Cargo vs Odd Bot Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cargo
A brain-challenging puzzle game where players program a robot to move crates. It's designed to help users learn fundamental programming concepts through engaging gameplay and beautiful graphics.
- Robot programming puzzles
- Learn programming concepts
- Beautiful graphics
- Fiendish puzzles
- Record and share solutions
- Programmed on iPad
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Over one million people have enjoyed Cargo-Bot! The puzzle game that challenges your brain and helps you learn programming concepts. Cargo-Bot is the first game programmed entirely on iPad® using Codea It's a puzzle game where you teach a robot how to move crates. Sounds simple, right? Try it out! • Beautiful graphics • Fiendish puzzles • A game about programming, programmed entirely on iPad • Record your solutions and share them on YouTube • Learn more about how it was made by searching for Codea on the App Store
Odd Bot Out
Guide a unique robot to escape a factory using creative contraptions. Solve physics-based puzzles by building bridges, designing vehicles, and manipulating electrical circuits. Enjoy a non-violent, creative gameplay experience with 100 challenging levels.
- 100 unique puzzle levels
- Building blocks and physics puzzles
- Design and drive vehicles
- Electrical circuit manipulation
- Creative and non-violent gameplay
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Odd is not like the other robots. After failing a standardized test, Odd ends up in the recycling bin. Help Odd escape the robot factory using building blocks, electricity, and physics! Each level in this contraption puzzle game presents a new challenge. Build a bridge across a (small) abyss. Design and drive an unsafe car. And ride a robotic centipede, like you always wanted to. Features: - 100 unique and puzzling levels - Wheels, motors, circuits, and other building blocks - Stress free, creative, non-violent game play
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Odd Bot Out at 4.5 against Cargo's 3.6. Odd Bot Out also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (359 vs 27). Cargo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment and iOS requirement 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. Odd Bot Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cargo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Odd Bot Out holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Odd Bot Out has 359 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Cargo's written reviews are positive against 85% of Odd Bot Out's.
Cargo ships an update every 30 months, Odd Bot Out every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cargo | Odd Bot Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (27 ratings) | 4.5 (359 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 359 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Two Lives Left | Fancade |
Customer experience
Cargo
Odd Bot Out
User reviews
Cargo
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Epic
- 👍 Tricky logical game
- 👍 Excellent game!
- 👍 Good accessible programming game
- 👍 Genius!
Room to improve
- 🐛 I AM SO MAD AT THE DEVELOPER AND THE GAME!!!!
- 🐛 The game is bad
- 🐛 The update deleted my save!
- 🐛 App Support
- 🐛 Teaches bad programming practices
Odd Bot Out
From 359 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive gameplay
- 🤖 Cute and charming robot character
- 🎨 Elegant and minimalist design
- 💡 Unique physics-based puzzles
- 🕹️ Engaging and challenging levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Limited camera view
- 🔊 Lack of audio controls
- 🧱 Imbalanced difficulty curve
Bugs and requests
Cargo
Reported bugs
4 issues- Come together 2 hard mode crashes when I complete it in 8 step... wants you to stack 7 blocks but stashes when you do!!
- App froze while I was doing the tutorial. Still frozen each time I open it.
- ERROR: Parameters dt = random numbers. (about 1.6) OUTPUT: TEST TEST error: [string " -- StagePhysics.lua..":97: attempt to index local 'info' (a nil value) Pausing playback
- Infinite loop issue, recursion does not work correctly
Requested features
13 requests- Add a prog 5?
- Create your own level thing added in
- Saving multiple solutions, version control of unsolved puzzles, & saving off a set of instructions for reuse (building libraries of moves that are easy to reference in other puzzles)
- Settings to disable the sounds/music while letting background music play
- A button to simply change the "best solution" criteria
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- Updating the game or downloading "content" updates when new solutions are found
- An option in Settings to include a link to the video with the best solution displayed
- More explications... Per exemple, why a left arrow on the last sqarre of prog2 bring the claw automaticly to the leftmost colum no matter where your claw is???
- A reset levels button so you can use it with other users in a school
- A break function to stop infinite loops
- A tutorial about how to do the tutorial?
- A way to see the best solution for a level
- Multiple player profiles or even reset the game
Odd Bot Out
Reported bugs
3 issues- Level 97 - unable to move blocks
- Level 85 - impossible to complete
- Freezing issue on level 99
Requested features
4 requests- Sandbox/level editor mode
- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip difficult levels
- Customization options for the robot
In-app purchases
Cargo
No in-app purchases
Odd Bot Out
- Odd Bot Out Premium$3.99
