Comparison

ROBO Pro Smart vs Shape Patterns

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Shape Patterns

Features
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On the split screen you can see at the same time what the program code looks like when you create the patterns with shapes or what the pattern with shapes looks like when you create a program code. The app deals intensively with the topic of "loops" because they have a special meaning when programming and creating patterns. The app works best on the iPad because you can see two views at once and see how changes affect the different layers (pattern/programming). On iPhone, you only see one view at a time, but you can switch between views. On PIKAS digi (https://pikas-digi.dzlm.de) you will soon receive assignments, digital blackboards and ideas for use in class.

Screenshots

ROBO Pro Smart2 screens
Shape Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shape Patterns at every 2 months against ROBO Pro Smart's every 9 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ROBO Pro Smart ships an update every 9 months, Shape Patterns every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ROBO Pro Smart versus Shape Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROBO Pro SmartShape Patterns
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA BIPN - Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

In-app purchases

None

ROBO Pro Smart

No in-app purchases

None

Shape Patterns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ROBO Pro Smart free?
ROBO Pro Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shape Patterns free?
Shape Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ROBO Pro Smart or Shape Patterns have ads?
Neither ROBO Pro Smart nor Shape Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ROBO Pro Smart or Shape Patterns?
ROBO Pro Smart ships an update every 9 months, and Shape Patterns every 2 months. Most recently, ROBO Pro Smart was updated on June 1, 2026 and Shape Patterns on September 14, 2026.

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