Comparison

Lightbot vs Angle Explorer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Programming logic puzzles
  • Robot guidance with commands
  • Teaches procedures, loops, conditionals
  • 50 levels and 20 challenge stars
  • Multiplayer progress tracking
  • Multiple language support
Features
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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.

About

Angle Explorer

A puzzle game that tests your math skills. Solve geometric challenges by recalling school math lessons, sometimes requiring paper and pencil for complex calculations. Progress through increasing difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Mathematical challenges
  • Geometric puzzles
  • Difficulty progression
  • Recall school math
  • Paper and pencil calculations
Features
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This puzzle game features difficulty levels that are determined by mathematical challenges. Recall the math lessons you learned in school to find the answers. Sometimes, you may even need to use paper and pencil for calculations.

Screenshots

Lightbot4 screens
Angle Explorer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightbot at 85% against Angle Explorer's 0%. Lightbot also leads on iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 12.0). Angle Explorer's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Lightbot costs $2.99 and Angle Explorer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lightbot versus Angle Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightbotAngle Explorer
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpriteBox LLCI.D.P.

Customer experience

Lightbot

All ratings38 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive84.7%
Neutral5.1%
Negative10.2%

Angle Explorer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Angle Explorer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lightbot

No in-app purchases

None

Angle Explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightbot free?
Lightbot costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Angle Explorer free?
Angle Explorer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lightbot or Angle Explorer have ads?
Neither Lightbot nor Angle Explorer shows ads.

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