Lightbot Jr vs Osmo Tangram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightbot Jr
Introduce young children to programming concepts through engaging puzzles. Players guide characters to solve challenges using sequencing, debugging, and loops, fostering a foundational understanding of computer science. Supports multiple players and languages.
- Sequencing instructions
- Debugging problems
- Creating reusable procedures
- Executing loops
- 42 challenging levels
- Multiple player profiles
- Multilingual support
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Apple Features, in over 100 countries: *Best New Apps and Games* *Best for Learning to Code* *Best in Hot Educational Games* It's never too early to start programming! Lightbot Junior gets your little ones 'coding' within minutes! Lightbot Junior is specifically designed for ages 4-8, and is an easier version of the popular Lightbot: featuring a gentler learning curve and not-as-complex puzzles. You can play as Boybot or Girlbot as you solve puzzles that use game mechanics that are based on Computer Science ideas; Lightbot Junior cultivates a real understanding of sequencing instructions, debugging problems, creating reusable procedures and executing loops. Educators around the world are choosing to use Lightbot first when introducing their students to programming, coding and Computer Science. Lightbot Junior features 42 levels. This version 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 Junior.
Osmo Tangram
This app reinvents a classic puzzle game with a hands-on, interactive approach. Arrange physical tangram pieces to solve on-screen challenges, developing spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. Explore diverse puzzles and bring your creations to life.
- Physical tangram pieces
- On-screen puzzle matching
- Spatial reasoning development
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Creative shape building
- Interactive learning experience
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A timeless game reinvented in a hands-on, interactive way! In Osmo Genius Tangram, arrange physical tangram pieces to match on-screen puzzles. It’s a great way to exercise spatial and visual problem-solving skills. Start thinking with shapes! Animals, spaceships, people and more — there’s so much to create. Through a variety of puzzles, challenge yourself through multiple levels of difficulty and watch your creations come to life on screen! Play your favorite Osmo Genius Tangram on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the Osmo Base for iPad and Genius game hardware - each can be found at playosmo.com. * Requires the Osmo Base and Osmo Tangram Pieces. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Genius Starter Kit or Osmo Genius Tangram. Learn more at playosmo.com. * Other Osmo Genius Starter Kit games Masterpiece and Newton are not available on iPhone today, they will be released in the next month or two, so keep your eyes peeled! * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 "This interplay between the physical and digital realms looks and feels like magic." - Forbes "Osmo has been a revolution in our family." - Wired Winner of the toy industry's top awards: **Best Design** - Good Design, 2016 **Best Product Designs** - Fast Company Finalist, 2016 **Innovative Toy of the Year** - TOTY Finalist, 2015 **Best Inventions** - TIME, 2014 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 price: Osmo Tangram at Free against Lightbot Jr's $2.99. Osmo Tangram also leads on ratings volume (166 vs 11). Lightbot Jr's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 56%) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). On rating, 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
Osmo Tangram is free to download; Lightbot Jr costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Lightbot Jr against 4.1 for Osmo Tangram. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Tangram has 166 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Lightbot Jr's written reviews are positive against 56% of Osmo Tangram's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightbot Jr | Osmo Tangram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (11 ratings) — better | 4.1 (166 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 166 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #192 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 501 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpriteBox LLC | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Lightbot Jr
Osmo Tangram
In-app purchases
Lightbot Jr
No in-app purchases
Osmo Tangram
No in-app purchases
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