# Swift Playground — user reviews > 552 indexed App Store user reviews of Swift Playground by Apple, rated 3.70/5 from 1,836 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swift-playground/id908519492/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swift-playground/id908519492.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 988 · 4★ 194 · 3★ 170 · 2★ 99 · 1★ 385 ## What do users think of Swift Playground? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Great for learning coding - 👍 Fun and engaging way to learn - 🚀 Helpful for beginners - 👍 Visually appealing **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy - 🐛 Slow performance - 🐛 Keyboard issues - 🐛 Unreliable code execution **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to download or open lessons - Crashes when running code - Disappearing code and loss of progress - Unresponsive keyboard and cursor issues **Most requested features** - Support for more programming languages - Ability to collaborate with others - Better file management - More advanced IDE features - Improved code completion and error handling ## Newest reviews (12 of 552) ### 3/5 — Meh *2026-08-03, version 4.7* It’s hard but it’s good but when I ask ai to make me an app with no mistakes it says THERES SOMETHING WRONG AT SO AND SO or smth like that I mean like apple come on u gotta let there be bugs bugs are what make apps apps! ### 3/5 — Ok??? *2026-07-26, version 4.7* I was playing this for a while, and then I made it to a level that was almost impossible. The hint didn’t work at all, and I was stuck there. I went to the library and tried to get the meme creator, and it didn’t work. It downloaded, but I didn’t know how to use it. It did teach me some code before I got stuck, and an open code option would be really fun. Coding without instructions and just using imagination would be really fun. ### 2/5 — ADD BLOCKS *2026-07-15, version 4.7* I ALWAYS GET MY BUILDS CRASHED AND I DO NOT WANT complicated CODE AND I WANT BLOCKS ### 4/5 — Great but it need’s a fix on my iPad *2026-07-10, version 4.7* So when I first downloaded this app also it was my first time coding so I needed to download it and when I actually press get guess what happened…🫠it did not let me download the resource so please I need you apple to fix it. Thank you! ### 3/5 — Please read this! *2026-06-24, version 4.7* I thought this was for kids! It actually said in the app “you’re 15 right?” Or something like that AND it starts out really easy and then goes on to add crucial buttons like while and I didn’t even know! And when I checked the answers, let me ask you a question, HOW IS EVEN A 10 YEAR OLD SUPPOSED TO JUST HAPPEN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRITE A 30 SENTENCE CODE BLOCK!!? So yea, you guys at apple need to make a learn to code app that is actually for kids and not for teenagers. It’s really fun at times but at other times it’s a headache. Thanks for reading this comment, I give this app a 3.7/10 P.S. this was written by a 11 year old boy on his mom’s account. ### 1/5 — Downloads Simply Don’t Work *2026-05-19, version 4.7* I can’t believe Apple released such a low quality app like this. I just downloaded it, and I tap the “Get” button to download a playground. Once the download “completes,” the button changes back to “Get.” Nothing happens. This is the case for every download I try. Great job, Apple. It just works, right? Right?!? ### 4/5 — It is good *2026-05-12, version 4.7* It's good but takes up all my storage ### 1/5 — 4 trillion dollar company can’t fix their own apps *2026-05-08, version 4.7* I have an m5 iPad Pro and the app doesn’t let me download anything. Extremely buggy and in a broken state. ### 4/5 — Super app! *2026-05-07, version 4.7* Hello developers I love swift playgrounds I made a cool app but can you make it so you can install you apps on your ipad? And make it so there is an ai to code for you? Thank you! ### 1/5 — TRASH DISGUSTING APP (jk) *2026-04-30, version 4.7* I’ve been using Swift Playgrounds for a project, and honestly, it’s been pretty frustrating. One of the most annoying issues is how hard it is to properly position buttons. I tried moving a button to the top-left corner like a normal app layout, but the hitbox stays stuck somewhere else on the screen. So even if it looks like it’s in the right place, you have to tap in a completely different area for it to work. This makes designing even simple interfaces way more difficult than it should be. There’s barely any clear control over layout or touch areas, and it feels like you’re fighting the system instead of building something. For a tool that’s supposed to help beginners learn app development, this kind of problem just makes everything confusing and discouraging. Overall, Swift Playgrounds is fine for very basic stuff, but once you try to do anything slightly more custom—like moving a button properly—it becomes unnecessarily complicated and TRASH even more TRASH than my dead body i kept in my freezer. ### 1/5 — Cannot install! *2026-04-26, version 4.7* I have tried to install courses but none of them have successfully installed. ### 1/5 — Do not download *2026-04-12, version 4.7* I’ve tried downloading the courses on multiple iPads on multiple accounts and none of the courses actually download. Huge disappointment. