High confidence · Latest 100 of 1.5K total reviews analyzed

Mixed

Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate educational value and robot compatibility, but report app stability and crashes and loss of legacy support.

Rating: 4.5

Reviews: 1.5K

Confidence: high

How did the latest release land?

Overall
3.5/ 5
(5.3K)
Current version
4.5/ 5
+0.9 vs overall
(1.5K)
Main signal post-update: educational Value.

Review themes

Praise

What users love

  • Educational Value
    • This is an amazing app for kids to learn programming.
    • Great app for kids and adults wanting to learn to program Sphero.
  • Robot Compatibility
    • I love using this with all my robots connects fast and still works 2025
    • I’m glade they kept the legacy robots as well.
Complaint

Common complaints

  • App Stability and Crashes
    • Can’t even load the app because it immediately crashes.
    • The app seems to hang (loading screen forever) when trying to load coding views.
  • Loss of Legacy Support
    • I’m really disappointed by how they removed that app and forced us to use Sphero Edu that is of no use for robots like the Droids.
    • Sphero removed functionality for the Star Wars bots. R2D2 connects but will not work.
  • Registration/Account Issues
    • App registration is broken. Asks for email... and then complains about ‘@‘ symbol in email address.
    • It kept on saying forbidden whitespace character and it was the @symbole

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