Pocket Code vs PingPongScratch
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.
PingPongScratch
This application connects to a Ping-Pong robot installed on a computer, allowing users to view and interact with its scratch data on their mobile devices. It leverages the Scratch programming environment for its functionality.
- Connects to Ping-Pong robot data
- View robot scratches on mobile
- Utilizes Scratch programming environment
- Cross-device compatibility (iOS)
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It is an app that uses scratches from the Ping-Pong robot that was installed and used on a computer on a mobile phone. 로보라이즌 핑퐁로봇 스크래치 iOS Scratch is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 License. For more license details, please refer to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PingPongScratch at 4.0 against Pocket Code's 3.0. PingPongScratch also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 34%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Pocket Code's advantage is ratings volume (114 vs 9). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PingPongScratch holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Code has 114 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Pocket Code's written reviews are positive against 71% of PingPongScratch's.
Pocket Code ships an update every 3 months, PingPongScratch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Code | PingPongScratch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (114 ratings) | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.6% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 352 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Catrobat Association - Verein zur Foerderung freier Software | RoboRisen |
Customer experience
Pocket Code
PingPongScratch
In-app purchases
Pocket Code
No in-app purchases
PingPongScratch
No in-app purchases
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