Cubelets vs HatchXR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cubelets
Expand your robot building possibilities with this app for Cubelets robot blocks. Control your creations remotely and explore thousands of building ideas by swapping Cubelet personalities. Updates are also available for your robot blocks.
- Remote control robot constructions
- Personality Swap for Cubelet behavior
- Receive important updates
- Expand building horizons
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Enhance your robot play with the Cubelets app. The official app for Cubelets® robot blocks. The app is not required to enjoy your robot blocks, but is a great way to expand your building horizons. Use the remote control feature to control Cubelets inside of a robot construction. Or check out Personality Swap to change how any Cubelet behaves at the touch of a button! Must own Cubelets robot blocks in order to use this application. To learn more about Cubelets, visit https://www.modrobotics.com. For the latest Cubelets news, follow us on twitter @Cubelets. Cubelets robot blocks: The building blocks of better thinkers ************** Features ************** • Remote control robot constructions • Explore thousands of building possibilities with Personality Swap • Receive important updates about Cubelets
HatchXR
This application allows children to experience their 3D creations in Augmented Reality. It supports visual block coding and JavaScript, making it suitable for educational settings and home use.
- Augmented Reality (AR) experience
- 3D, VR, and Metaverse creation
- Visual block coding
- JavaScript coding
- Classroom and home use
- STEM/Coding workshops
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This app enables a child run to run any project built on the Hatch web platform in Augmented Reality (AR). HatchXR is a 3D, AR, VR, and Metaverse creation platform for kids. Go to https://kids.hatchxr.com and start creating AR/VR apps, it’s free and easy to use for all age groups. Kids can code using visual blocks (like MIT Scratch) or in JavaScript. Built for schools, teachers, ed-tech companies, and kids to use in the classroom, in STEM/Coding workshops, or at home. Contact us at schools@hatchxr.com if you need any help with curriculum.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HatchXR at 100% against Cubelets's 44%. HatchXR also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Cubelets's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 2). 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.
HatchXR holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cubelets has 30 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Cubelets's written reviews are positive against 100% of HatchXR's.
Cubelets ships an update every 2 months, HatchXR monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Cubelets | HatchXR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (30 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modular Robotics | emotix |
Customer experience
Cubelets
HatchXR
In-app purchases
Cubelets
No in-app purchases
HatchXR
No in-app purchases
