Comparison

Sphero Edu Jr vs BugLens

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

BugLens

Features
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Point your camera at a beetle, butterfly, spider or bee and BugLens tells you what it is. Take a photo or pick one from your library. BugLens identifies the creature with AI and gives you its name, a short profile and field notes. WATCH, DON'T TOUCH Every result comes with a clear safety note: whether the species is known to sting or bite, and when to keep well clear. AI identifications can be wrong, so BugLens errs on the side of caution. Never handle or approach a creature based on an app result. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Each new species goes into your collection with your photo and the date you found it. Locked slots hint at what is still out there waiting to be found. YOUR MAP OF DISCOVERIES Save a location and the sighting lands on your own map, exactly where you found it. Share it if you like: others only ever see an approximate area, about 200 m, never the exact spot. In the background, real insect records from the GBIF open-data network show where people have looked before you. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No e-mail, no password. BugLens creates an anonymous account for you automatically. Sign in with Apple is optional and only needed for the map. You can delete your account and every photo from inside the app. BUGLENS PRO Try 3 AI identifications for free. BugLens Pro unlocks unlimited identifications, full species profiles and field notes, an unlimited collection and your discovery history. Pro is offered as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.topappsoft.com/buglens/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.topappsoft.com/buglens/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Sphero Edu Jr4 screens
BugLens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sphero Edu Jr at none against BugLens's 2. Sphero Edu Jr also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BugLens sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sphero Edu Jr asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sphero Edu Jr versus BugLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSphero Edu JrBugLens
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 17 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSphero, Inc.Top App Sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

None

Sphero Edu Jr

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BugLens

Subscriptions2
  • BugLens Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • BugLens Pro Yearly$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Sphero Edu Jr free?
Sphero Edu Jr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BugLens free?
BugLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sphero Edu Jr or BugLens have ads?
Neither Sphero Edu Jr nor BugLens shows ads.

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