Bee vs Color Band
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bee
This app allows children to practice directional language and programming sequences. It's designed for enjoyable gameplay, helping to expand computer science lessons and other curriculum areas for young learners.
- Directional language practice
- Programming sequences
- Forward, backward, left, right turns
- Curriculum expansion
- Optimized for game play
- Suitable for ages 4+
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The Bee-Bot® App from TTS is based on our well-loved and award winning Bee-Bot® floor robot. The App makes use of Bee-Bot’s key functionality and enables children to improve their skills in directional language, programming sequences of forwards, backwards, left and right 90 degree turns. Enabling for the expansion of your Primary Computer Science lessons using Bee-Bot®, the brand new Bee-Bot® App expands students learning into other relevant curriculum areas. Created with children in mind the Bee-Bot® App has been optimised for enjoyable game play of children aged 4 and above. We would love to hear which additional levels would benefit your lessons! Get in touch with us on Instagram at tts_computing or Facebook!
Color Band
Create art and music by "painting" with sounds in mid-air using your device's camera. Explore over 80 interactive colors, each with a unique sound, and bring your creations to life with touch or automatic playback. Features include a sound sandbox, art creation tools, and an interactive character.
- Mid-air sound painting with camera motion control
- Over 80 interactive colors with unique sounds
- Sound sandbox and art creation tool
- Record custom sounds
- Touch and automatic playback modes
- Interactive character playback
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Have you ever dreamt of painting a picture with sounds? Play sounds without even tounching the iPad? Now the dream comes true with ColorBand !! ColorBand not only allows you to play sounds in mid air using the iPads built in camera but is also a complete sound sandbox and art creation tool packed full of fun for you and your kids. We all know children love to create and ColorBand gives them the tools to let their imaginations run free. This is the perfect way to introduce the young ones to music creation and art. Painting will never be the same! Over 80 different interactive colors. Each one with a unique sound that represents an instrument or an effect. After you've finished your drawing, play it using the iPads built in camera, by touch, or by automatic playback. You can also have ColorBands cute mascot bunny "Lalabee" dance along to your creations. Your kids will love it !! - Interactive canvas with easy to use tools. - 80+ professional recorded instruments and sound effects. - Record your own sounds. - Camera based motion-control. - Touch and auto playback mode. - Play with interactive character- Lalabee. Welcome to ColorBand! Learn more at: LND-games.com Follow us on Twitter: @LNDGames Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/LNDGames Subscribe on Youtube: youtube.com/user/ColorBandApp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Bee at free against Color Band's free with in-app purchases. Bee also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Color Band's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 51%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Bee against 3.7 for Color Band. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 72 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Bee's written reviews are positive against 73% of Color Band's.
Bee ships an update every 4 months, Color Band monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Bee | Color Band |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (47 ratings) — better | 3.7 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 5.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TTS Group Limited | Ting-Wei Liu |
Customer experience
Bee
Color Band
Bugs and requests
Bee
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes when reaching level objectives (flower, eggs)
- App crashes on level 2 and level 3
- Controls unresponsive - pressing buttons twice executes wrong commands
- Directional controls inverted or reversed
- App closes unexpectedly on iPadOS
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- Cannot open app - keeps closing on startup
- Settings icon causes app to crash
- Steps/commands not visible during gameplay
- App quits during introductory game
- Level progression not recorded after completion
- iOS 13+ compatibility issues
Requested features
9 requests- New levels (Space, Disco, Dinosaur, Eco themes) - long awaited
- Home/Reset button to return bee to starting position
- Display code chain/command sequence on screen
- Ability to edit and correct programming mistakes
- More challenging levels for older age groups
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- Timed levels like in older version
- Sound effects restoration
- Higher resolution graphics
- Additional levels beyond current four worlds
Color Band
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bee
No in-app purchases
Color Band
No in-app purchases
