Sphero Edu Jr vs 3D
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.
3D
Transform real-world objects into virtual 3D models for educational purposes. Capture artwork, artifacts, and everyday items to view in augmented reality or share digitally with others.
- Scan real-world objects into 3D models
- Create virtual replicas
- View scans in augmented reality
- Share 3D creations
- Integrates with Merge EDU
- Add labels and descriptions
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With Scanner, you can turn real-world objects into virtual 3D creations. Whether it’s an art project, a fossil, a historic artifact from your community, or a cherished family heirloom, scanning these objects lets you preserve and explore them in a whole new way. See your scans come to life by editing them in Object Builder. Study every detail, share them with others, or even hold on a Merge Cube. Every scan becomes a digital keepsake, ready to explore, learn from, or use as inspiration for your next creation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 3D at 100% against Sphero Edu Jr's 44%. 3D also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 17 months). Sphero Edu Jr's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
3D holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Sphero Edu Jr's written reviews are positive against 100% of 3D's.
Sphero Edu Jr ships an update every 17 months, 3D every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sphero Edu Jr | 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (15 ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 594 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sphero, Inc. | Merge Apps |
Customer experience
Sphero Edu Jr
3D
In-app purchases
Sphero Edu Jr
No in-app purchases
3D
No in-app purchases
