Comparison

Bee vs Rast Education

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Directional language practice
  • Programming sequences
  • Forward, backward, left, right turns
  • Curriculum expansion
  • Optimized for game play
  • Suitable for ages 4+
Features
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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!

About

Rast Education

This app provides a unified platform for parents, students, and school staff to manage daily school activities. It facilitates communication, tracks academic progress, handles attendance, and offers real-time updates on school events and bus locations.

Highlights
  • Attendance tracking and absence requests
  • Grades and report card access
  • Homework and timetable management
  • Fee and payment history
  • Real-time bus tracking
  • Direct messaging with teachers
  • Class feed and school news
Features
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Rast Education connects families with their children's school in one place. Accounts are created by the school - there is no public sign-up. A family signs in with a family code issued by the school. FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS • Day-by-day attendance, and requesting an absence in advance • Grades and report cards, once the school has released them • Homework, class timetable and exam schedule • Fees, invoices and payment history • Follow the school bus on a map while it is on its route • Message teachers and the office directly, with voice notes and attachments • The class feed: posts, photos and activity albums • Circulars, school news and the school calendar • Booking parent-teacher meeting slots • Meal menu and the school library • Nurse visits recorded by the school nurse • Instant notifications about your own children FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF • Take the daily register - it works with no signal and sends automatically once you are back online • Enter grades and homework, and share lesson plans and teaching resources • Message parents and run the class feed • Staff clock-in and leave requests • Tools for heads of department and management LANGUAGES Arabic • English • Kurdish, with full right-to-left support. PRIVACY No adverts, no selling of data, no marketing use. Student data belongs to the school and is managed through it. Location is collected from staff devices only, for two things: recording a staff member's clock-in at school, and sharing the bus position while a driver is running a route so families can follow the bus. Only the bus route uses location in the background, and the driver sees a clear disclosure before any permission is requested. Parents' and students' locations are never collected. A guardian can ask, inside the app, for their account to be closed: Profile > Request to leave. The school reviews the request, and on approval the sign-in account is closed. The pupil's school record stays with the school, as its own rules require. Privacy policy: https://sms-schools.com/privacy Data requests: https://sms-schools.com/data-deletion SUPPORT Contact your school office for a family code or help signing in.

Screenshots

Bee4 screens
Rast Education4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rast Education at every 3 days against Bee's every 4 months. Bee's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bee holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 23 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bee ships an update every 4 months, Rast Education every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bee versus Rast Education: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeRast Education
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (47 ratings) — better3.3 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTTS Group LimitedSami Abdullah

Customer experience

Bee

All ratings47 ratings
Positive61.7%
Neutral12.8%
Negative25.5%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral15.6%
Negative33.3%

Rast Education

All ratings23 ratings
Positive56.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative43.5%

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

Rast Education

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bee

No in-app purchases

None

Rast Education

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bee free?
Bee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rast Education free?
Rast Education is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bee or Rast Education?
Bee is rated higher. Bee averages 3.7 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Rast Education averages 3.3 from 23 ratings.
Do Bee or Rast Education have ads?
Neither Bee nor Rast Education shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bee or Rast Education?
Bee ships an update every 4 months, and Rast Education every 3 days. Most recently, Bee was updated on November 1, 2026 and Rast Education on November 6, 2026.

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