Light & Color by Tinybop vs Voyage AR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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+.
- 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
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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. :)
Voyage AR
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The app is being developed as part of the Maritime Mile Challenge fund with Hub-In, Belfast City Council and the Maritime Belfast Trust. Ways to Experience Voyage AR At Home: View and learn about artefacts from HMS Caroline in the comfort of your own home. Along The Mile: Trigger our experiences to learn more about HMS Caroline as you make your way towards the ship. At The Ship: Bring the heritage of the HMS Caroline to life aboard the ship in Augmented Reality. Our Core Purpose: Preserving Heritage Stories: Our team of researchers have gathered interesting, local stories about HMS Caroline and the people aboard the ship. Voyage AR will democratise these stories and bring them to life in AR. Artefacts: Our team have photo-scanned several real-life artefacts from the ship to be viewed from the comfort of your home. Connecting People Local communities Focusing on local stories and the impact HMS Caroline has had on Belfast. Coupled with a user experience that encourages footfall along the Maritime Mile. Wider Reach Exploring the importance of HMS Caroline, connecting Belfast to important international events and what that means for tourism. Our Technologies Used: We are harnessing the location-based capabilities to place AR Content in the physical world. Get out your phone, walk the trail and find out what HMS Caroline has to offer. We are harnessing the beautiful real-time rendering technology to build the hub of our AR Experience. Download the app, to see unique experiences aboard the ship and view high detail artefacts wherever you are in the world. About the Maritime Mile Challenge Fund Developed by Belfast City Council’s City Innovation Office, in partnership with the Maritime Belfast Trust, the fund is part of the Belfast HUB-IN (Hub of Innovation) project. HUB-IN is all about exploring how digital innovation can help to sustain, enhance and preserve the rich heritage along Belfast’s Maritime Mile which connects key attractions, sculptures and viewing points on both sides of the River Lagan.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Voyage AR at Free against Light & Color by Tinybop's $3.99. Light & Color by Tinybop's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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
Voyage AR is free to download; Light & Color by Tinybop costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Light & Color by Tinybop | Voyage AR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 422 MB | 459 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinybop Inc. | Aura Digital Studios |
In-app purchases
Light & Color by Tinybop
No in-app purchases
Voyage AR
No in-app purchases
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