MatataCode(VinciBot) vs intelino scratch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MatataCode(VinciBot)
This app allows users to program and control a Vincibot robot directly from their mobile device. It provides a platform for hands-on coding experiences with a physical robot.
- Program Vincibot robot
- Control robot via mobile
- Hands-on coding experience
- Educational tool
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The MatataCode programming app for controlling the Vincibot robot is officially available. Users can program and control the robot using their mobile phone.
intelino scratch
This app allows children to program a smart train using a familiar block-based coding interface. It integrates train functions like movement, lights, and sensors into a Scratch™ environment, enabling creative projects and exploration of smart mobility concepts. Advanced users can integrate AI and other hardware for enhanced interactivity.
- Block-based programming editor
- Control train movement and status
- Programmable LED lights
- Sensor integration (distance, color, split track)
- Control up to 3 smart trains
- AI and Machine Learning extensions
- Integration with micro:bit and Makey Makey
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Intelino Scratch app is a block-based programming editor for the intelino smart train. Scratch™, developed at the MIT Media Lab, is the most popular block-based programming editor used by millions of children worldwide. With Intelino Scratch, you will get access to a full-featured collection of control blocks for the smart train integrated in the familiar environment of the Scratch™ editor. Powered by Scratch 3.0 extension technology, all of the functions of the smart train are at your fingertips: - Movement status and direction events - Distance events - Speed control, pausing and stopping - Wagon decopling - programmable top, front and rear RGB LED lights - split track detection and route planning functions - color command detection and full editing capability - color detection and events In addition to single train programming, Intelino Scratch allows to connect to and interactively program up to 3 smart trains. This capability greatly enhances the creative and learning possibilities and offers a great way to experiment with smart mobility concepts like collision avoidance, autonomous transportation, cooperative driving, resource sharing and more. Additionally, Intelino Scratch offers access multiple open-source extensions: - Experiment with AI and Machine Learning to control the smart train using Teachable Machine and Face, Hand and Body Sensing extensions developed under the Dancing with AI project at the MIT Media Lab. The Teachable Machine extension offers integration with Google's Teachable Machine and allows to easily create and train image- and audio-based models and use them in the Scratch editor. - Use Text-to-Speech, Translate, Music and Pen extensions for extra creative possibilities. - Enable interactivity between the smart train and 3rd-party hardware such as micro:bit™, Makey Makey™ and others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MatataCode(VinciBot) at 5.0 against intelino scratch's 3.7. MatataCode(VinciBot) also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 31 months) and device support (3 vs 1). intelino scratch's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 40%) and ratings volume (45 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MatataCode(VinciBot) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: intelino scratch has 45 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of MatataCode(VinciBot)'s written reviews are positive against 68% of intelino scratch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MatataCode(VinciBot) ships an update every 5 weeks, intelino scratch every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MatataCode(VinciBot) | intelino scratch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATATALAB CO.,LTD. | Innokind, Inc. |
Customer experience
MatataCode(VinciBot)
intelino scratch
In-app purchases
MatataCode(VinciBot)
No in-app purchases
intelino scratch
No in-app purchases
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