Pocket Code vs Scratch Tutorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Code
Develop and play your own games, animations, and interactive applications directly on your mobile device. This visual programming tool is inspired by educational initiatives and offers a free, open-source platform for creative coding.
- Create games and apps
- Develop animations
- Interactive art creation
- Music video production
- Visual programming system
- Share creations
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Create, play, and share your own games, animations, interactive art, music videos, and many other kinds of apps, directly on your iPhone! Pocket Code is ideally suited for the Hour of Code during the Computer Science Education Week http://csedweek.org/ organized by code.org, the European Code Week http://codeweek.eu/ as well as other similar initiatives. Catrobat is a visual programming system and a free open source non-profit project. Catrobat and the software developed by the Catrobat team are inspired by the work of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab.
Scratch Tutorial
This app offers an innovative, step-by-step programming course designed for children aged 4-14. It uses engaging content to foster a love for coding and allows kids to create their own games while learning fundamental programming concepts.
- Step-by-step programming guidance
- Interactive learning system
- Create own programming games
- Courses designed by experts
- Gradual concept mastery
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The latest scratch course - easy to use, let children fall in love with programming. ----Innovative design intelligent system guides children to learn step by step. 4-14-year-old children can easy to accept, and they will learn as soon as they learn. ----Interesting programming courses stimulate children's interest in learning and let them design their own programming games while learning and playing. Love programming, learn to program. ----Senior program designer and educator cooperate to design the course, and gradually master the programming concept from shallow to deep. New intelligent programming course, open the road of children's programming enlightenment!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scratch Tutorial at 4.2 against Pocket Code's 3.0. Scratch Tutorial also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 114) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Pocket Code's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Scratch Tutorial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket Code asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Tutorial holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Tutorial has 4.6K ratings behind it against 114, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 34% and 35% positive.
Pocket Code ships an update every 3 months, Scratch Tutorial every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Code | Scratch Tutorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (114 ratings) | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.7% of reviews | 34.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 114 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Catrobat Association - Verein zur Foerderung freier Software | 海涛 赵 |
Customer experience
Pocket Code
Scratch Tutorial
Bugs and requests
Pocket Code
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Scratch Tutorial
Reported bugs
2 issues- Lessons get stuck or freeze
- Inability to edit or correct mistakes
Requested features
3 requests- Allow more free-form coding
- Improve compatibility with latest Scratch version
- Add more game-making options
In-app purchases
Pocket Code
No in-app purchases
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
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