Droid Depot vs Legacy Bot Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Droid Depot
Build and interact with digital droids or control your physical custom astromech units. Engage in various games, from dancing and piloting to strategy, all inspired by the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge experience.
- Build virtual droids
- Connect to physical droids via Bluetooth
- Droid piloting game
- Droid maneuvering game
- Droid strategy game
- Digital droid creation
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Bring the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge experience home with the Droid Depot companion app. Build a Digital Droid or play games with your Droid Depot Custom Astromech Droids. Games include: •Maneuvering - choreograph a dance sequence to the tunes of DJ R3X •Piloting - drive your Droid around freely •Strategy - play a game of Tic Tac Toe against your Droid •Build - Build a virtual droid using schematics from Mubo’s Droid Depot* https://disneytermsofuse.com/ https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/ https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/current-privacy-policy/your-california-privacy-rights/ https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/dnsmi/ https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/for-parents/childrens-online-privacy-policy/ This app uses Bluetooth to connect to your physical Droid. * Free to play - does not require a physical Droid
Legacy Bot Controller
Control your R2-D2 droid with intuitive joystick or tilt controls. Program custom routes, activate patrol mode for autonomous movement, and trigger classic sounds and animations. Easily pair via Bluetooth for interactive fun.
- Joystick and tilt control
- Route mapping with auto-follow
- Patrol mode with autonomous movement
- Straight-line follow mode
- Classic sounds and animations
- Easy Bluetooth pairing
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Bring your legacy robots back to life! Compatible With: * R2-D2 * R2-Q5 * BB-8 * BB-E9 * Ultimate Lighting McQueen Drive your robot with a joystick or tilt controls, talk to it using AI-powered conversations, control it with your voice, trigger sounds and animations, go on patrol, or draw a custom route for it to follow. Features: - Joystick and tilt control - AI-powered conversations - AI Voice control - Animation Lab for creating custom robot animations - Head rotation control - Volume control - Route mapping with auto-follow - Patrol mode with autonomous movement - Straight-line follow mode - Classic sounds and animations - Easy Bluetooth pairing Create custom animations, give your robot more personality with AI, and enjoy more ways to interact with your favorite legacy droids. This app is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any robot manufacturer or brand. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://legacybotcontroller.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Legacy Bot Controller at 4.7 against Droid Depot's 3.6. Legacy Bot Controller also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 31 months). Droid Depot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ratings volume (597 vs 16). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Legacy Bot Controller sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Droid Depot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Legacy Bot Controller holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Droid Depot has 597 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Droid Depot's written reviews are positive against 50% of Legacy Bot Controller's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Droid Depot ships an update every 31 months, Legacy Bot Controller every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Droid Depot | Legacy Bot Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (597 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 597 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Disney | Gerardo Bilbatua |
Customer experience
Droid Depot
Legacy Bot Controller
Bugs and requests
Droid Depot
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to edit droid name or affiliation
- No support for newer droid models (C-series)
- Music doesn't play during dance mode
Requested features
5 requests- Add more games and interactive experiences
- Allow customization of droid appearance
- Enable multi-droid connectivity and interactions
- Implement a 'follow me' mode for the droid
- Add more music tracks for the dance feature
Legacy Bot Controller
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Droid Depot
No in-app purchases
Legacy Bot Controller
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- rq5 lifetime$19.99
- bb8 lifetime$19.99
- bb9 lifetime$19.99
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- r2 lifetime$19.99
- Premium Lifetime$19.99
- robots package deal lifetime$59.99
Questions
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