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”