Blockly for Dash & Dot robots vs Misa Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots
Learn coding fundamentals through interactive play with robots. This app uses a visual drag-and-drop interface to create programs for Dash and Dot robots, offering challenges and creative freedom for young learners.
- Visual drag-and-drop coding
- Robot programming challenges
- Create custom robot behaviors
- Learn coding concepts (sequencing, loops, variables)
- Bluetooth connectivity to robots
- Playful storylines and puzzles
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PLEASE NOTE: This app requires a Wonder Workshop robot (Dash or Dot) to play. To find out more, please visit our website: https://www.makewonder.com. This app is FREE to play. Blockly is a visual drag-and-drop programming tool developed by Google that allows children to snap together commands like puzzle pieces. This app includes dozes of coding challenges for kids to tackle. They can also invent their own creations using Blockly to program Dash & Dot! Learn concepts like sequencing, events, loops, algorithms, operations, and variables through self-directed play and guided challenges. A series of puzzles teach the concepts of coding through playful storylines, allowing kids to learn and explore all on their own. Kids can confidently embark on their own coding adventures with their newfound knowledge, a dash of creativity, and robot buddy - Dash. For ages 6 and up. As seen on the New York Times, USA TODAY, WIRED, Engadget, BBC, and more. “Thoroughly absorbing.” - New York Times “Both kids begged me to take out the robots and start playing with them again.” - Business Insider “Wonder Workshop's notion that kids need to learn twenty-first century skills (and can have fun doing it) flips the industry paradigm on its head, putting kids first.” - James Oppenheim "They are designed to encourage kids to explore and be curious while also learning problem solving." - VentureBeat HOW TO PLAY - Connect Dash and/or Dot to the Blockly app using Bluetooth Smart/4 - Start with a sample project or start your own projects from scratch - Navigate Dash through a maze or around the room, using object detection to avoid walls - Dash knows when it's being picked up and moved. Program Dash to sound the alarm when there is a disturbance! - Program Dash to do synchronized dance moves with lights, motion, and sounds If you have any questions or suggestions, we would love to hear from you! Contact us at any time at https://help.makewonder.com. ABOUT WONDER WORKSHOP Wonder Workshop, an award-winning creator of educational toys and applications for children, was founded in 2012 by three parents on a mission to make learning to code meaningful and fun for children. Through open-ended play and learning experiences, we hope to instill a sense of wonder while helping kids develop their creative problem solving skills. We play test with children throughout our product and app development process to make sure our experiences are frustration free and fun. Wonder Workshop takes children's privacy very seriously. Our apps do not include any third-party advertising or collect any personal information. For more details, please see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Privacy Policy: https://www.makewonder.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.makewonder.com/TOS Make Wonder: https://www.makewonder.com/make-wonder
Misa Connect
This app allows you to control a smart, interactive robot designed for families. It can play with children, manage schedules, monitor your home, and facilitate communication through video calls and messages. Engage your child's learning with preloaded educational content and interactive features.
- Remote robot control
- Video calling
- Message sending
- Schedule and routine management
- Home monitoring
- Educational content playback
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Misa is the next generation social family robot. Smart, interactive, and uniquely mobile – Misa can play with your kids, handle your schedule, and keep your home safe. Misa blends into your family and is a Friend, a Teacher, a Helper, a Camera man, a Home maker, an Entertainer and more. With his unique personality and playful nature Misa interacts with the world around it, making it a helpful, fun and unforgettable addition to any household. It can see, hear, teach, speak, relate and help like a personal assistant to daily tasks easier. With the unique parent app, you can move the Misa Robot in the House to monitor Kids, Send Messages, Video Call, Parental Control Functions, Set Alarms, Teach Good Habits, Play Stories, Play Music & Video’s, and much more. Engage your child’s learning with this app and Misa’s onboard voice controls! Misa Robot comes preloaded with thousands of hours of safe and Ad- Free games, books, learning app’s and videos, all from top family brands you know and love such as Little Miss, Garfield, The Moomins, Mr. Bean, Peter Rabbit, Mr. Men and more! Misa’s Online safety and privacy practices have been independently reviewed and certified by kid SAFE COPPA certified Seal. FEATURES: Monitor your Children & House with the Smart Control function on the app move the Misa Robot to patrol your home when you are away. • Send & Receive messages from the app to the device . • Video call using the app and connect with your Misa. • Set healthy routines, Good habits, like clean-up, Sleep Time or brushing your teeth, from your app to Misa • Wish your child Via the Greeting feature on Christmas, Children’s day etc. from the app to Misa • Play Stories, Nursery Rhymes, Lullabies from your app on Misa. • Customize settings and parental controls from your app on Misa . Misa Robotics LLC based in Wilmington, Delaware is on a mission to accelerate quality of life improvement for humans with affordable, and easy-to-use Robotics and Automation products. Misa is widely known for creating the eponymous robot, social robot for the home. Misa is built to interact and communicate with the people around him, and it uses advanced Natural Language Understanding (NLU) along with speech to forge relationships with his family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blockly for Dash & Dot robots at 53% against Misa Connect's 0%. Blockly for Dash & Dot robots also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (168 vs 2). Misa Connect's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blockly for Dash & Dot robots has 168 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Blockly for Dash & Dot robots's written reviews are positive against 0% of Misa Connect's.
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots ships an update every 2 months, Misa Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blockly for Dash & Dot robots | Misa Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (168 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MORAVIA Consulting, spol. s r.o. | I LIFE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LLC |
Customer experience
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots
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In-app purchases
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots
No in-app purchases
Misa Connect
No in-app purchases
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