Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

Plum's Island Explorer4 screens
Osmo World4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Plum's Island Explorer versus Osmo World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlum's Island ExplorerOsmo World
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (16 ratings)3.9 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews42.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings161.4K — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB347 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWGBHTangible Play

Customer experience

Plum's Island Explorer

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

Osmo World

All ratings1,348 ratings
Positive69.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative49.4%

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

None

Plum's Island Explorer

No in-app purchases

None

Osmo World

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plum's Island Explorer free?
Plum's Island Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Osmo World free?
Osmo World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plum's Island Explorer or Osmo World?
Osmo World is rated higher. Plum's Island Explorer averages 3.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Osmo World averages 3.9 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Plum's Island Explorer or Osmo World have ads?
Neither Plum's Island Explorer nor Osmo World shows ads.

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