Spike™ LEGO® Education vs EV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spike™ LEGO® Education
This app facilitates playful STEAM learning for students, designed to work with specific LEGO® Education kits. It helps develop computational thinking through coding, encourages building and experimentation, and supports programming for various projects and competitions.
- Icon-block, word-block, and text-based coding
- Develop computational thinking
- Build, tinker, and experiment with LEGO® creations
- Program and debug designs
- Create stories with LEGO® Minifigures
- Prepare for FIRST® LEGO® League competitions
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Engage every student in playful STEAM learning with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ App. Designed for use with the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Portfolio, the SPIKE App is a powerful tool that helps teachers facilitate engaging, hands-on STEAM learning. When combined with SPIKE Essential or SPIKE Prime, the SPIKE App allows students to: - Develop computational thinking skills using a progression of icon-block, word-block, and text-based coding. - Build, tinker, and experiment - progressing from simple creations to complex structures. - Learn to program, test and tweak designs, debug and optimize, create stories with LEGO® Minifigures, prepare for FIRST® LEGO® League competitions, and more! *** IMPORTANT*** This is not a standalone educational app. This app is used to program LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential and LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime, which are sold separately. Please contact your local LEGO Education reseller for further information. LEARN MORE: LEGOeducation.com/Teacher-resources For app support, contact LEGO® Education at https://support.legoeducation.com. LEGO, the LEGO logo and the SPIKE logo are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. FIRST® LEGO® League is a jointly held trademark of FIRST® and the LEGO Group. ©2026 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.
EV
This educational tool allows users to control a BBC micro:bit via Bluetooth. It offers features for robot movement, robotic arm control, and a general-purpose button. Integrated documentation guides users on how to connect and utilize it with the micro:bit.
- Bluetooth control for BBC micro:bit
- Robot movement control
- Robotic arm control
- General purpose button
- Integrated documentation
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EV-micro:bit is a very useful educational tool that used generally to control BBC micro:bit through bluetooth. This version contains three parts: robot movement control, robotic arm control and additional button for general purpose. Also it contains app datasheet(Documentation) to teach you how can integrate it with BBC micro:bit. Enjoy with EV-micro:bit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spike™ LEGO® Education at 4.7 against EV's 1.7. Spike™ LEGO® Education also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 3). EV's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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.
Spike™ LEGO® Education holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spike™ LEGO® Education has 3.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Spike™ LEGO® Education | EV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better | 1.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LEGO Education | Engineering Village LLC |
Customer experience
Spike™ LEGO® Education
EV
Bugs and requests
Spike™ LEGO® Education
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bluetooth connection issues
- Unable to flash hub or connect
- Incompatibility with programs written in previous version
Requested features
5 requests- Hub-to-hub control
- RC features
- Merge Inventor app into one
- Add more color options for color sensor
- Bring back Python coding support
EV
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spike™ LEGO® Education
No in-app purchases
EV
No in-app purchases
Questions
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