Sphero Play Negative Reviews

Sphero Play App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Sphero Play app received 48 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Sphero Play? Can you share your negative thoughts about sphero play?

Sphero Play for Negative User Reviews

✓ Barley workedThe Ollie would not connect and when it did wit would power off until it stopped turning on.Littlesnail1Version: 2.4.4

✓ Aiming fearure needs to be more like in the Sphero Edu AppThe controls (sphero 2.0) need to be fixed in that it should be much easier to adjust the aim. On the other apps, you hold down and rotate a button right by the joystick to adjust the aim, but on this one you have to click the button, wait like 2 seconds, adjust the aim, click back, and then wait 2 more seconds. With the sphere 2.0 I am constantly having to adjust the aim each time i turn my phone, which is stupid because i turn my phone the whole time while using it to look where the ball is. On the Ollie, it has auto-heading which is very nice, but the sphere does not have that. So, I recommend making the aiming more like how it is in the Sphero Edu app or how it is in the Ollie app..Awesomedude346Version: 2.4.3

✓ It’s okThe game itself is pretty fun but I wish it would work with all the star wars droids..LewaSPQRVersion: 2.3.0

✓ ConfusedI don’t enjoy this app as much as I enjoyed the old one. There are so many features, even with this app and Sphero Edu, that have been left out. Where did it go? None of the Sphero apps compare to the old one. I’ve checked out every app (even the third party ones, mind you.) and none compared to the old one. If you can, please let me know what happened to the app. Thank you..Froggy time!Version: 2.4.3

✓ Odd glitch involving soundI went on sphero on my iPhone 12 and there is no sound. I turn my volume up all the way and still no sound. I turn my phone on silent mode on and off like 10 times and still no sound?! I shut down my phone and turn it back on and still no sound so I can and will rate two star.MrBanana10Version: 2.4.4

✓ Rebranded and removed legacy supportWell **** you too! I'll never buy another one for your products ever again. I'll be sure to let everyone I know about your practices as well..T.O_TranceVersion: 2.2.0

✓ New Update is GlitchyI love the new update - Sphero 2.0 is FINALLY supported! But I've already noticed some glitches. One of them is when you are aiming the robot when you first open the app, if you point the blue dot on the Sphero towards you, it goes in the opposite direction of where you point the joystick. If you manually aim it again, it fixes it. This is really annoying because I don't want to have to aim my Sphero fifty times for it to work. Also, another thing is that the auto-aim feature isn't really that accurate. On the previous Sphero app, it was extremely accurate and I almost never had to aim it more than once..IrllylikecatsandstufflikethatVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Merry x mas.To my name is jo and I work in a button factory one dat my bus came up to me and said jo I said ya are you busy I sad nooooo push that button with your left hand.Nina micdermottVersion: 2.2.0

✓ Please create a cat mode!I don’t know how, but please create a mode for cats! They’re interested, but need more stimulus! It just needs to keep going after taps or something!.StiviewevieVersion: 1.3.1

✓ CoolI tried it on my brother’s iPad that’s at IOS10 and it is pretty cool. But on my iPhone 10 it won’t download properly!!!😡.MaiMai VVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Option for BB-8 and other droidsHi I bought this app to try and see if it would work with the old BB-8 as the app for it is no longer on the App Store and noticed there was no option for the old droids and was wondering if that could become a thing?.Yeeterboi3534Version: 2.4.4

✓ More activities, please?🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄UniQueen here! I liked Sphero Play a lot!I got a Sphero Mini for Christmas 🎄, and that’s it. I played a lot of the activities featured (and repeated them) and now I’m sorta getting bored because I wish there was a bit more to do. I don’t play it as often now. I was also wondering if you could add support for Ollie and the droids? I don’t have any of those, but I think all the Sphero coders out there with Ollies and droids would agree. Please take this into consideration and thanks for reading!! -The UniQueen 🦄👸🏻 Ps: I really loved the golf drive mode and I think that was a really fun addition to Sphero Play. Thx!! 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄.The UniQueenVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Nice app for a brilliant toyGood app, has a few different controllers on and fun games but that’s all it does. I’d suggest sphero play instead..Cutepandareviews111Version: 2.3.0

✓ What happened to the Star Wars app for the robotsI don’t know what happened to the Star Wars app or the robots but me and my brotherI had this black BB-8 and my brother had an R2 D2 we played we played with it for a really long time Then we forgot about it today I was trying to find a link evil for my oculus but then I found my black BB-8 I didn’t know what the app was so I just put Star Wars robot and nothing showed up but then I try to find the company name but then I found it but then when I try to search for the app but I only found Sphero nothing was there I got really mad because we just spend a lot of money on this if you have kept the app you could’ve made a lot of money people could be buying your product no but you deleted it and you didn’t want any support could’ve gotten a lot of money.0000 f**k you I don't knowVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Bb-8 discontinued?My sister gave me her old bb-8 Sphero that’s no longer compatible with any apps I found out. Is there any way I could be emailed the old app that’s no longer on the App Store? SPRK I think it was called….. this droid was $150 and i find it very aggravating that it’s been discontinued just like that. Why not just sell these droids with remotes instead of some stupid app you’re going to delete in 6 years?? Millions of people bought these star wars droids and they’re money has basically just been taken away from them. Now all they have is some useless toy that can’t move unless they still have the app. Are there any 3rd party recommendations?..Shadyyyyyy---Version: 2.4.4

