Robo Blockly vs Scratch Tutorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Robo Blockly
This app offers a unified coding environment for robot building and programming. It features three distinct coding levels, interactive tutorials, and a hands-on approach to learning STEAM concepts for children and adults.
- Unified coding environment
- Three coding levels (Live, Code, Blockly)
- Color-coded building blocks
- 19 interactive tutorials
- Hands-on STEAM learning
- Suitable for ages 5+
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Our latest app combines our previous apps into one coding environment to provide you with the best Robo Wunderkind experience. Our app still provides three coding levels - Live, Code and Blockly - to match all levels of ability and coding skill. For ages 5 and up; prior coding experience is not required, neither are reading skills. Prototype, design and build your robot with our color-coded building blocks in just a few minutes and use our app to bring the robot to life! To start off, we provide you with 19 interactive tutorials. A truly hands-on experience for children, teachers and parents that transforms learning about technology and STEAM into a fun game.
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 Robo Blockly's 3.5. Scratch Tutorial also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (35% vs 0%). Robo Blockly's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, device support 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. Robo Blockly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Tutorial holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Tutorial has 4.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Robo Blockly's written reviews are positive against 35% of Scratch Tutorial's.
Robo Blockly ships an update every 2 months, Scratch Tutorial every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Robo Blockly | Scratch Tutorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 34.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 234 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robo Technologies | 海涛 赵 |
Customer experience
Robo Blockly
Scratch Tutorial
Bugs and requests
Robo Blockly
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
Robo Blockly
No in-app purchases
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
Questions
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