Lighthouse Score vs BBCBasic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lighthouse Score
Visualize your website's speed score using six key parameters, mirroring Google's ranking system. Adjust metrics directly on a graph to see immediate impacts on your overall score and individual components. Benchmark against competitors and understand scoring thresholds for SEO improvement.
- Visualize website speed score
- Adjust metrics via interactive graph
- Benchmark against competitors
- Understand scoring thresholds
- Compare desktop vs. mobile thresholds
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Simple website speed score visualisation. Use 6 rating parameters to produce your Speed Score the way Google ranks your site. • See how your score is calculated. Change the score or value directly using the graph and watch the outcome on the individual metric and the overall Speed Score. • Improve your SEO. Benchmark your site against your competitors. Compare your score against values of other websites in your niche. • Improve your knowledge. Shows thresholds used for red/amber/green scoring. • Compare platforms. Switch thresholds to desktop to compare equal inputs.
BBCBasic
This app implements the classic BBC BASIC programming language with modern enhancements. It supports advanced graphics, physics, multimedia, and networking, while maintaining compatibility with the original BBC Microcomputer.
- 2D and 3D graphics
- Shader programming
- 2D physics engine
- Stereo music and sound effects
- Video playback
- Networking support
- Accelerometer support
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BBC BASIC is the programming language originally specified and adopted by the British Broadcasting Corporation for its groundbreaking Computer Literacy Project of the early 1980s. This is an advanced, cross-platform, implementation with many enhancements over early versions. As well as extensions to the language it supports anti-aliased 2D graphics, 3D graphics, shader programming and includes a 2D physics engine. Its multimedia capabilities include stereo music, sound effects and video. It supports networking and the accelerometer. Nevertheless it maintains a high degree of compatibility with the BBC Microcomputer, including SOUND, ENVELOPE and MODE 7.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BBCBasic at 75% against Lighthouse Score's 0%. BBCBasic also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Lighthouse Score's advantage is chart position (#192 vs unranked). On 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
BBCBasic is free to download; Lighthouse Score costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lighthouse Score ships an update every 7 months, BBCBasic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lighthouse Score | BBCBasic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #192 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Garside | Richard Russell |
Customer experience
Lighthouse Score
BBCBasic
In-app purchases
Lighthouse Score
No in-app purchases
BBCBasic
No in-app purchases
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