Sadlier Reader vs Sphero Edu Jr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sadlier Reader
Access your assigned eBooks offline with this educational reader. Bookmark, annotate, and navigate your digital textbooks seamlessly. Requires an access code from your institution.
- Offline eBook access
- Bookmark pages
- Annotate content
- Seamless navigation
- Linked to Sadlier Connect
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The Sadlier Reader app is a new offering for Sadlier customers that allows access to their eBooks offline and on the go. Linked to your Sadlier Connect account licenses, eBook products purchased and assigned for offline use will automatically appear within your app when you log in. eBooks are not purchased within the app. An access code is required for login and can be found in “My Account” within Sadlier Connect or Christ In Us if your institution has purchased an offline eBook. With this unique offering, readers may bookmark, annotate their pages, and navigate their materials like any other reader experience.
Sphero Edu Jr
This app allows users to connect to a robot and customize its actions using visual programming blocks. Create mazes, play games, and compose music while learning fundamental coding logic.
- Block programming interface
- Customize lights, sounds, and movements
- Create mazes and games
- Learn basic programming logic
- Classic and new drive modes
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With Sphero Edu Jr you can connect to your indi and customize its behavior with simple yet powerful programming blocks. By coding the lights, sounds, and movements of indi, you can create unique mazes, play games, write simple songs, and ultimately learn the basic logic of programming. Features include: • All new block programming experience, designed for the uniqueness of indi. • Drive modes, including the classic Sphero driving experience and a new mode designed specifically for indi.
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Verdict
Sadlier Reader and Sphero Edu Jr both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sadlier Reader's. Sphero Edu Jr also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3). Sadlier Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Sadlier Reader against 3.6 for Sphero Edu Jr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sphero Edu Jr has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Sadlier Reader's written reviews are positive against 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's.
Sadlier Reader ships an update every 25 months, Sphero Edu Jr every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sadlier Reader | Sphero Edu Jr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 17 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William H Sadlier Inc | Sphero, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sadlier Reader
Sphero Edu Jr
In-app purchases
Sadlier Reader
No in-app purchases
Sphero Edu Jr
No in-app purchases
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