Comparison

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots vs TumbleBooks

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

TumbleBooks

This app provides access to a digital library of children's books, offering a safe and contained reading environment. It simplifies access for multiple users with a single sign-on and is available to all subscribers.

Highlights
  • Access TumbleBookLibrary subscription
  • Single sign-on for multiple devices
  • Self-contained reading environment
  • Easy installation and use
  • Offline access (implied by single sign-on for months)
Features
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Access your school or library's TumbleBookLibrary subscription from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the new TumbleBooksToGo app! TumbleBookLibrary subscribers can download and install the app on all of their devices! They'll be signed in for months with a single sign-on per device! All you need is a device and an internet connection. No more time wasted in helping a whole class of four-year-olds signs in! Now everyone can access it with a single tap! No more worry that your kids might navigate away from TumbleBookLibrary in the open internet browser! The TumbleBookLibrary app works like our mobile site and is entirely self-contained. It's simple to install, simple to use, and available to all subscribers! Please get in touch with your school/library for a username/password.

Screenshots

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots4 screens
TumbleBooks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blockly for Dash & Dot robots at 4.3 against TumbleBooks's 3.8. Blockly for Dash & Dot robots also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 18%) and ratings volume (172 vs 21). TumbleBooks's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blockly for Dash & Dot robots has 172 ratings behind it against 21, 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 18% of TumbleBooks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots ships an update every 2 months, TumbleBooks every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots versus TumbleBooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlockly for Dash & Dot robotsTumbleBooks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (172 ratings) — better3.8 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews — better18.3% of reviews
Number of ratings172 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMORAVIA Consulting, spol. s r.o.TumbleBooks Inc.

Customer experience

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots

All ratings168 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative34.8%

TumbleBooks

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive18.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative76.3%

Bugs and requests

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

TumbleBooks

Reported bugs

163 issues
  • Unable to login with library card
  • Login problem
  • Did not let me sign in
  • It does not work
  • Tumble Mobile Is Broken
Show 158 more
  • Can’t login
  • App won’t accept username/password
  • Just no
  • Library list does not appear
  • Can’t login!!
  • Logging in please wait and it never really logged in
  • Thanks for the meltdown
  • Basically nothing worked
  • You can’t read the full book
  • Hard to get in
  • Only read 1 page then it said thank you
  • Issues trying to log on
  • Crashes all the time
  • Wont even open now
  • Not letting me start the video or zoom in
  • Who puts out crap like this
  • Can’t get in
  • Tarable
  • Kicked me out
  • Baaaaaaaaaaad
  • Just no
  • Nothing loads
  • Page just stays blank
  • Books never load
  • Logging in is bugged
  • Ceps on glitching me to da homescreen
  • Can’t log in!!!
  • Doesn’t have the List of Libraries to select from
  • Gives me an error message
  • Ceps crashing
  • It’s the WORST
  • Login failure
  • App consistently fails to login
  • It worked at one point and never worked again
  • Not working app
  • The books don’t load
  • Not downloading!
  • Can’t login
  • It freezes
  • Website and app don’t work on iPad
  • Books won’t load
  • Can’t get passed the login
  • Keep getting an error
  • App fails to deliver
  • Cannot get into the app
  • Kicked me back to my home screen
  • Clunky
  • Typing is so teeny
  • Doesn’t seem like it was developed to work on phones
  • Hard to navigate
  • Difficult to get back to the homepage
  • Can’t login!!
  • No way to enter my library name
  • Terrible for iPad
  • Failed to log in
  • Doesn’t work
  • Unable to log in- app is worthless
  • Every time I would turn it on it would not work
  • Can’t even open app
  • Hangs up all the time
  • Does not work, at all
  • I NEVER CAN LOGIN
  • AWFUL DONT GET
  • Shuts Down
  • As soon as I open the app it shuts down
  • Flickers
  • Goes dark
  • Back to my home screen
  • Unable to login
  • Can’t use it
  • Doesn’t show Charlotte Mecklenburg library in the drop down
  • Login screen itself does not work
  • Worked 3min then nonresponding
  • Crashed every time
  • Not able to remember the login
  • Error message for login
  • App is great...when it lets you log in
  • Cool
  • Can’t sign in to read
  • Can you fix it ?
  • lol
  • Can’t play videos any more
  • No longer can read
  • App gets hung up
  • Never plays
  • Cannot log on
  • Constantly crashing
  • Can’t log in
  • Login simply fails every time
  • Can’t login
  • Barcodes squares to scan to login but no where is that an option
  • How do I login ?
  • Error couldn't sign in
  • Never able to sign in
  • Kept getting an error
  • Hi
  • Username baythorn and the password is Books
  • Unable to login. Error message
  • Can’t log in, tried two different library cards
  • App just crashes now
  • See the splash screen and then the app crashes
  • Horrible
  • Huge mistake
  • You have to have your school or library subscribe to it
  • Can’t get in
  • Cannot log in
  • With my library card number!
  • Several others have had the same issue
  • Please fix it!
  • Doesn’t work!
  • Will not let me log in
  • After I select my library and enter library barcode!
  • Very very frustrating!
  • The app keeps logging out
  • Can’t put in Library name
  • Unable to pull up the list of libraries
  • Unable to login
  • Keeps giving me an error
  • Log in error
  • Can’t log in!
  • Keeps saying log in error
  • Very annoying!
  • Can’t login
  • List will not pop up for entering the library
  • Therefore I cannot login
  • Unable to log in
  • Selected my library and entered my library card
  • Can’t log in
  • Why???!!!
  • Awful
  • Unable to login
  • Unable to select local library
  • Unable to read books
  • Crashing at log in
  • Worked great for a while
  • Now it's crashing when trying to log in
  • Ridiculously Inept
  • Takes so long to download
  • Doesn't work
  • Doesn't accept login
  • Needs work
  • Doesn't accept my login even though it works fine in a web browser
  • Please fix it
  • Can't log in
  • Family
  • Great when it works
  • Can no longer login since June bug fix!
  • Doesn't work
  • Trying to login but keep having error msg !
  • Doesn't work
  • Won't recognize my password
  • Needs lots work
  • Issue flipping pages
  • Going to the next page
  • Couldn't get to the next page
  • No next page arrow or button
  • Disappointing
  • Please fix it quickly

Requested features

7 requests
  • Offline reading feature
  • Filter for age-appropriate books
  • Adjustable speed for audio read-alongs
  • Option to not require sign-in
  • Improve usability
Show 2 more
  • Order books by grade level
  • Fix page flipping and navigation

In-app purchases

None

Blockly for Dash & Dot robots

No in-app purchases

None

TumbleBooks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blockly for Dash & Dot robots free?
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TumbleBooks free?
TumbleBooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blockly for Dash & Dot robots or TumbleBooks?
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots is rated higher. Blockly for Dash & Dot robots averages 4.3 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while TumbleBooks averages 3.8 from 21 ratings.
Do Blockly for Dash & Dot robots or TumbleBooks have ads?
Neither Blockly for Dash & Dot robots nor TumbleBooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blockly for Dash & Dot robots or TumbleBooks?
Blockly for Dash & Dot robots ships an update every 2 months, and TumbleBooks every 2 weeks. Most recently, Blockly for Dash & Dot robots was updated on November 6, 2026 and TumbleBooks on November 6, 2026.

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