Comparison

Shape Up! Lite vs Blue

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

Head to head
About

Shape Up! Lite

This educational game encourages young children to interact with basic shapes through tracing and coloring activities. Completed creations come to life with animations and sound effects, fostering curiosity and learning about colors and sizes.

Highlights
  • Shape tracing
  • Color filling
  • Animated creations
  • Sound effects
  • Shape identification
  • Color recognition
Features
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Shape Up! Lite is a shape game designed for very young children, but parents and older children will love it too! Simply trace around the simple shapes or use the paint bucket to fill them in. Once you have finished your creation will come to life! The rewarding animations and sound effects will ensure that children want to play again and again. Shape Up! introduces simple shapes of different colours and sizes to young children. The game encourages children to describe and name shapes as well as show curiosity about them.

About

Blue

This app allows children to create and execute algorithms for a robot. It offers step-by-step and drag-and-drop programming, with features like repeats and 45-degree turns. Challenge modes introduce obstacles and limited controls for added difficulty.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step programming
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Repeat commands
  • 45-degree turns
  • Obstacle challenges
  • Customizable voice commands
Features
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Blue-Bot is one of the many loved members of the TTS Floor Robot family. The Blue-Bot app enables you to write an algorithm, send it and then Blue-Bot will follow your instructions. There are numerous features, which make writing algorithms both fun and educational. Use explore mode to develop algorithms: Step by step programming. Drag and drop programming. Include repeats to add efficiency. Program 45 degree turns. Challenge mode will add complexity into the algorithm: Blue-Bot will add random obstacles, adding complexity to the algorithm needed One or even two directional buttons can be removed Children can also record themselves saying a command and can assign it to a button on Blue-Bot. As the algorithm progresses, they will hear themselves giving the instructions. Please note to control a Blue-Bot floor robot your device must have Bluetooth.

Screenshots

Shape Up! Lite4 screens
Blue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shape Up! Lite at 100% against Blue's 43%. Shape Up! Lite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.4). Blue's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 34 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shape Up! Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Shape Up! Lite's written reviews are positive against 43% of Blue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shape Up! Lite ships an update every 34 months, Blue every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shape Up! Lite versus Blue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShape Up! LiteBlue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBusy Things LimitedTTS Group Limited

Customer experience

Shape Up! Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blue

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Shape Up! Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Blue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shape Up! Lite free?
Shape Up! Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blue free?
Blue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shape Up! Lite or Blue?
Shape Up! Lite is rated higher. Shape Up! Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Blue averages 3.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Shape Up! Lite or Blue have ads?
Neither Shape Up! Lite nor Blue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shape Up! Lite or Blue?
Shape Up! Lite ships an update every 34 months, and Blue every 3 months. Most recently, Shape Up! Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and Blue on November 1, 2026.

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