✓ No Sphero 2.0There’s no compatibility for the Sphero 2.0, now I can’t use the Sphero.HockeyWarrior25Version: 2.2.0

✓ I HATE SPHEROSo I bought a bb8 Droid by sphero and I was so happy because it came with a force band and it said it was also app controlled anyway I looked for this app by sphero to control the droid but it had been discontinued !!!!!WHY SPHERO ALL I WANTED WAS THE APP!!!!!!.Trevor Bangladesh78Version: 2.4.4

✓ Sphero playIt is so cool for kids and you can do lots of cool things but I wish that there are more games other then that it is very good.😀😀.Pro spheroVersion: 2.4.3

✓ I want my old Sphero app backThis new app is so barebones compared to the awesome one I used to control my Sphero. I used to love this company but this has been such a frustrating process. I have a Sphero, a BB-8, and a Sphero Mini. When I worked at a certain red themed discount retailer, I would recommend these to everyone but I find it hard now. The original Sphero app was just to much fun to use but I can’t do anything with this. There isn’t even an option to connect my first (and favorite) Sphero that I got a couple years ago..App Reviewer 00000Version: 2.2.0

✓ Does not workMy Sphero is fully charged it won’t turn on and there is no way to connect on Bluetooth AND this app is saying that there is no robot found when it is bright and colourful.Livy MartVersion: 2.4.3

✓ Took a week to work on an iPadMy daughter got the sphero mini as an early Christmas gift from my company and for the life me I could not get it to work on the iPad Pro 2016 running iOS 13.3. When I sent a request to Sphero I got an email back that obviously they did not read my email. The support staff is nice but took way too long to get a response back. My daughter almost started to cry when she got her gift that did not work but it works well on the iPhone (which my daughter is too young to have). Now when I think Sphero I think yeah you made my child cry..Ann_AndrewVersion: 2.4.2

✓ Sphero decides how long you use this toySphero 2.0 are now obsolete they don’t offer the app anymore and somehow was removed from my phone. I bought this used for my child as I’m on a budget and I can’t even use it imagine the disappointment to my child after I give him a toy that has a “lifespan “ despite that it’s fully operational.Mad sphero dadVersion: 2.2.0

✓ NiceNice.My sining monster proVersion: 2.4.5

✓ Add The Tricks BackI used to love sphero 2.0 all because of all the tricks it could do back when the sphero 2.0 app existed. I loved how the you had to do quests to unlock certain skills and the skills were super cool. If you could add the tricks back then I would be so happy!.RayShiftVersion: 2.4.5

✓ Pretty goodWas fun for a while.... I got bored after a while because there wasn’t enough games to play. Also i read in the app description the was some face expression thing for sphero mini, could you add that for sprk+ too as that’s what I have. Also a lot of People have bolts so i recommend doing it for bolts as well.Sarius500Version: 2.3.0

✓ Won't connectTo start with this app was great. I loved it. But then all of a sudden it would not connect. I am not sure why. It was working to start with. It was fully charged. I was using sphero mini. My device is compatible, it is apple. And was in range. I really loved playing with it until it did not work.i have tried everything. Please fix this..Banannasrule!!Version: 2.4.3

✓ Old app was betterThe old version was much better. They have removed a tonne of features from this. Used to level up your Sphero by doing missions and could unlock different dance moves. It was great..ChromDoorVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Sort-a goodMusic makes the app feel more lively👍. Controls my Sphero Mini very well. Please add support for tricks like the old Sphero 2.0 apps. What I don’t like is NO SUPPORT FOR BB8! Please bring back the old apps or add full support in the new apps..Harrison_BVersion: 2.4.4

✓ The old version was betterI recently started using my Sphero again and I was hoping to use the old features like the dances but the app was updated and it’s really boring Please get the old one back.Nawfal2008Version: 2.4.3

✓ Fun but..When I got my Sphero 2.0 I was 6-7 and there was a lot of apps that you control the Sphero with. But I’m 13 at this very moment. There is only this app and a app called “Sphero” (Which in my opinion was the best app). And it was way more exciting. But now you could just move it around. But I know the Sphero 2.0 is discontinued but still 😕. Anyway I just wish Sphero made more apps for the Sphero 2.0, BOLT, Specdrums, SPRK+, R2-Q5, BB-8, mini, Ollie, etc..FjerjdrykfrfgjyVersion: 2.3.0

