Plum's Island Explorer vs Osmo World
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plum's Island Explorer
Explore a virtual island, learn about landforms and water bodies, and clean up trash to unlock information. This interactive game uses videos and images to teach elementary science concepts.
- Virtual island exploration
- Learn about landforms
- Learn about water bodies
- Trash cleanup unlocks information
- Interactive videos and images
- NGSS Earth Science alignment
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The Plum’s Island Explorer: Land and Water app offers early elementary students an opportunity to navigate around a virtual island as they explore and learn about landforms and water bodies. Navigate around a virtual island to explore various landforms and water bodies in this interactive game from PLUM LANDING. --Journey around the island and pick up trash to unlock information about specific landforms and water bodies. --Innovative videos from WGBH and spectacular ground-view and aerial-view images from NASA offer a unique platform for classroom exploration of key elementary science concepts. --Students use the interactive game and associated supports to observe, identify, and record characteristics of common landforms and water bodies as they use an aerial perspective on a map to navigate the landscape. The content in the game is aligned to NGSS Earth Science curriculum. Learn more at pbslearningmedia.org and pbslearningmedia.org/universe. Our host is Plum, a colorful alien who is featured at PLUM LANDING, an exciting environmental science project from WGBH in Boston. PLUM LANDING helps kids develop a love for and connection to this amazing and beautiful planet we call home, and it invites kids ages six to nine to get to know their world through a collection of fun and engaging games, apps, videos, and hands-on science activities. For more information, visit pbkskids.org/plumlanding.
Osmo World
This app serves as a central hub for a collection of educational games designed to foster creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction in children. It allows users to launch into various Osmo games and collect virtual rewards.
- Launch Osmo games
- Explore game library
- Win collectible stickers
- Hands-on learning
- Promotes creativity
- Encourages problem-solving
- Fosters social interaction
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This is the home for Osmo! Launch into Osmo to explore all your favorite Osmo games, and win collectible stickers along the way. Osmo is connecting over 1 million kids around the world to a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction. Find out more at www.playosmo.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Osmo World at 3.9 against Plum's Island Explorer's 3.3. Osmo World also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 16). Plum's Island Explorer's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Osmo World holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo World has 1.4K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Plum's Island Explorer's written reviews are positive against 42% of Osmo World's.
| Parameter | Plum's Island Explorer | Osmo World |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (16 ratings) | 3.9 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 366 MB | 347 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WGBH | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Plum's Island Explorer
Osmo World
Bugs and requests
Plum's Island Explorer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Osmo World
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Camera recognition problems
- Saved progress/data loss
- Incompatibility with certain iPad models
Requested features
4 requests- More game content and updates
- Improved account/progress syncing
- Simplified setup and onboarding
- Better support for newer hardware
In-app purchases
Plum's Island Explorer
No in-app purchases
Osmo World
No in-app purchases
Questions
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