Go for Dash & Dot Robots vs Osmo Squiggle Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Go for Dash & Dot Robots
Control and program your Dash or Dot robot to complete missions, act out stories, and explore the world. This app is the starting point for learning coding and playing with these interactive robots. Designed for children aged 5 and up.
- Full robot control
- Program lights and sounds
- Set robot personalities
- Complete missions
- Explore the world with robots
- Learn coding basics
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PLEASE NOTE: This app requires a Wonder Workshop robot - Dash or Dot - and a supported Bluetooth Smart/4/LE-enabled device to play. To find out more, please visit our website: https://www.makewonder.com or an Apple Store (US, Canada). This app is FREE to play. Whew! Dash & Dot have traveled the seas and finally arrived at your doorstep. Now it’s your mission to show them how to play! Get full control of Dash & Dot with the Go app. Send Dash on missions to deliver messages, use Dot to act out storybook characters, and go out and explore the world together. Ready, set, Go! This app is just the beginning of coding and playing with Dash & Dot. For ages 5 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 Go app using Bluetooth Smart/4 - Make Dash & Dot your own by setting their personalities and names - Discover how Dash moves with full directional control and multiple speed settings - Program the lights to display an array of colors and patterns - Make Dash & Dot play fun sounds and animations 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
Osmo Squiggle Magic
Bring your drawings to life with interactive game pieces. This app fosters creativity, cognitive skills, and pre-drawing abilities through hands-on play. Designed for young children, it offers a fun and engaging learning experience.
- Create with physical sticks and rings
- Watch creations come alive on screen
- Develop cognitive skills
- Foster creativity and pre-drawing skills
- Hands-on learning experience
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Create anything you want using sticks & rings and then watch them come alive! Develop cognitive, creative, social and emotional skills with our game pieces designed for little hands. Foster creativity and pre-drawing skills, through this fun-filled exploration. *Play your favourite Osmo Squiggle Magic on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the Osmo Base for iPad and Squiggle Magic Silicone Sticks & Rings pieces - each can be found at playosmo.com. *Requires the Osmo Base for iPad and Silicone Sticks & Rings pieces. Learn more by visiting www.playosmo.com. *Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 ABOUT OSMO -- 21ST CENTURY PLAY AND LEARNING Osmo uses 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 intelligence technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Go for Dash & Dot Robots at free against Osmo Squiggle Magic's free with in-app purchases. Go for Dash & Dot Robots also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 41%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Osmo Squiggle Magic's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Go for Dash & Dot Robots against 4.0 for Osmo Squiggle Magic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 158 and 196 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Go for Dash & Dot Robots's written reviews are positive against 41% of Osmo Squiggle Magic's.
Go for Dash & Dot Robots ships an update every 3 months, Osmo Squiggle Magic every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go for Dash & Dot Robots | Osmo Squiggle Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (158 ratings) — better | 4.0 (196 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 158 | 196 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 588 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MORAVIA Consulting, spol. s r.o. | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Go for Dash & Dot Robots
Osmo Squiggle Magic
Bugs and requests
Go for Dash & Dot Robots
Reported bugs
10 issues- Eye light menu gets smaller
- Internet connection issues for ideas
- App takes long to load
- Green background on launch
- Power button light is bothersome
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- Cannot connect to Bluetooth
- App doesn't run on new phones
- Cannot get robot to update
- Cannot connect to robots
- App doesn't work on iPad 2
Requested features
11 requests- Bring back discontinued robots (Dot, Cue)
- Add camera functionality to see where Dash is going
- Allow typing commands instead of voice
- Add a camera to take pictures
- See what the robot sees on the device
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- User forum
- Upload/record own sounds
- Desktop version of the app
- Sound recording options
- Battery indicator
- Update for latest iOS
Osmo Squiggle Magic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Go for Dash & Dot Robots
No in-app purchases
Osmo Squiggle Magic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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