Methodist NZ vs Spike™ LEGO® Education
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Methodist NZ
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Methodist New Zealand now brings all your core church communication into one easy-to-use app. You can access your Church's event calendar, media, and access a large library of pre-loaded content from Good TV and Resonate, along with heaps of other clever features. Listen to your church’s weekly sermon, kids event or any other audio or video that is published. Everything church related, direct to your phone anytime you want. With Airplay you can watch directly from the app on your big screen Apple TV (3rd and 4th Generation), for those Google Chromecast lovers, we have full casting functionality too.
Spike™ LEGO® Education
This app facilitates playful STEAM learning for students, designed to work with specific LEGO® Education kits. It helps develop computational thinking through coding, encourages building and experimentation, and supports programming for various projects and competitions.
- Icon-block, word-block, and text-based coding
- Develop computational thinking
- Build, tinker, and experiment with LEGO® creations
- Program and debug designs
- Create stories with LEGO® Minifigures
- Prepare for FIRST® LEGO® League competitions
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Engage every student in playful STEAM learning with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App. Designed for use with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Portfolio, the SPIKE App is a powerful tool that helps teachers facilitate engaging, hands-on STEAM learning. When combined with SPIKE Essential or SPIKE Prime, the SPIKE App allows students to: - Develop computational thinking skills using a progression of icon-block, word-block, and text-based coding. - Build, tinker, and experiment - progressing from simple creations to complex structures. - Learn to program, test and tweak designs, debug and optimize, create stories with LEGO® Minifigures, prepare for FIRST® LEGO® League competitions, and more! *** IMPORTANT*** This is not a standalone educational app. This app is used to program LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential and LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime, which are sold separately. Please contact your local LEGO Education reseller for further information. LEARN MORE: LEGOeducation.com/Teacher-resources For app support, contact LEGO® Education at https://support.legoeducation.com. LEGO, the LEGO logo and the SPIKE logo are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. FIRST® LEGO® League is a jointly held trademark of FIRST® and the LEGO Group. ©2026 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Methodist NZ at 9.0 against Spike™ LEGO® Education's 14.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Methodist NZ | Spike™ LEGO® Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 68.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSC Buyers Group | LEGO Education |
Bugs and requests
Methodist NZ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Spike™ LEGO® Education
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bluetooth connection issues
- Unable to flash hub or connect
- Incompatibility with programs written in previous version
Requested features
5 requests- Hub-to-hub control
- RC features
- Merge Inventor app into one
- Add more color options for color sensor
- Bring back Python coding support
In-app purchases
Methodist NZ
No in-app purchases
Spike™ LEGO® Education
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Methodist NZ free?
Is Spike™ LEGO® Education free?
Do Methodist NZ or Spike™ LEGO® Education have ads?
Which is updated more often, Methodist NZ or Spike™ LEGO® Education?
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