GameGlass vs Dabble
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GameGlass
Enhance your gaming experience with custom touchscreen interfaces on your phone or tablet. Design, modify, and use intuitive controls with dynamic animations and clear layouts. Connect seamlessly to your PC for ultra-low latency command execution.
- Immersive touchscreen interfaces
- Dynamic interactions and animations
- Customizable layouts and buttons
- Action Manager for macros and automations
- Forge editor for creating and sharing Shards
- Ultra-low latency WiFi connection
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Control your games in a brand new way, with GameGlass Shards - immersive touchscreen interfaces on your phone and tablet. Shards let you use intuitive touch controls that include dynamic interactions and animations. Switches, buttons, toggles, sliders and more allow you to see your controls laid out clearly. Beautiful designs for a wide variety of game genres make them feel immersive. Once you download the host application and create an account on our website, you will be able to access our "Forge" editor which allows you to create, modify, and download other users shards. Every Shard is customizable. With our flexible Action Manager you can assign keybinds, mouse clicks, delays, sound effects and more. You can even combine actions to create powerful macros and automations. Want a different layout, or more buttons - you can move, delete and add parts to create the perfect Shard for any game. Setup is super easy - simply download Shards or create your own, then connect to the GameGlass desktop app. Commands are sent directly to your game via a secure, ultra low-latency connection using your own WiFi.
Dabble
Control and communicate with hardware like Arduino and ESP32 using your smartphone's sensors and Bluetooth. This app transforms your phone into a virtual controller, offering modules for LED control, terminal commands, gamepad functionality, and access to phone sensors.
- LED Brightness Control
- Terminal for text and voice commands
- Gamepad control (analog, digital, accelerometer)
- Pin State Monitor
- Phone Sensor access (GPS, mic, accelerometer, etc.)
- Scratch & Arduino compatible projects
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Dabble is a versatile project interaction & Bluetooth controller app for Arduino, ESP32 & evive that replaces a wide variety of electronic components and exploits the inbuilt features and sensors of your Smartphone like the GPS, mic & accelerometer thus transforming into a virtual treasury of infinite shields & more. It lets you control & communicate with hardware via Bluetooth. It also provides you with dedicated projects compatible with Scratch & Arduino to help you learn by doing. What Dabble has in store: Currently Available Modules: • LED Brightness Control: Control brightness of LEDs and digital/analog pins. • Terminal: Send and receive textual and voice commands over Bluetooth. • Gamepad: Control devices/robot in analog (Joystick), digital, and accelerometer mode. • Pin State Monitor: Remotely monitor the live status of devices and debug them. • Phone Sensor: Access different sensors of your Smartphone such as the accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, magnetometer, light meter, sound meter, GPS, temperature sensor, and barometer to make projects and conduct experiments. Coming Soon: • Motor Control (Coming Soon): Control actuators such as the DC motor and servo motor. • Inputs (Coming Soon): Provide analog and digital inputs via buttons, knobs, and switches. • Camera (Coming Soon): Use the camera of your Smartphone for taking photos, record videos, colour picking, and face recognition (coming soon). • IoT (Coming Soon): Log data, publish it on cloud, and access data from API. • Oscilloscope (Coming Soon): Visualize and analyse the input and output signals given to the device using the oscilloscope module. • Music (Coming Soon): Receive commands from the device and play tones, songs, or other recorded audio files on your Smartphone. • Projects (Coming Soon): Make dedicated projects to experience different concepts of the real world first-hand like home automation, line-follower, and robotic arm. Boards Compatible with Dabble: • evive • Arduino Uno • Arduino Mega • Arduino Nano • ESP32 Bluetooth Modules Compatible with Dabble: • HM-10 BT 4.0 BLE (or AT-09) Want to know more about Dabble? Visit: https://thestempedia.com/product/dabble/ Module Documentation: https://thestempedia.com/docs/dabble/ Getting Started with Dabble: https://thestempedia.com/docs/dabble/getting-started-with-dabble/ Projects that you can make: https://thestempedia.com/product/dabble-app/ Permissions required for: Bluetooth: to provide connectivity. Microphone: to send voice commands and use the sound meter. Location: to use Location sensor and BLE.
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Verdict
GameGlass and Dabble both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Dabble's written reviews are positive against 53% of GameGlass's. Dabble also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). GameGlass's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
GameGlass holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 128 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of GameGlass's written reviews are positive against 75% of Dabble's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GameGlass ships an update every 2 months, Dabble every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GameGlass | Dabble |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (47 ratings) — better | 3.9 (128 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 128 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GameGlass Inc. | STEMpedia |
Customer experience
GameGlass
Dabble
Bugs and requests
GameGlass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dabble
Reported bugs
15 issues- Gamepad doesn't work on iOS
- Joystick values are blank on iOS
- Buttons do not show for gamepad
- Controller function broken on iPhones without a home button
- Gamepad won't turn, only shows left/right controls, format off
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- Gamepad doesn't load properly, shows only two arrows
- Game pad section is useless after iOS 16 update, doesn't show entire gamepad
- Lag and robot continues to move
- Joystick resets values when action button is pressed
- GPS data transfer not reliable
- Phone sensor data is flaky
- UI completely messed up due to no updates
- Auto connect problem (BLE services in reverse order)
- Doesn't connect to Nintendo Switch Lite, no SYNC button
- Gamepad doesn't display on iPhone 8, works on iPad
Requested features
7 requests- More buttons on gamepad or custom gamepad creation
- Additional controller types (joystick, button rows)
- Ability to map terminal commands to virtual actions/notifications
- Offline automation and scripts for iOS
- Xbox controller support
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- Motor control on iPhone
- Pro version with more options
In-app purchases
GameGlass
No in-app purchases
Dabble
No in-app purchases









