Lightbot vs Osmo Coding Awbie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightbot
This game teaches programming logic through engaging puzzles. Players guide a robot using commands to solve levels, fostering an understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals. It's an excellent introduction to coding for kids and puzzle enthusiasts.
- Programming logic puzzles
- Robot guidance with commands
- Teaches procedures, loops, conditionals
- 50 levels and 20 challenge stars
- Multiplayer progress tracking
- Multiple language support
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Featured by Apple in over 100 countries *Best New Apps and Games* *Best for Learning to Code* *Best in Hot Educational Games* Get kids hooked on coding within minutes! Lightbot is a programming puzzle game- a game whose game mechanics require using programming logic to solve levels. Simply guiding a robot to light up tiles and solve levels using commands, Lightbot cultivates a real understanding of procedures, loops, and conditionals. Educators around the world are choosing to use Lightbot first when introducing their students to programming, coding and Computer Science. Lightbot features 50 levels and 20 challenge stars to collect and is a must-have for puzzle enthusiasts. This version of Lightbot can be played in English, French, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Slovenian, Romanian, Indonesian, German, Polish, Danish, Croatian, Dutch, Slovak, Czech, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Thai, Hindi, Swedish, Finnish and Hungarian! Just hit the associated flag icon on the main screen to select a language. Lightbot features multiple save slots and separate progress tracking for multiple players. Multiple players can advance at their own pace in their own save slot, and also compete on number of levels finished, number of stars collected and number of overall commands used to complete the game. There are NO in-app purchases in Lightbot.
Osmo Coding Awbie
This app introduces children to coding through a fun, interactive adventure. Players use physical blocks to program a character's journey, combining tangible play with screen time to learn problem-solving and logic skills.
- Learn coding with physical blocks
- Interactive screen-based gameplay
- Program character's journey
- Develop problem-solving skills
- Teaches logic and computational thinking
- Hands-on learning experience
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Ready for a tree-shaking, strawbie-munching adventure? In Osmo’s Coding Awbie, kids use physical blocks of code to program a wondrous journey for Awbie, a playful character who loves delicious strawbies. Combining tangible blocks with interactive screen time, Coding Awbie is the easiest way to introduce your kids to coding. Winner of the toy industry's top awards: **Parent's Choice Gold Award, 2016** **Oppenheim Best Toy, Platinum Award, 2016** "It enables children to learn computational thinking" - Forbes "Osmo’s blocks are like LEGO for coding" - Engadget "…for young children, one of the best is Osmo Coding" - The Wall Street Journal Coding Awbie teaches problem-solving and logic skills. It helps kids succeed in an increasingly digital world. Osmo Coding Awbie is the easiest way to learn the basics of programming. * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightbot at 85% against Osmo Coding Awbie's 37%. Lightbot also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 15.0). Osmo Coding Awbie's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (450 vs 38). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Osmo Coding Awbie is free to download; Lightbot costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lightbot holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Coding Awbie has 450 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Lightbot's written reviews are positive against 37% of Osmo Coding Awbie's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightbot | Osmo Coding Awbie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (38 ratings) — better | 3.9 (450 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 37.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 305 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpriteBox LLC | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Lightbot
Osmo Coding Awbie
User reviews
Lightbot
From 38 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning programming
- 💡 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🧠 Thought-provoking puzzles
- 👨👩👧👦 Good for kids and adults
- ✨ Well-designed and polished
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- ⏳ Game is too short
- ❌ Difficulty spikes
- 🎧 Cannot listen to music while playing
- 🐞 Some levels have bugs
Osmo Coding Awbie
From 450 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging learning experience
- 💡 Great introduction to coding concepts
- 🚀 Kinetic, hands-on approach
- 🤗 Enjoyable for kids
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- ⚠️ Compatibility issues with newer devices
- 🕰️ Levels completed too quickly
- 🤖 Unreliable image recognition
Bugs and requests
Lightbot
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes on open/startup
- App crashes during gameplay/levels
- Conditional level 2 bug
- Play button covers code in Conditional level
- Not loading due to iOS version
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- English levels not working on iPod 4th gen
- Crashing on 4th gen iPod/iPad
Requested features
8 requests- More levels
- Puzzle editor/user-created levels
- Hint system
- Ability to listen to music while playing
- Unlockable content/robot customization
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- More reward for completing challenges
- More levels to reinforce concepts
- Solutions page
Osmo Coding Awbie
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes during gameplay
- Coding blocks not recognized properly
- Incorrect path detection and character movement
- Syncing and progress issues across devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to create custom games
- Improved camera support for tablet cases
- Better error handling and troubleshooting
In-app purchases
Lightbot
No in-app purchases
Osmo Coding Awbie
No in-app purchases
Questions
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