TechSafe vs Coding Express LEGO® Education
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TechSafe
This app serves as an internet safety resource for children and adults, covering responsible online behavior, protection from inappropriate content, and preventing dangerous contact from strangers. It's designed to help young users navigate social media safely.
- Internet safety resource
- Responsible online conduct
- Protection against inappropriate content
- Preventing dangerous stranger contact
- For children and adults
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TechSafe Social Media is the fifth app in the TechSafe series. Too many under 13s are using social media apps below the recommended age which places them at even greater risk than their teenage peers. This helpful app is a useful internet safety resource for kids, young people and the adults in their lives. It covers responsible conduct online, protection against inappropriate content and preventing dangerous contact from strangers. This app has been made for both children and parents, carers and families.
Coding Express LEGO® Education
This app introduces preschoolers to early coding concepts and 21st-century skills using a LEGO DUPLO train set. It offers four engaging activity areas: Journeys, Characters, Math, and Music, fostering problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity.
- Early coding concepts for preschoolers
- LEGO DUPLO train set integration
- Four activity areas: Journeys, Characters, Math, Music
- Develops sequencing, problem-solving, and collaboration
- Teacher guides and lesson plans included
- Supports social and emotional development
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All on board the Coding Express! Coding Express LEGO® Education introduces early coding concepts and 21st century skills to preschoolers. Using the popular LEGO® DUPLO® train set, teacher guide and an easy-to-use app, preschool teachers have all they need to teach early coding concepts. TEACHER QUOTES “I have never seen anything like Coding Express and I am very intrigued with its structure and the varying ways it can teach children specific skills they might not have gained through play before. I love its versatility and how the many different areas of play will keep most children occupied for a very long time.” Kate, preschool teacher, USA “Coding Express gives preschoolers a very different learning experience. Building different shapes with the train track helps them to understand the coding concept and combined with the educational activities and teacher material it makes early coding intuitive, fun and educational. The app enhances the experience and it gives the early learners more ways to learn about coding.” Wenting, pre-school and kindergarten teacher, China With the Coding Express app and LEGO® DUPLO® solution you will get: • 234 LEGO® DUPLO® bricks, including Push & Go train with lights and sounds, motor, color sensor, 5 color-coded action bricks, 2 railroad switches and 3.8 meters of train track • Teaching materials that includes 8 online lessons, introduction guide, poster, 3 building inspiration cards for building 12 unique models, 5 getting started activities and 8 simple video tutorials • Free app featuring 4 fun and educational activity areas, including: o Journeys: Explore destinations and traffic signs. Learn about the sequencing of events, making predictions, planning and problem solving. Characters: Support children’s social and emotional development. Children identify and examine the feelings of characters, considering the consequences for others. Math: Explore and understand how to measure, estimate distance and identify numbers. Music: Learn about sequencing and looping. Compose simple melodies, explore different animal and instruments sounds. • Key learning values include sequencing, looping, conditional coding, problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, language and literacy, and expressing ideas with digital elements • Teaching solution and early coding toy for preschool children 2-5 years old; Developed using science, math and technology from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the 21st Century Early Learning Framework (P21 ELF) and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. *** IMPORTANT*** This is not a standalone educational app. This app is used to program the LEGO® Education Coding Express set, which is sold separately. Please contact your local LEGO Education reseller for further information. Getting Started: www.legoeducation.com/codingexpress Lesson Plans: www.legoeducation.com/lessons/codingexpress Support: www.lego.com/service Twitter: www.twitter.com/lego_education Facebook: www.facebook.com/LEGOeducationNorthAmerica Instagram: www.instagram.com/legoeducation Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/legoeducation LEGO, the LEGO logo and DUPLO are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. ©2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TechSafe at 100% against Coding Express LEGO® Education's 50%. TechSafe also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Coding Express LEGO® Education's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (256 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Coding Express LEGO® Education holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coding Express LEGO® Education has 256 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of TechSafe's written reviews are positive against 50% of Coding Express LEGO® Education's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TechSafe ships an update every 11 months, Coding Express LEGO® Education every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TechSafe | Coding Express LEGO® Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (256 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 256 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 855 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frosby Designs Ltd. | LEGO Education |
Customer experience
TechSafe
Coding Express LEGO® Education
In-app purchases
TechSafe
No in-app purchases
Coding Express LEGO® Education
No in-app purchases
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