Osmo Coding Duo vs Rugs alive™ Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Osmo Coding Duo
This app uses physical blocks and a tablet to teach children coding concepts through collaborative puzzle-solving and a fun pet rescue adventure. It's designed to foster teamwork and strategic thinking.
- Collaborative coding puzzles
- Multistep logic problems
- Real-world coding concepts
- Pet rescue adventure
- Hands-on learning experience
- Teamwork and strategy
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Team up with a friend to solve coding puzzles and rescue pets! The most advanced game in Osmo’s Coding Family, Coding Duo uses multistep logic problems to introduce kids to real-world coding concepts. FEATURES: Advanced Puzzles for Coding Fans Get challenged by multistep logic problems that will stretch minds and introduce them to coding concepts that are used in the real world. Collaborative Play Friends and family can play together side by side to solve coding puzzles. Use teamwork and strategy to work together towards a common goal. A Fun Rescue Adventure with Osmo Characters A scientist has lost his pets and needs your help to find them. Solve the coding challenges using your favorite Osmo characters and rescue pets across several islands and return them to their home. NOTES: * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 *About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
Rugs alive™ Plus
This app uses augmented reality to bring educational rugs to life in 3D. Students can interact with zoo animals, practice letter and animal identification, and engage in collaborative learning activities. It's designed to enhance classroom engagement and introduce early STEM concepts.
- 3D Augmented Reality animal animations
- Alphabet and animal identification
- Habitat matching games
- Virtual animal placement
- Photo capture of AR animals
- Supports collaboration and communication
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Our colorful and vibrant classroom alphabet/habitat rugs come to life in 3D Augmented Reality with help from the Rugs alive™ Plus mobile app. Not only are our rugs perfect for practicing upper and lowercase letters, animal identification, and animal/habitat matching, they also have 26 zoo animals that spring to life right in your classroom! Teachers and early learners love the interaction! Your students will be challenged to match a Habitat Card with an animal that lives there to be rewarded with that animal joining the class through the magic of 3D Augmented Reality. The Rugs alive Plus app allows placement of the animals virtually anywhere in your real world environment! Alive Studios’ rugs and the Rugs alive Plus app can also be utilized for increasing student collaboration, building relationships, and effective communication as well as early concepts of STEM and problem solving. The Rugs alive Plus app allows users to take photos of the zoo animals, which may or may not include other people. The photos taken are automatically saved locally into the device’s photo section, if permitted by the user. Rugs alive Plus does not require user accounts or logins, nor does it collect user data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rugs alive™ Plus at 100% against Osmo Coding Duo's 52%. Rugs alive™ Plus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Osmo Coding Duo's advantage is ratings volume (145 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Rugs alive™ Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Coding Duo has 145 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Osmo Coding Duo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rugs alive™ Plus's.
Osmo Coding Duo ships an update every 2 months, Rugs alive™ Plus every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Osmo Coding Duo | Rugs alive™ Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (145 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 326 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tangible Play | Alive Studios, LLC |
Customer experience
Osmo Coding Duo
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In-app purchases
Osmo Coding Duo
No in-app purchases
Rugs alive™ Plus
No in-app purchases
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