Snap Ships 9+

Wow! This is a really awesome app. I thought it was just going to be instructions for how to build the toy, but it’s got a really amazing AR mode as well as a whole game inside. The instructions are super clear, and the animations snapping all the pieces together are satisfying. It’s sort of like the Nintendo labo interactive instructions. The AR mode works without a hitch and is a great way for kids to see their ships do awesome stuff like shooting lasers and flying around.
It would be super awesome if you could somehow scan the toy itself and it could detect the custom ship you built, and then build that ship in 3D to play around with, but even without that this is way more in-depth and polished than expected.

This app is a great companion for young and old to use when building with SnapShips. Not only does it include a wide variety of instructions for alternate builds you can’t find anywhere else, but it’s AR and mini-game modes are chocked full of details and world building to really immerse in the world of SnapShips. The 3D movable builds in app also let you fully rotate, assemble, and disassemble ships for easy building and to show off some unique and creative techniques to build ships that can inspire your own builds to the next level.

I recently ordered my first Snap Ship (The Gladius) and immediately wanted more. The first step was downloading this app and seeing what it offered.

Overall the app is great. The AR works good and gives you a nice visual of potential builds before you put the time into making them. The auto-flight game is what takes the fifth star away. At times, it’s extremely easy when you have a ship with missile launchers and cannons that doesn’t need the pilot to line up your shot. If your weapons do depend on your pilot lining up shots, it becomes annoying watching them sometimes work, and sometimes spend the entire level never lining up.

My favorite part is the hanger where you can see different possible builds involving one or more sets being put together. My only wish is a filter to only show builds you have the parts to. So if you only have a Gladius and a Saber, it will only show alt builds using those sets.

Overall it’s a great app to use with Snap Ships sets and overall a generally good app without the physical sets.