Scratch Tutorial vs kidOYO Mini
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
kidOYO Mini
This app introduces young children to computational thinking and computer science concepts. It's designed to foster self-directed learning in areas like coding and engineering, starting from early childhood education and progressing to advanced levels.
- Computational literacy methods
- Computer science education
- Engineering concepts
- Coding fundamentals
- Self-directed learning
- Classroom tested
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Start early, never stop.. this app helps young minds engage computational literacy methods discovered in computer science, engineering and coding education, for a lifetime of self-driven learning! From the premiere 501(c)(3) public benefit technology producers and mentors at kidOYO® comes the first app used in Pre-K through 3rd grade classrooms at leading school districts in America. Helping your learners engage a self-led learning process in computer science, engineering and coding starts early at kidOYO®, and progresses into leading Advanced Placement classrooms as well as University CSE classrooms, at ever earlier ages. This is the future of CSE education, get your child started now, start early, and never stop with kidOYO®!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: kidOYO Mini at 100% against Scratch Tutorial's 35%. kidOYO Mini also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Scratch Tutorial's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 3). 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. Scratch Tutorial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and kidOYO Mini sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
kidOYO Mini holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Tutorial has 4.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Scratch Tutorial's written reviews are positive against 100% of kidOYO Mini's.
Scratch Tutorial ships an update every 4 weeks, kidOYO Mini every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scratch Tutorial | kidOYO Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海涛 赵 | kidOYO |
Customer experience
Scratch Tutorial
kidOYO Mini
Bugs and 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
kidOYO Mini
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
kidOYO Mini
- Color Grid$1.99
- Directionals 2$1.99
- Fill in the Blank$1.99
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- Repeat Loops 2$1.99
- Math Blocks$1.99
- Conditional Shapes 2$1.99
- X-Axis - Fill in the Number$1.99
- Y-Axis - Mark the Spot$1.99
- Y-Axis - Fill in the Number$1.99
- Rotating Turtles$1.99
Questions
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