Comparison

Inventioneers Full Version vs SpriteBox Coding

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

Head to head
About

Inventioneers Full Version

Unleash your creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and even classmates.

Highlights
  • Create your own inventions
  • Learn real-time physics
  • Share inventions with friends
  • 120 inventions across 8 chapters
  • Over 100 objects to use
  • 18 characters to help
Features
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! The full version: • 8 chapters with a total of 120 inventions! • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • Share up to 16 inventions with your friends! • 100+ objects • 18 characters that you can help • 8 Inventioneers with unique features - "Windy", "Blaze", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Bunny", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie"

About

SpriteBox Coding

Embark on a coding adventure game that teaches programming from icon-based commands to real Swift syntax. Explore worlds, solve puzzles, and collect items while learning essential coding concepts. Designed for an engaging and progressive learning experience.

Highlights
  • Learn coding from scratch
  • Icon coding to Swift syntax
  • Adventure game format
  • Solve puzzles and collect items
  • Covers sequencing, loops, procedures
  • 70 puzzles and 500 stars
Features
Currently charting
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SpriteBox Coding is a full-blown adventure game that gets you coding. Learn to code from scratch, starting with icon coding and then slowly advancing to using real Swift syntax. Embark on a journey to find the pieces of your broken rocket. You'll explore different worlds, meet new characters, solve puzzles and unlock cool outfits. SpriteBox Coding covers the following programming concepts: * Sequencing * Parameters * Loops (and Nested Loops) * Procedures * Basic Swift Syntax Comes with 70 puzzles to solve and 500 stars to collect. Are you up to the challenge? Programming: Danny Yaroslavski Art and Design: E.M. Engel Story Animation: James Pearmain Music and SFX: Eduardo Zolhof

Screenshots

Inventioneers Full Version4 screens
SpriteBox Coding4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SpriteBox Coding at every 2 weeks against Inventioneers Full Version's every 5 months. SpriteBox Coding also leads on chart position (#197 vs unranked) and price ($4.99 vs $5.99). Inventioneers Full Version's advantage is ratings volume (115 vs 23). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99 and SpriteBox Coding $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Inventioneers Full Version against 4.5 for SpriteBox Coding. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inventioneers Full Version has 115 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's written reviews are positive against 86% of SpriteBox Coding's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, SpriteBox Coding every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Inventioneers Full Version versus SpriteBox Coding: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventioneers Full VersionSpriteBox Coding
Price$5.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.5 (115 ratings)4.5 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews86.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings115 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#197 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilimundus ABSpriteBox LLC

Customer experience

Inventioneers Full Version

All ratings115 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

SpriteBox Coding

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Inventioneers Full Version

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App crashes when not on WiFi
  • App crashes on launch (black screen)
  • Worlds/places won't click
  • Spinny thingy turns on its side
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  • Incompatible with older OS versions
  • Cannot sign in to old account
  • Japanese language not displayed
  • Full version won't open

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more animals
  • Add cockroaches and socks
  • Add a cat named Carlile
  • Add a second game
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  • Add more places
  • Add disco ball item
  • Add new character: force man
  • Add sky and ground levels
  • Bring back present collection
  • Allow level skipping
  • Add rock and cheese slide to level
  • Restore progress/account feature

SpriteBox Coding

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Inventioneers Full Version

No in-app purchases

None

SpriteBox Coding

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inventioneers Full Version free?
Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpriteBox Coding free?
SpriteBox Coding costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inventioneers Full Version or SpriteBox Coding?
SpriteBox Coding is rated higher. Inventioneers Full Version averages 4.5 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while SpriteBox Coding averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do Inventioneers Full Version or SpriteBox Coding have ads?
Neither Inventioneers Full Version nor SpriteBox Coding shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventioneers Full Version or SpriteBox Coding?
Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, and SpriteBox Coding every 2 weeks. Most recently, Inventioneers Full Version was updated on October 2, 2026 and SpriteBox Coding on October 1, 2026.

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