Sphero Edu Jr vs EarthProject
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
EarthProject
Learn and get motivated to reduce your carbon and plastic waste. This app provides educational content and encourages sustainable practices to help you make a positive environmental impact.
- Learn to reduce waste
- Motivation for sustainable practices
- Carbon footprint reduction
- Plastic waste reduction
- Environmental impact education
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The EarthProject app will teach you and motivate you to reduce your carbon and plastic waste!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EarthProject at monthly against Sphero Edu Jr's every 17 months. EarthProject also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 44%). Sphero Edu Jr's advantage is rating (3.6 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Sphero Edu Jr holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's written reviews are positive against 60% of EarthProject's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sphero Edu Jr ships an update every 17 months, EarthProject monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sphero Edu Jr | EarthProject |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (15 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sphero, Inc. | TAKE ACTION GLOBAL Inc |
Customer experience
Sphero Edu Jr
EarthProject
In-app purchases
Sphero Edu Jr
No in-app purchases
EarthProject
No in-app purchases
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