Scratch Tutorial vs CodeMonkey
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!
CodeMonkey
Learn programming concepts through interactive, offline lessons and challenges. Build your own projects using real code blocks and practice coding interview questions. Gamified elements like XP and achievements encourage consistent learning.
- Offline coding lessons
- Built-in code editor
- Interactive challenges
- Project builder
- Coding interview prep
- Gamified learning
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CodeMonkey teaches you to code one small, interactive step at a time — fully offline. • Beginner-friendly lessons across many languages, led by JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML & CSS • A real built-in code editor — write and run JavaScript on-device • Read-the-code, fix-the-bug, trace-the-flow and tap-to-assemble challenges • "Build your own project" maker: snap real code blocks together and run them • LeetCode-style practice and coding-interview prep tracks • XP, streaks and achievements to keep you going • Works 100% offline — your progress stays on your device Perfect for absolute beginners and anyone brushing up the fundamentals on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scratch Tutorial at 4.2 against CodeMonkey's 2.0. Scratch Tutorial also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 2). CodeMonkey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. CodeMonkey asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Tutorial holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. 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.
| Parameter | Scratch Tutorial | CodeMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海涛 赵 | Luke Mclaughlin |
Customer experience
Scratch Tutorial
CodeMonkey
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
CodeMonkey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
CodeMonkey
No in-app purchases









