Comparison

teamLab vs BOB Shrine

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

Head to head
About

teamLab

Enhance your experience at various teamLab digital art exhibitions. Discover artwork details, interact with digital installations, and learn more about the evolving art pieces within the exhibition spaces.

Highlights
  • Exhibition information
  • Artwork explanations
  • Interactive digital art
  • Evolving artwork details
  • Crystal Universe interaction
  • Crystal World interaction
Features
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This app can be used in the following exhibitions: - teamLab Borderless Tokyo (Azabudai Hills, Tokyo) - teamLab Planets (Toyosu, Tokyo) - teamLab: Hidden Traces of Rice Terraces(izura, Ibaraki) - teamLab Biovortex Kyoto(Kyoto) - teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka (Nagai Botanical Garden, Osaka) - teamLab: A Forest Where Gods Live (Mifuneyama Rakuen, Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu) - teamLab Ruins and Heritage Rinkan Spa & Tea Ceremony (Mifuneyama Rakuen, Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu) - teamLab SuperNature (The Venetian Macao, Macao) - teamLab Borderless Jeddah(jeddah, Saudi Arabia) - teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi(Abudhabi, United Arab Emirates) --- An explanation of the artwork can be viewed in the exhibition space. --- - teamLab Planets (Toyosu, Tokyo): - teamLab SuperNature (The Venetian Macao, Macao) In the Crystal Universe, swipe up on a star, and it will appear in the exhibition space. --- - teamLab Borderless Tokyo (Azabudai Hills, Tokyo) - teamLab Borderless Jeddah(jeddah, Saudi Arabia) The artworks in teamLab Borderless move, evolve, and influence each other. Enter a room and open the teamLab app to learn more about the artwork you are experiencing. In the Crystal World, swipe up on a character, and the world contained within it will be released into the space.

About

BOB Shrine

Create offerings for an AI creature named BOB, inspired by an art installation. Name your shrine, select offerings, and add lessons. The app automates the production of your offerings as stimuli for BOB to experience.

Highlights
  • Create offerings for AI creature BOB
  • Name and customize your shrine
  • Choose from a variety of offerings
  • Caption offerings with parental lessons
  • Automated stimulus production for BOB
  • Experience an interactive art installation
Features
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BOB Shrine allows you to make offerings to BOB (Bag of Beliefs), an AI-based creature by Ian Cheng. Name your shrine and choose from a growing variety of offerings. Caption your offering with a parental lesson. BOB Shrine will automate the production of your offering into an ongoing pattern of stimuli for BOB to receive. If your BOB Shrine makes enough offerings, maybe one day BOB will visit… BOB Shrine coincides with the United States premiere of BOB at Gladstone Gallery, New York. The first in a new series of artificial lifeforms, BOB takes the form of a chimeric branching serpent. For more information, please visit BOBS.AI

Screenshots

teamLab4 screens
BOB Shrine1 screens

Verdict

The call

teamLab and BOB Shrine both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of BOB Shrine's written reviews are positive against 39% of teamLab's. BOB Shrine also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). teamLab's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 14) and chart position (#154 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for teamLab against 4.9 for BOB Shrine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: teamLab has 2.5K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of teamLab's written reviews are positive against 100% of BOB Shrine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

teamLab ships an update every 5 weeks, BOB Shrine every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
teamLab versus BOB Shrine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterteamLabBOB Shrine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#154 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperteamLab Inc.Ian Cheng

Customer experience

teamLab

All ratings2,070 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative56.1%

BOB Shrine

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

teamLab

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App fails to detect nearby artworks
  • Network errors even on venue WiFi
  • Constant Bluetooth permission prompts
  • Screen remains black or unresponsive
  • Artwork registration not saving properly
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  • Interaction features not responding
  • Heavy traffic messages preventing access
  • App crashes during peak hours
  • Location detection inaccurate
  • Interface freezes or becomes unresponsive
  • Contact Us feature non-functional

Requested features

11 requests
  • Interactive map or floor plan to track visited exhibits
  • Completion tracking system for all artworks
  • Offline functionality with cached data
  • Better tutorial or onboarding guidance
  • Location-based notifications when near exhibits
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  • Proximity detection for automatic exhibit information
  • Improved WiFi connectivity solutions
  • Multi-language support beyond Japanese
  • Bluetooth-based communication instead of WiFi
  • Clearer signage about app usage locations
  • Ability to save or share artwork information

BOB Shrine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

teamLab

No in-app purchases

None

BOB Shrine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is teamLab free?
teamLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BOB Shrine free?
BOB Shrine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, teamLab or BOB Shrine?
BOB Shrine is rated higher. teamLab averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while BOB Shrine averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do teamLab or BOB Shrine have ads?
Neither teamLab nor BOB Shrine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, teamLab or BOB Shrine?
teamLab ships an update every 5 weeks, and BOB Shrine every 11 days. Most recently, teamLab was updated on October 25, 2026 and BOB Shrine on October 17, 2026.

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