Snap Circuits® Coding vs subflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snap Circuits® Coding
Learn coding fundamentals and control electronic projects with a smartphone or tablet. Design custom light, sound, and motor patterns using graphical or block-based coding. Explore electronics concepts through interactive projects.
- Graphical coding interface
- Blockly coding support
- Real-time control
- Control lights, sounds, and motors
- Learn electronics basics
- Create custom patterns
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Remote control and graphical coding for Snap Circuits® sets that have an SC Controller (U33) module. Learn the basics of coding, then code your own patterns of lights, sounds and moving parts. Download the Snap Circuits® App and control Snap Circuits® projects using your smartphone or tablet to control lights, sounds and a motor! A great introduction to coding, using easy graphical coding or real-time control. More advanced coders can move up to BLOCKLY coding. Learn about circuitry, security systems, dimmer switches, automatic lights, alarms, motion detectors, fan speeds, appliance motors, generators, and much more! Kids all over the world have learned basic electronics with Snap Circuits® kits. Now, Snap Circuits® takes the next generation into the world of coding!
subflow
Create dynamic music visualizations for any setting. Control modes, speed, and beat patterns with intuitive screen gestures. Advanced users can leverage UDP and OS2L for complex control with DJ software.
- Gesture-based control for modes, speed, and beats
- Beat pattern customization
- UDP command sequencing
- OS2L integration with DJ software
- Color customization via long press
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Crisp visualizations for your music stage or living room. Tap left or right edge of screen to change modes. Vertical swipes change speed. Tap the upper half of the screen several times to set a beat pattern. Tap the lower half to cancel or to add single beats. Horizontal swipes fine-tune the beat alignment. Long press will change color. You can also send more complex command sequences over UDP, and you can control via OS2L using most DJ software. See http://subflow.org/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: subflow at 4.3 against Snap Circuits® Coding's 3.7. subflow also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 44%). Snap Circuits® Coding's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
subflow holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Snap Circuits® Coding's written reviews are positive against 67% of subflow's.
Snap Circuits® Coding ships an update every 4 months, subflow every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Snap Circuits® Coding | subflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (49 ratings) | 4.3 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elenco Electronics, Incorporated | Ello Skelling Productions |
Customer experience
Snap Circuits® Coding
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In-app purchases
Snap Circuits® Coding
No in-app purchases
subflow
No in-app purchases
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