ROBO Pro Smart vs Open Roberta Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ROBO Pro Smart
This app allows users to build and control fischertechnik® BT Smart Controller models. Its intuitive, icon-based graphical interface uses drag-and-drop functionality for coding. It is optimized for iPads but also functions on iPhones.
- Build fischertechnik BT Smart Controller models
- Intuitive icon-based graphical interface
- Drag-and-drop coding functionality
- Control models with created code
- Optimized for iPad, works on iPhone
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Build your fischertechnik® BT Smart Controller model and bring it to life with the ROBO Pro Smart App. The App’s graphical user interface is intuitive and icon-based. The icons are well known from e.g. the desktop version ROBO Pro and established for many years now. Drag-and-drop the icons, link them and run your code on the model. The use of iPads is preferred, but it works fine with iPhone's smaller displays.
Open Roberta Mobile
Visually program robots and microcontrollers using a drag-and-drop interface. Wirelessly transfer your creations to compatible hardware like LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 via Bluetooth. Explore a gallery of shared programs and access live coding help.
- Visual programming language (NEPO®)
- Robot and microcontroller control
- Wireless Bluetooth transfer
- Program sharing gallery
- Live coding help
- Multi-language support
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Code and play – welcome to the Open Roberta Lab, where you bring robots and microcontrollers to life. By “dragging and dropping” the visual programming language NEPO® you can quickly and playfully create programs for different systems, e.g. the LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0. The “Open Roberta mobile” app enables you to transfer your NEPO programs to the WeDo 2.0 wirelessly via Bluetooth – no matter whether you are using a smartphone or a tablet. Open Roberta comes with many extras • One programming language for many robots • Gallery for sharing programs • Live help for a quick introduction to coding • Source view • Various languages for users worldwide • And many more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open Roberta Mobile at 1.7 against ROBO Pro Smart's 1.0. Open Roberta Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.1). 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.
Open Roberta Mobile holds the better App Store score, 1.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
ROBO Pro Smart ships an update every 9 months, Open Roberta Mobile every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ROBO Pro Smart | Open Roberta Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A B | Fraunhofer |
Customer experience
ROBO Pro Smart
Open Roberta Mobile
In-app purchases
ROBO Pro Smart
No in-app purchases
Open Roberta Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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