MiPosaur vs Sam Your Robotic Friend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiPosaur
Control a prehistoric robot with your smartphone. Drive it, feed it, and watch it react to your commands. Engage in fun activities like dancing to music or battling other robots.
- Gesture tracking
- Self-balancing robot
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Joystick driving
- Interactive feeding
- Path drawing
- Battle mode
- Music synchronization
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Meet MiPosaur, the prehistoric robot that responds to your every command! MiPosaur is gesture tracking, self-balancing robotic creature that interacts wirelessly an app via Bluetooth Smart. Find out more at www.meetmiposaur.com Interact • Drive - Drive MiPosaur around with either single or dual joystick control. • Feed - Throw your new friend a snack but be careful what you feed it! Reactions can be unpredictable! • Path - Draw a path for MiPosaur to follow. Play • Battle - Outlast other MiPosaurs or MiPs in battle mode • Dance - Play your favorite song from iTunes and have MiPosaur dance away to it. Keep an eye out for fun new games in future updates! Developer SDK coming soon at www.wowweelabs.com
Sam Your Robotic Friend
Control, program, and play with your assembled robotic friend. Engage in 'Workshop' mode to fix errors and unlock new character customizations. Explore the world of electronics, robotics, and programming.
- Robot control
- Programming capabilities
- Workshop mode for error repair
- Unlockable character customizations
- Introduction to electronics and robotics
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SAM, your robotic friend, the application to control SAM, by Xtrem Bots. With it you can control, program and play with the robot once it is assembled. Play in "Workshop" mode. Repair the different types of errors that SAM displays (oil, electricity or software) and win levels to unlock new characters. Turn SAM into a ninja, an alien or a ghost! Discover the world of electronics, robotics and programming with SAM, your new robotic friend!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MiPosaur at every 6 weeks against Sam Your Robotic Friend's every 12 months. MiPosaur also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (400 vs 4). 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.
MiPosaur holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MiPosaur has 400 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MiPosaur ships an update every 6 weeks, Sam Your Robotic Friend every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiPosaur | Sam Your Robotic Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (400 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 400 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WowWee Group Limited | 恩权 邱 |
Customer experience
MiPosaur
Sam Your Robotic Friend
Bugs and requests
MiPosaur
Reported bugs
11 issues- App won't connect or pair with MiPosaur
- Dance feature crashes when activated
- Music/beatbox speaker doesn't work properly
- Path drawing feature unreliable
- Scanning function fails repeatedly
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- App crashes during firmware updates
- Firmware update hangs indefinitely
- App incompatible with iPad 2 and older devices
- App won't download on iPhone 5
- App auto-reinstalls after deletion
- Robot flashes green and stops working after update
Requested features
11 requests- Add camera functionality to see through robot's perspective
- Implement autonomous exploration mode using sensors
- Add microphone for robot to talk/speak
- Remove Bluetooth requirement for connectivity
- Improve robot durability and strength
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- Add more gameplay activities and features
- Implement drawing/path feature in real-time with camera
- Add owner recognition capability
- Rechargeable battery option
- Easier battery replacement mechanism
- Video upload capability to other apps
Sam Your Robotic Friend
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MiPosaur
No in-app purchases
Sam Your Robotic Friend
No in-app purchases
Questions
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