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worst way to learn *2026-08-07, version 4.7* It was so bad it didn’t teach me anything it just gave me some code and told me to do something with it ### 1/5 — Dont Use It *2026-07-30, version 4.7* Its hard to learn. ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-07-29, version 4.7* Not good do not try ### 1/5 — WORST APP EVER *2026-07-11, version 4.7* I was creating a game about a virtual pet and it deleted some important stuff and the codes were in bad order! Worst app ever! 😡 ### 1/5 — Annoying *2026-06-12, version 4.7* When I try to press get, it doesn’t work. It’s HORRIBLE and DONT GET THIS APP ### 1/5 — ? *2026-06-11, version 4.7* Everytime i try to download a playground, it just resets ### 1/5 — Wont work properly *2026-06-05, version 4.7* I used it after my purchase and it so frustrating and works slow and freezes in random time!!! ### 1/5 — Repeated Crash on Launch *2026-05-26, version 4.7* I’ve been using this app to toy around with app ideas every now and then since it came out. After a few months away, I updated to the latest version and haven’t been able to keep the app from crashing. Any time I create or open an existing document, the whole app crashes within a couple seconds. I’m running the latest iPad OS version on an M2 iPad Pro ### 1/5 — Won't work on IOS 26 *2026-05-21, version 4.7* One ⭐️ ### 1/5 — More updates *2026-05-21, version 4.7* We need more updates come on apple u can do better IM NOT GOING TO BUY A MAC TO DO I SIMPLE APP UPDATE THE APP BETTER TO BE MORE COMPLETE LIKE XCODE IM DONE ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Be nice to this app *2026-08-05, version 4.7* This app works fine, idk what y’all are talking about. PS: I’m using the ipadOS17 version ### 5/5 — Very helpful! *2026-07-24, version 4.7* I wanted to begin to learn coding, but all the other apps and websites weren’t fun or helpful. This one is different. I can download coding lessons for FREE (that JavaScript website needs a subscription lol) and the lessons are very intuitive, straightforward, and clutter-free. I hope everyone tries this out! ### 5/5 — great app *2026-07-24, version 4.7* i’ve built like 36 games on here, save them to cloud copy over to xcode added the right capabilities and archived. i have 3 on the store already. great app. ### 5/5 — Soy hacker xd *2026-07-12, version 4.7* Me gusta mucho porque ejecuta código de verdad ise un macdirtycow pero para el usuario es como tener un poco más permisos ### 5/5 — ITS SOOO GOOOD!!!!! *2026-06-28, version 4.7* I keep staring at it, its a very GOOD EPIC EPIC GAME ENGINE, THE BEST, THE BEST!!! here are some things you can add 1.more tutorials 2.easier to upload at app store 3.description and its pictures of thee, you know. 4.more realism, strength, options, physics. 5.able to pick objects and rotate and size like you know 6.able to make our own models 7.jsons and txts to work and be useful 8.more commands 9.more fairness and easier 10.fix more bugs 11.try to make it a middleweight to heavyweight game engine builder, and not just for learning, creating apps 12. optional, add more than just books and apps *might be perfect* 13. Remove alot of strict things (optional) 14. More speed, and a option To turn it to a ipa or put it in our homescreen to upload to app store or anything 15.option to upload without a team *this will get you more reviews and more people using* And thats all, also i want to thank you for making a masterpiece! My dream is trying to be a game developer and now this is my most favorite game engine! Infinite out of 5, thank you for this masterpiece. ### 5/5 — Use It *2026-06-08, version 4.7* Works Great On My Own IPad ### 5/5 — BEST APP EVER *2026-04-30, version 4.7* Mate, this is the best app eva. It just can’t get any betta. It’s so good and helpful, and I learnt to code in 5 minutes. There are no bugs and plenty of tutorials. Would definitely recommend. ### 5/5 — lala *2026-04-25, version 4.7* laalaa ### 5/5 — 재미있는 코딩 *2026-03-14, version 4.6.4* 코딩을 하루종일 하고싶어요 ### 5/5 — Great app, but one substantial issue *2026-03-05, version 4.6.4* It is a good app, but it lacks the ability to install your finished projects to your device (as iOS apps) as well as the ability to use Liquid Glass. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*