Scratch Tutorial vs PlayMaksi
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!
PlayMaksi
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Your favourite Scratch games, finally playable on your phone. Scratch games are made for a keyboard and a big screen. PlayMaksi makes them work on touch: keyboard-only games get an on-screen joystick and action buttons automatically, and click games work with your finger. Tap a game and play - free, with no account and no setup. WHY PLAYERS LOVE IT • Joystick and buttons added automatically to keyboard games • Community favourites: platformers, runners, puzzles, clickers, mazes and more • One tap to play - no sign-up needed • Save games and play offline, on the bus or anywhere without signal • Turn the on-screen controls on or off for each game MADE A GAME IN SCRATCH? Export your project as an .sb3 file, upload it, add a title, a description and a cover, and publish. Your game gets its own page and a link you can share with friends, family or classmates - and it is playable on their phones straight away. FOR TEACHERS AND CODING CLUBS Show student projects on whatever phone or tablet the class already has. Share one link; nobody needs a laptop or an account to play. FOR PARENTS Play the game your child made, on your own phone, in a couple of taps. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open PlayMaksi and pick a game - or upload your own .sb3 2. Play with touch, joystick or buttons 3. Save it for offline play or share the link Note: PlayMaksi is an independent platform for Scratch .sb3 projects and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Scratch Team, the Scratch Foundation, or MIT.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlayMaksi at none against Scratch Tutorial's 1. PlayMaksi also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks). Scratch Tutorial's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Scratch Tutorial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayMaksi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Tutorial ships an update every 4 weeks, PlayMaksi every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Scratch Tutorial | PlayMaksi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 34.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 海涛 赵 | Mikhail Petrusheuski |
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
PlayMaksi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
PlayMaksi
No in-app purchases
Questions
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