Comparison

Cubelets vs VEX Classroom

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Remote control robot constructions
  • Personality Swap for Cubelet behavior
  • Receive important updates
  • Expand building horizons
Features
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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

About

VEX Classroom

Manage VEX GO robotics hardware in your classroom. Update firmware, rename devices, and locate your VEX GO brains with this educational tool.

Highlights
  • Update VEX GO brain firmware
  • Rename VEX GO brains
  • Locate VEX GO brains
  • Classroom hardware management
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The VEX Classroom app allows users to manage their classrooms full of VEX GO robotics hardware. Users can use VEX Classroom to: - Update their VEX GO brains to the latest firmware version - Rename their VEX GO brains - Locate their VEX GO brains

Screenshots

Cubelets4 screens
VEX Classroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VEX Classroom at 3.7 against Cubelets's 3.0. Cubelets's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

VEX Classroom holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cubelets has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cubelets versus VEX Classroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCubeletsVEX Classroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (25 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperModular RoboticsVEX Robotics, Inc.

Customer experience

Cubelets

All ratings25 ratings
Positive44.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative52.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

VEX Classroom

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Cubelets

No in-app purchases

None

VEX Classroom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cubelets free?
Cubelets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VEX Classroom free?
VEX Classroom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cubelets or VEX Classroom?
VEX Classroom is rated higher. Cubelets averages 3.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while VEX Classroom averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Cubelets or VEX Classroom have ads?
Neither Cubelets nor VEX Classroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cubelets or VEX Classroom?
Cubelets ships an update every 2 months, and VEX Classroom every 2 months. Most recently, Cubelets was updated on September 28, 2026 and VEX Classroom on September 19, 2026.

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