Comparison

ActiveLabs vs microbitTELOP

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

Head to head
About

ActiveLabs

Experience virtual science labs with immersive VR and hand tracking. This demo app offers a hands-on, cost-effective alternative to traditional science experiments for students and educators.

Highlights
  • Virtual reality lab environment
  • Hand tracking via camera
  • Immersive user experience
  • Cost-effective solution
  • Hands-on interactivity
Features
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This app is a demo of our product, ActiveLabs, and a VR headset that you can put your phone in is recommended. ActiveLabs is a virtual lab simulation that utilizes virtual reality and hand tracking from your camera, mainly for high school students and teachers. Labs are an essential part of science class, but in many schools, they are only done a few times a year, because of high costs and the potential case of an accident. Many schools are turning to virtual labs, which are simulations of labs on your devices, even going as far as virtual reality to simulate a lab environment better. However, these products either aren't hands-on, don't mimic a lab experience or cost-effective, offering high application costs or utilizing expensive headsets. Our product, ActiveLabs, addresses these problems the other products have. We utilize: - Virtual Reality to immerse the user into a lab environment - Hand tracking using the camera for hands-on interactivity using the ManoMotion SDK - All on your phone, to immensely save on costs for schools This application is our prototype; it is just a demo. We plan on further improving this product and adding more labs in the future.

About

microbitTELOP

Features
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This is an app that allows you to connect to micro:bit via Bluetooth and display captions on scroll:bit connected to micro:bit. When you enter the characters and press the send button, the characters will be displayed in scroll:bit. You can reply to your smartphone by pressing the micro:bit's A button (YES) or B button (NO). A sample program on the micro:bit side can be seen in Usage. Usage 1. Program micro:bit with scroll:bit connected 2. The micro:bit start and wait for Bluetooth connection 3. Press the "micro:bit connect" button in the app 4. The "Send" button will be enabled once the connection is complete 5. Enter text and press the "Send" button 6. Telop is displayed on scroll:bit (If it fits in one screen, it will be stopped, and if it does not fit, it will be displayed in scroll) 7. When you press the "Close" button on the image display screen, the display of scroll:bit disappears 8. If you turn on "Play sound", a sound will be emitted from the micro:bit when the display starts 9. The "View" button displays only the image screen without sending to micro:bit This application uses Misaki font for Japanese display. Thank you for agreeing to use it. Misaki font is a font that can display kanji even though the scrill:bit is only 7 pixels vertically.

Screenshots

ActiveLabs4 screens
microbitTELOP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ActiveLabs at every 2 weeks against microbitTELOP's every 2 months. ActiveLabs also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActiveLabs ships an update every 2 weeks, microbitTELOP every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ActiveLabs versus microbitTELOP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActiveLabsmicrobitTELOP
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size388 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaipeng XieAtsushi Yamada

In-app purchases

None

ActiveLabs

No in-app purchases

None

microbitTELOP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActiveLabs free?
ActiveLabs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is microbitTELOP free?
microbitTELOP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ActiveLabs or microbitTELOP have ads?
Neither ActiveLabs nor microbitTELOP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActiveLabs or microbitTELOP?
ActiveLabs ships an update every 2 weeks, and microbitTELOP every 2 months. Most recently, ActiveLabs was updated on October 7, 2026 and microbitTELOP on September 29, 2026.

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