockly
Sphero Edu Jr
In-app purchases
Cubelets Blockly
No in-app purchases
Sphero Edu Jr
No in-app purchases
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