Lightbot vs Inch Worm by White Pixels
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.
Inch Worm by White Pixels
This game challenges young players to guide a character home through a series of puzzles. It encourages problem-solving and critical thinking in a safe, non-violent environment. Designed for children, it offers offline play and no in-app purchases.
- Problem-solving challenges
- 72 unique puzzles
- Safe and non-violent gameplay
- Offline play
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases
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Kids develop problem-solving skills by facing challenges, getting stuck, struggling a bit, then finding the solution. A little giggling always helps. Kids lead Inch home, past the cherries, acorns, leaves, snails, ladybugs, and dragonflies. 72 Puzzles. Ages 6+ Inch Worm was designed with kids in mind. It’s safe, non-violent, and ad-free. It runs offline. There are no in-app purchases and no links to outside content. Enjoy the game! Rick Meyers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inch Worm by White Pixels at 100% against Lightbot's 85%. Inch Worm by White Pixels also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). Lightbot's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 12.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Lightbot costs $2.99 and Inch Worm by White Pixels $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Inch Worm by White Pixels holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Lightbot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Inch Worm by White Pixels's.
Lightbot ships an update every 2 months, Inch Worm by White Pixels every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightbot | Inch Worm by White Pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (38 ratings) | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpriteBox LLC | Richard Meyers |
Customer experience
Lightbot
Inch Worm by White Pixels
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
Inch Worm by White Pixels
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lightbot
No in-app purchases
Inch Worm by White Pixels
No in-app purchases
Questions
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