Thunkable Live vs Blue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thunkable Live
This platform allows users to create mobile applications using a visual, block-based programming language. It empowers individuals to design and control their own mobile device applications through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Explore tutorials and documentation to build your own projects.
- Drag and drop interface
- Blocks based programming
- Mobile device control
- In-app tutorials
- Extensive documentation
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Thunkable is a drag and drop platform where anyone can use a blocks based programming language to control their mobile device. In addition to using the tutorials in the app, you can follow us for more extensive video tutorials and documentation to make your own Thunkable project.
Blue
This application assists bus supervisors in notifying students about approaching buses and managing pickups from multiple schools. It streamlines the process of dropping students off at their homes.
- Student notifications
- Bus approaching alerts
- Multi-school pickup management
- Home drop-off coordination
- Supervisor communication tool
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This app helps the bus supervisor to call the students and notify them when the bus approaches their homes, on the other side allows the supervisor to pickup the students from multiple schools and drops them of at their homes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blue at 5.0 against Thunkable Live's 4.1. Blue also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Thunkable Live's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (324 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Blue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thunkable Live has 324 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Thunkable Live ships an update weekly, Blue every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thunkable Live | Blue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (324 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 324 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thunkable | Seam Labs Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Thunkable Live
Blue
Bugs and requests
Thunkable Live
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login screen freezes or crashes
- White screen issues and app not loading
- Inability to view or edit code
- Inconsistent behavior between web and mobile versions
- Firebase integration problems
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved code editor and customization tools
- Better integration with external services
- More comprehensive documentation and tutorials
- Ability to test apps on multiple devices
Blue
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thunkable Live
No in-app purchases
Blue
No in-app purchases
