Comparison

Light & Color by Tinybop vs Roller Coaster Kit

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

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About

Light & Color by Tinybop

Explore the science and art of light and color through interactive experiments and AR features. Discover how light works, mix colors, and see the world through different creatures' eyes. Designed for curious kids ages 4+.

Highlights
  • Explore light refraction and reflection
  • Experiment with prisms, mirrors, and lenses
  • Mix paint and light colors
  • Create rainbows
  • Use AR to identify colors
  • See through animal eyes
  • Interactive vocabulary in 40+ languages
Features
Currently charting
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Have you dreamed of entering a rainbow? How about collecting the colors in your room or seeing through the eyes of a bee? Explore the magic of light and color as you learn at the intersection of physics and art.  **2022 Winner of Japan's Digital Ehon Yoichi Sakakihara Prize for outstanding children's media! Discover how light is made, how it moves, and the beauty it creates (hint: colors!). You can mix paint and light, play with prisms and lenses, sort colors, make rainbows, and so much more. Plus — use AR to collect and identify the colors all around you. Light & Color is No.12 in Tinybop’s award-winning Explorer’s Library, a series of apps designed for curious kids ages 4+ to dive into big ideas. Other Explorer’s Library apps include The Human Body, Plants, Simple Machines, The Earth, Weather, Homes, Skyscrapers, Space, Mammals, Coral Reef, and States of Matter. The apps in this series have won Best of the App Store, App Store Editors’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, and Children's Technology Review Editor’s Choice awards. Each Explorer’s Library app teaches kids foundational science. Kids learn by playing, experimenting, observing, asking questions, making guesses, and finding answers. We hope each app inspires conversations between you and your kids and sparks more learning in the world around us. Learn more at tinybop.com. FEATURES + Discover how light bounces, refracts and reflects. + Play with working models of prisms, mirrors, and lenses. + Make rainbows by generating storms. + Experiment with a variety of light sources including candles, incandescent lights, and lasers. + Peek inside a raindrop to learn about how rainbows are created. + Mix paints to create a color wheel (Subtractive RYB mixing). + Explore the science of light by mixing colored lights (Additive RGB light mixing). + Play with color sorting blocks to learn about different color systems. + Collect, capture, match, and name colors in the world around you using AR. + Explore how different creatures perceive the world around them (humans, color-blind humans, nearsighted humans, bees, dogs). + Consider the emotions you connect to different colors. + Interactive text labels in 40+ languages teach vocabulary. + Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). + Fun for the whole family — play and learn together. + No third-party advertising. + Open-ended activities with no rules. Curiosity and creativity are rewarded. + Original artwork by Jeanelle Mak Petrillo. FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom, or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, lidar (TrueDepth), microphone, and other services produce data which could identify you used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app to Tinybop or other parties. Tinybop does collect anonymous usage data that tells us which parts of the app you visit, how often you visit, and which parts of the app you use the most. This anonymous data is accessible only to Tinybop to help us make better apps and is never bought or sold. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow.  We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop. :)

About

Roller Coaster Kit

Design, build, and ride your own roller coasters with an intuitive interface. Create thrilling drops, loops, and twists with easy-to-use tools and a snap-to-grid function for perfect alignment. Test your creations and share them with friends.

Highlights
  • Intuitive track builder
  • Easy-to-use loop tool
  • Snap-to-grid function
  • Design twists and turns
  • Test and ride coasters
  • Creative control
Features
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Create your dream roller coaster with Roller Coaster Kit, the ultimate roller coaster building game. Design, build, and ride your own roller coasters with an intuitive and easy-to-use interface that lets you create thrilling rides. BUILD - Use the intuitive track builder to design every twist and turn of your coaster, from heart-pumping drops to exhilarating loops. With the easy-to-use loop tool, you can add gravity-defying loops to your coaster for an even more thrilling ride. Building your coaster is easy with Roller Coaster Kit. Simply drag on support pieces to the roller coaster track to create complex twists and turns. The game also features a snap-to-grid function to ensure your coaster is perfectly aligned and symmetrical. RIDE - The fun doesn't stop there! Once you've built your coaster, take it for a test run to see how it handles. Tweak and adjust the track to perfect your ride, and then invite your friends to ride it with you. With Roller Coaster Kit, you have complete creative control over your coaster. Build as many tracks as you want and show off your coaster-building skills to the world. Download Roller Coaster Kit today and start creating your ultimate roller coaster experience!

Screenshots

Light & Color by Tinybop4 screens
Roller Coaster Kit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Roller Coaster Kit at every 2 weeks against Light & Color by Tinybop's every 8 months. Roller Coaster Kit also leads on ratings volume (219 vs 15). Light & Color by Tinybop's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $6.99) and chart position (#176 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Light & Color by Tinybop costs $3.99 and Roller Coaster Kit $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Light & Color by Tinybop against 4.6 for Roller Coaster Kit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roller Coaster Kit has 219 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Light & Color by Tinybop's written reviews are positive against 67% of Roller Coaster Kit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light & Color by Tinybop ships an update every 8 months, Roller Coaster Kit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Light & Color by Tinybop versus Roller Coaster Kit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight & Color by TinybopRoller Coaster Kit
Price$3.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.5 (15 ratings)4.6 (219 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#176 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size422 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinybop Inc.Phd Apps LLC

Customer experience

Light & Color by Tinybop

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Roller Coaster Kit

All ratings211 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Light & Color by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

None

Roller Coaster Kit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Light & Color by Tinybop free?
Light & Color by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roller Coaster Kit free?
Roller Coaster Kit costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Light & Color by Tinybop or Roller Coaster Kit?
Roller Coaster Kit is rated higher. Light & Color by Tinybop averages 4.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Roller Coaster Kit averages 4.6 from 219 ratings.
Do Light & Color by Tinybop or Roller Coaster Kit have ads?
Neither Light & Color by Tinybop nor Roller Coaster Kit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light & Color by Tinybop or Roller Coaster Kit?
Light & Color by Tinybop ships an update every 8 months, and Roller Coaster Kit every 2 weeks. Most recently, Light & Color by Tinybop was updated on October 25, 2026 and Roller Coaster Kit on October 27, 2026.

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