✓ NOT worth it. The new update is AWFUL.Honestly, I really liked this before they updated the app and how I could make the Sphero do cool tricks and dances but now, they updated the app and it’s completely different. No dance moves, or no fun challenges. In my opinion, the dance moves were the best part of it but now that it’s gone, there is nothing exciting about it. Yeah yeah you can still control it and move it around, but what makes this more special than other electronic cars or trucks? I wouldn’t recommend paying the money to get this product because it really isn't worth it..KeileekiwiVersion: 2.3.0

✓ I can’t get it to openJust exits every time I click on the app.Bobby RouladeVersion: 2.4.3

✓ This app is good butI like this app just fine. I just wish I could use it with all of my Sphero products that Sphero (the company) has abandoned. I have a bunch of Star Wars “app enabled” droids the Sphero Spider-Man and the Force Band but none work any more because either I can’t find the apps anymore or I have the apps but they don’t work anymore. Have you thought about re-releasing functioning versions of the apps and just charging for them? Just to get my awesome licensed Sphero stuff I would pay $10 for each app! (once—not a subscription). Or just take my original suggestion and make this app connect with all of the abandoned products. I think you’d be making a LOT of people happy!.Nerdy PeteVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Disappointed the app never got same features as the old oneWhen I saw the old Sphero app, I really wanted to get it. But few months after I got a Sphero the old app as removed and simple version without many features as released. I was expecting for years the app to have at least few features back, but they never cared about being anything new to it. Really disappointed..Gasper2020Version: 2.4.4

✓ BadIt will never connect I charged it for 15 hours and nothing I got it was and won’t glow.🤯🤯youVersion: 2.4.5

✓ I miss the old appI haven’t used the sphero in a few years and now the app is rubbish there used to be dances and actual good games but now there are just 3 games which don't even work properly ..HumahumahumaVersion: 2.4.3

✓ I miss the old features! Love the new GUII haven’t played with my Sphero 2.0 for a couple years now, and really looked forward to playing on all the original apps, and while I understand times change and the company moves forward I do believe in no school like the old school! Don’t get me wrong I love the new re-design of the app, but the colour draw and drive, the golf with the phone as the putter, plus the other app where you unlock new skills the sphero can do really made the fun for me when I originally brought it, if I knew how limited it is I’d be less inclined to purchasing another one 😞.Samuel.CowellVersion: 2.4.3

✓ It was okaySo this game is realy good but at the same time it’s annoying it kept saying disconnected reconnect or whatever it was pretty annoying tho fun 😋😔🤭😬🥳.Hi my name gggVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Bring back the fun games!What happened to the fun games? Sharky the Beaver for example. What about some of the promised augmented reality? Why even waste time on this boring stuff that you keep crankin’ out.BeaglecamVersion: 2.4.4

✓ The old app was SO much more funWhen we first got our SPRK there was a great Sphero app. It would let you unlock little ‘dances’ for your Sphero to do and had a MUCH better drive interface. This new one only works in portrait mode and you run out of room to move the awful joystick controller around the screen. The old app is still on my iPhone so I’ll hang onto it as long as I can but that app says it isn’t available in my country anymore. BRING BACK THE OLD APP!!!.AlecksjaycubsVersion: 2.2.0

✓ New App is Horrible!!!!I’m sorry I bought a new Sphero. I love the Sphero but the new Sphero Play app was designed by someone who doesn’t have the slightest concept of what the end user wants and expects from the Robot via the App. Bring back the old App please!! If not, these negative reviews will begin to add up and you’re going to ruin your carefully crafted brand image. You built a great product but have tripped at the Start/Finish line..DL10311234Version: 2.4.3

✓ PlayerI wish there where more games but other than that it’s good 😌.DJI Mavic mini pilotVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Doesn’t support some modelsThe app doesn’t support some models and the company Has removed the specific apps that are compatible with said models. Really disappointed..SkullyHowlAJVersion: 2.4.4

✓ Old update was betterThey need to add back the dancing the old update was way better.BabacarpayegilbertVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Sphero Mini Won’t ConnectMy Mini won’t connect with the app. I tried everything on your support website, nothing worked! When the white light appears on my robot, it says it’s connecting but I consistently get the screen that says no robots found. I hope you can fix this!.IlovecodingntechVersion: 2.3.0

✓ Star Wars discontinuedWhy would you ever discontinue the Star Wars robots? I paid $400 for mine just for it to be a worthless piece of junk. I was excited to because I had just found mine because I wasn’t using it for a while and I thought it might be fun to try again just to learn that it’s been discontinued. Great way to show people to not buy your products if it’s just going to be discontinued. Really disappointed with this. Maybe bring the app back for the robots that we paid for..Cruzgnu936Version: 2.4.4

✓ WhyWhy did you remove this sphero 2.0s Pacific app it’s better than this one it’s hard to control on this app please add a different joystick mode.19Drone masterVersion: 2.4.4

✓ It’s fun at the startAfter a few days of playing it, it gets repetitive and really new comes out. Can you add some more games? They are so much fun!.[SL]SuperSam123Version: 2.1.1

Sphero Play works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or contact Sphero Play.