Osmo Coding Jam vs Bees Keys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Osmo Coding Jam
This app allows children to create original music by arranging physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences. It offers over 300 musical sounds and enables kids to record and share their compositions with others. It's a STEAM-based experience that teaches coding fundamentals through music.
- Create music with physical coding blocks
- Compose original tunes
- Over 300 musical sounds
- Record and share music
- Learn coding fundamentals
- Develop rhythm and melody skills
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Explore the creative side of coding with hands-on music-making! In Osmo’s Coding Jam, kids arrange physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences to compose original tunes. The game comes with over 300 musical sounds to produce the perfect song. Kids can safely record and share their music with friends, family and the Jam community. “a STEAM-based experience that promotes creative problem-solving.” - VentureBeat “Osmo Coding Jam teaches children coding with music” - Forbes About Osmo Coding Jam: 1. CREATE: Kids 5-12 use coding blocks to create explosive beats. 2. LEARN: Kids get to know coding’s creative side while developing an ear for rhythm, melody, and harmony. 3. SHARE: Once they’ve composed a jam, kids can safely share it with friends, family and the jam community. Learn with our hands-on coding language: Research shows that tangible blocks are a game changer when it comes to helping kids learn. Each of our blocks is a programming command kids can use to create unique jams. As they explore playing with coding blocks, the volume of fun — and learning — gets turned up! * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
Bees Keys
This app offers a fun and simple way to learn piano key names, essential for beginners. It gamifies the process of identifying keys, making it an engaging first step towards learning piano and reading music.
- Learn piano key names
- Gamified learning
- Piano key identification practice
- Suitable for first piano lessons
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Learn Piano Keys Through Play! BeesKeys is a fun and engaging game that helps beginners quickly learn piano key names through play. Watch a bee fly across the screen carrying a note name. Tap the correct piano key before it flies away, earn honeycombs for every correct answer, and complete the musical alphabet to win! Unlock BeesKeys Pro with a one-time purchase for lifetime access to all Pro features. Practice on your real piano using your microphone or MIDI keyboard, challenge yourself in Live Mode, master every note in Find Every, and personalize your practice. Perfect for: • First piano lessons • Music classrooms • Piano teachers • Home practice • Students of all ages Designed with beautiful visuals, rewarding gameplay, and a calm, encouraging atmosphere. No subscriptions. No ads. Just a simple, fun way to learn piano keys.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Osmo Coding Jam at none against Bees Keys's 1. Osmo Coding Jam also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Bees Keys's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 68%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Bees Keys sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Osmo Coding Jam asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bees Keys holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 272 and 609 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Osmo Coding Jam's written reviews are positive against 97% of Bees Keys's.
Osmo Coding Jam ships an update every 2 months, Bees Keys every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Osmo Coding Jam | Bees Keys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (272 ratings) | 4.6 (609 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | 96.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 272 | 609 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 395 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tangible Play | Joshua Callahan |
Customer experience
Osmo Coding Jam
Bees Keys
User reviews
Osmo Coding Jam
From 272 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable gameplay
- 🎶 Great for learning coding and music
- 🤩 Inspiring and creative tool
- ✨ Amazing app experience
- 👍 Works well on older iPads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Incompatible with current iPads
- 🐛 App not working after updates
- 🐛 Crashing issues
- 🐛 Glitches and errors
- 🐛 Does not recognize tiles
Bees Keys
From 609 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and engaging for learning piano keys
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Great for beginners (kids and adults)
- 👍 Helpful for piano students and teachers
- 👍 No ads, kid-friendly
Room to improve
- 😐 Can be boring for some
- 😐 Lacks advanced features
- 😐 Very basic functionality
Bugs and requests
Osmo Coding Jam
Reported bugs
16 issues- Not compatible with current generation of iPads
- App does not work after returning from a trip
- App crashes on opening
- Cannot play on iPad 10
- Glitches when coding a song
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- App no longer opens after last update
- App keeps crashing
- Pieces don't work and cameras glitchy
- Camera sensors different combos
- Loading stops halfway
- Does not recognize tiles
- Sound doesn't work on 2018 iPad
- Horrible detection of grey piece
- 4th level practice keeps crashing
- Blue coding blocks not recognized
- Songs not appearing in categories
Requested features
5 requests- Add more characters
- Add a trade character feature
- Add more updates
- Add a feature to create own musical characters
- Add engineer feature
Bees Keys
Requested features
2 requests- Create a similar app for reading lines and spaces on the staff
- More features and improvements
In-app purchases
Osmo Coding Jam
No in-app purchases
Bees Keys
- Bees Keys Pro$6.99
Questions
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