Cubelets vs KUBO Play
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
KUBO Play
This app offers an interactive digital simulation of a hands-on coding robot, designed for young learners. It provides over 100 tasks across three modes to explore coding concepts through puzzle-solving and storytelling.
- Digital simulation of physical robot
- Interactive coding tasks
- Three learning modes
- Standards-aligned curriculum
- Puzzle-solving gameplay
- Immediate feedback
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KUBO Play – The Easiest Way to Start Coding! Give your students a personalized, one-on-one coding journey with KUBO Play, a digital simulation of our award-winning hands-on, screen-free robot. Designed for early-age learners, KUBO Play makes it fun and simple to explore coding concepts in a classroom or home setting. With over 100 interactive tasks across three learning modes, KUBO Play offers a certified, standards-aligned curriculum (available for free at portal.kubo.education). Whether used digitally or as part of a blended learning experience, it seamlessly integrates computer science, storytelling, and cross-curricular activities into daily teaching. Why Educators Love KUBO Play: 1) Unique coding experience – Experience KUBO’s unique TagTiles®, just like with the physical robot. 2) Immediate Feedback – Students see instant results, reinforcing the connection between code and action. 4) Easy & Engaging – Coding is as simple as puzzle solving! Empower your students with a fun, intuitive, and interactive way to start coding today with KUBO Play!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KUBO Play at 100% against Cubelets's 44%. KUBO Play also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Cubelets's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (25 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.
KUBO Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 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. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Cubelets's written reviews are positive against 100% of KUBO Play's.
Cubelets ships an update every 2 months, KUBO Play every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cubelets | KUBO Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modular Robotics | KUBO Education ApS |
Customer experience
Cubelets
KUBO Play
In-app purchases
Cubelets
No in-app purchases
KUBO Play
No in-app purchases
