Itty Bitty Buggy vs FinchBlox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Itty Bitty Buggy
Build and control various shapes for a virtual buggy. Offers five distinct styles and four control gameplay modes for interactive real-world play.
- Build various shapes
- Control buggy movement
- Five distinct styles
- Four control gameplay modes
- Interactive real-world play
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This is an app for Itty Bitty Buggy. By the building procedure, you can easily build a variety of shapes for Itty Bitty Buggy and control it to move. This app contains 5 kinds of small and powerful styles, and there are 4 kinds of control gameplay, so that you can interact with the real world and enjoy the game together.
FinchBlox
This app allows children ages 5-9 to code a Finch Robot using an icon-based programming language. It introduces foundational computer science skills through three levels of increasing complexity, teaching concepts like sequencing, parameters, and loops.
- Icon-based programming
- Three learning levels
- Teaches sequencing
- Introduces parameters
- Supports loops
- Requires Finch Robot 2.0
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FinchBlox is an app specifically designed for children ages 5-9 to use with the Finch Robot! Children assemble blocks to code the Finch to move, light up, and make sounds. FinchBlox is an icon-based programming language, so pre-readers can build foundational computer science skills. FinchBlox includes three different levels to gradually expose children to more concepts in computational thinking: Level 1 introduces sequencing. For example, children connect blocks to make the robot move forward, beep, and then turn left. Level 2 introduces parameters by providing sliders that children can use to adjust what each block does. For example, a slider in the turning block adjusts how far the Finch turns. Level 3 provides additional parameters and introduces children to basic ways to control what happens in a program. For example, students can use a loop to repeat actions within a program, or they can use a movement block that drives the Finch forward until it finds an obstacle. Requirements: This app requires a Finch Robot 2.0 (https://store.birdbraintechnologies.com/collections/featured-items/products/finch2). The app connects to the Finch via Bluetooth BLE. Make sure to load the Bluetooth-ready firmware onto your Finch. You can find instructions at http://www.birdbraintechnologies.com/finch2/finchblox/program/1-1/. This app requires iOS 9 or later. This app requires iPad 3 or later / iPhone 4S or later. It is also compatible with all iPad Mini, Air, and Pro models.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Itty Bitty Buggy at every 3 weeks against FinchBlox's every 5 months. Itty Bitty Buggy also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 1). FinchBlox's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Itty Bitty Buggy against 4.0 for FinchBlox. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Itty Bitty Buggy has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Itty Bitty Buggy ships an update every 3 weeks, FinchBlox every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Itty Bitty Buggy | FinchBlox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (21 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microduino Inc. | BirdBrain Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Itty Bitty Buggy
FinchBlox
In-app purchases
Itty Bitty Buggy
No in-app purchases
FinchBlox
No in-app purchases
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