Comparison

Adley's PlaySpace vs Codie

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Adley's PlaySpace

Embark on exciting adventures across a vibrant PlaySpace, rescuing creatures and collecting items. Explore planets, engage in story and battle modes, and express creativity with a built-in coloring book. New content is added regularly.

Highlights
  • Rocket exploration
  • Character rescue missions
  • Planet mapping
  • Story and Battle Modes
  • Coloring book with save feature
  • Animated characters
  • Custom voice lines
Features
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Choose a Rocket and launch into Adley's PlaySpace to rescue hermit crab shells, save seahorsicorns, gather pixie dust for our friends, along with many more adventures to come! As you're helping new friends and battling crazy creatures, you'll map out an entire PlaySpace of planets, stars, and new surprises! Adley's PlaySpace plans to continue expanding in size and content each month with free updates! A for Adley is a fun YouTube Channel featuring 5 year old Adley Mcbride, her brother Niko, and her parents! Adley and her family love playing apps, coloring, and exploring the world where they live! That's when they got the idea to create a PlaySpace involving all those favorite things and more, a place where we could explore together, help others, have fun, and be creative! Join us in our PlaySpace and grow with us as we build out this fun project for Adley and all her friends! We would LOVE to see some of YOU make your own app reviews exploring Adley's PlaySpace! Adley's PlaySpace includes: • an experience designed in-house by Spacestation Apps with direction from Adley and Family • new animated characters, including Adley, Niko, Mom, Dad, and other new friends!! • custom voice lines from Adley, Niko, Mom, and Dad • homemade rockets designed and named by Adley and Family • Adley and Niko playable characters, Mom and Dad supporting characters, lots of new friends! • a unique new play style and gameplay • hidden messages and names in the PlaySpace stars • each planet has a "Story Mode" and "Battle Mode" • a full coloring book with custom pages and save feature • a magic Adley TV that takes you to Adley's Channel • best of all it is completely FREE to explore Adley's PlaySpace! And ALWAYS will be...

About

Codie

This app bridges physical play and digital learning for young children. It allows users to program a character by building sequences with tactile blocks, bringing their creations to life through interactive challenges and storytelling.

Highlights
  • Physical block coding
  • Interactive learning
  • Emoji-inspired tactile blocks
  • 40 coding challenges
  • Immersive storytelling
  • Standards-aligned lessons
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Teachers, the Codie Blocks App is the digital heart of the Codie Blocks Universe, where physical play and interactive learning meet! The Codie Blocks App connects seamlessly with the Bluetooth-enabled Dock-n-Blocks to create a unique hands-on coding experience for even the youngest learners. By building sequences with emoji-inspired tactile blocks, students as young as 3 can program Codie the way Mia does on the beloved PBS Member Stations’ show, Mia & Codie, and instantly see their creations come alive. The Codie Blocks App connects with the Codie Educator Portal, giving educators ready-to-go, standards-aligned lessons and resources to bring coding to life. No prior coding experience required to teach. With 40 levels of coding challenges, hours of open-ended play, and immersive storytelling, the app sparks creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Codie Blocks is everything you need to transform your classroom into a complete coding universe! Download Codie Blocks and watch your classroom’s imagination come to life.

Screenshots

Adley's PlaySpace4 screens
Codie3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Codie at 5.0 against Adley's PlaySpace's 4.5. Codie also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Adley's PlaySpace's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Codie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adley's PlaySpace has 1.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Adley's PlaySpace's written reviews are positive against 100% of Codie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Adley's PlaySpace ships an update fortnightly, Codie every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Adley's PlaySpace versus Codie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdley's PlaySpaceCodie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB736 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShonduras Inc.Codie LLC

Customer experience

Adley's PlaySpace

All ratings1,399 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.9%

Codie

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Adley's PlaySpace

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Binoculars not working
  • Kicked out of game after selecting a planet
  • Blank screen on launch for some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More planets and levels to explore
  • Additional mini-games and activities
  • Ability to save progress and unlock new content
  • Integration with other Adley apps and merchandise

Codie

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Adley's PlaySpace

No in-app purchases

None

Codie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Adley's PlaySpace free?
Adley's PlaySpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Codie free?
Codie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Adley's PlaySpace or Codie?
Codie is rated higher. Adley's PlaySpace averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Codie averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Adley's PlaySpace or Codie have ads?
Neither Adley's PlaySpace nor Codie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Adley's PlaySpace or Codie?
Adley's PlaySpace ships an update fortnightly, and Codie every 6 weeks. Most recently, Adley's PlaySpace was updated on September 24, 2026 and Codie on July 16, 2026.

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