Comparison

Blox 3D Junior vs Sprout Valley

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

Head to head
About

Blox 3D Junior

This app allows children to design and print 3D models using simple tap and double-tap gestures. It includes an interactive teaching mode with guided lessons and augmented reality features to visualize creations. Kids can also add stickers, create animated movies, and share their designs.

Highlights
  • Intuitive 3D model creation
  • Interactive step-by-step teaching mode
  • Augmented reality visualization
  • 3D printing export
  • Sticker customization
  • Animated movie creation
  • Sharing options
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**2 Million downloads on iOS** **Featured by Apple in Creativity Top Ten** **Featured in Purdue University's Engineering Guide for Kids** **4 Star rating from "Common Sense Media"** Blox 3D Junior lets kids build and print 3D models in a simple and intuitive manner. Create beautiful objects using tap to create and double tap to delete. **New** Teaching Mode allows kids to build models interactively step by step with 3 hours of content. See your creations in the real world using Augmented Reality and 3D print them for amazing real world results! * Since 2014, kids have built over 3.5 million models and it has been used by hundreds of teachers worldwide. * Add stickers for eyes or cool patterns in a simple, intuitive manner and send off your creations to be printed. * Teaching Mode, Lesson plans and demo videos bundled in the app give teachers and kids hours of exercises to do, from 3d Modelling to Augmented Reality and 3D Printing for real world toys. * Sharing option allows kids to create cool animated movies of their creations and share them via email or iMessage.

About

Sprout Valley

Step back from busy life and grow your dream garden in this charming farming simulator. Play as a cute cat, find friends, and uncover secrets while gathering resources, crafting, and exploring new islands. Enjoy a captivating story and a hand-crafted experience.

Highlights
  • Grow crops and forage fruits
  • Gather resources from nature
  • Craft and furnish your island
  • Travel to other islands
  • Experience a cute story with dialogues
  • Procedurally generated levels
Features
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Sprout Valley is a charming farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience. You play as the main character, cute cat Nico, who tries to find a peaceful place to live in. Nico will find friends along the way and discover interesting events. Help him to learn what secrets Ostara holds. The goal will be to gather resources and improve your island life. You can grow the plants and harvest the environment for additional resources. You can sell and buy resources you have gathered. Use your tools to accomplish your goal of living a peaceful life with harmony and nature. Levels are procedurally generated, so there are virtually endless combinations. Each level has a "seed" and in future can be shared with other players to recreate islands and share them across the player base. There is a dynamic weather system in place to bring some dynamics to the world environment. There will be some additional mechanics that are connected to the weather like the ground getting wet when it rains, etc. The game has many fantastic events that tie to weather or the daytime. Key Features — Turn your overgrown island into a lovely farm! Raise crops, forage fruits, gather resources from nature. — Craft and furnish your island. Make your island your own, personal hideout. — Travel to another islands. Sail to other unknown parts of the world. Who knows what adventures await you there! — Dialogues and cute story. Meet our cute characters and experience the story together. — Over 15 hours of story mode

Screenshots

Blox 3D Junior3 screens
Sprout Valley4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sprout Valley at Free against Blox 3D Junior's $8.99. Sprout Valley also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). Blox 3D Junior's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 44%) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Sprout Valley is free to download; Blox 3D Junior costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sprout Valley holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blox 3D Junior has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Blox 3D Junior's written reviews are positive against 44% of Sprout Valley's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blox 3D Junior ships an update every 9 months, Sprout Valley every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Blox 3D Junior versus Sprout Valley: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlox 3D JuniorSprout Valley
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews — better43.6% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArjun GupteVadzim Liakhovich

Customer experience

Blox 3D Junior

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative10.0%

Sprout Valley

All ratings54 ratings
Positive53.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative37.0%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive43.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative42.7%

Bugs and requests

Blox 3D Junior

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App not working well on iPhone
  • Program constructs blocks instead of deleting
  • Cannot delete old plays or start new ones
  • No settings or menu options to save or start over
  • Undeliverable email addresses for customer service

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add difficulty levels for different age groups
  • Implement a clear button to start fresh
  • Add example models for kids to follow
  • Allow rotation up and down
  • Improve main menu storage system
Show 3 more
  • Consider Apple Education volume purchasing discount
  • Add a specific add/break button
  • Option to change camera from isometric to perspective

Sprout Valley

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Blox 3D Junior

No in-app purchases

None

Sprout Valley

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blox 3D Junior free?
Blox 3D Junior costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sprout Valley free?
Sprout Valley is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blox 3D Junior or Sprout Valley?
Sprout Valley is rated higher. Blox 3D Junior averages 3.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Sprout Valley averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blox 3D Junior or Sprout Valley have ads?
Neither Blox 3D Junior nor Sprout Valley shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blox 3D Junior or Sprout Valley?
Blox 3D Junior ships an update every 9 months, and Sprout Valley every 2 weeks. Most recently, Blox 3D Junior was updated on November 13, 2026 and Sprout Valley on November 12, 2026.

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