Blue vs Mind Designer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blue
This app allows children to create and execute algorithms for a robot. It offers step-by-step and drag-and-drop programming, with features like repeats and 45-degree turns. Challenge modes introduce obstacles and limited controls for added difficulty.
- Step-by-step programming
- Drag and drop interface
- Repeat commands
- 45-degree turns
- Obstacle challenges
- Customizable voice commands
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Blue-Bot is one of the many loved members of the TTS Floor Robot family. The Blue-Bot app enables you to write an algorithm, send it and then Blue-Bot will follow your instructions. There are numerous features, which make writing algorithms both fun and educational. Use explore mode to develop algorithms: Step by step programming. Drag and drop programming. Include repeats to add efficiency. Program 45 degree turns. Challenge mode will add complexity into the algorithm: Blue-Bot will add random obstacles, adding complexity to the algorithm needed One or even two directional buttons can be removed Children can also record themselves saying a command and can assign it to a button on Blue-Bot. As the algorithm progresses, they will hear themselves giving the instructions. Please note to control a Blue-Bot floor robot your device must have Bluetooth.
Mind Designer
Explore a programming universe with this educational app. Create geometric art, solve tangram puzzles, and learn coding through blocks and laboratory challenges. Connect to a compatible robot to reproduce your designs.
- Geometric image creation
- Animal tangram puzzles
- Block-based programming
- Laboratory coding challenges
- Robot design reproduction
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MIND awaits you for an adventure in the programming universe. Hop onto its starship and have fun exploring all the game areas. The app is completely free. Create geometrical images by sketching them on screen, enjoy clearing all the animal tangram levels and learn to program by blocks and try your hand at laboratory coding. With your Clementoni MIND-DESIGNER robot purchase, you will be able to relay your personalised creations to the robot who will reproduce them on paper. Guide MIND in the real time area.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blue at 3.7 against Mind Designer's 3.0. Blue also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 25%). Mind Designer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.4). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blue holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Blue's written reviews are positive against 25% of Mind Designer's.
Blue ships an update every 3 months, Mind Designer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blue | Mind Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 394 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TTS Group Limited | Clementoni S.p.A. |
Customer experience
Blue
Mind Designer
In-app purchases
Blue
No in-app purchases
Mind Designer
No in-app purchases
