API Pro vs freeCodeCamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
API Pro
This application simplifies understanding of APIs by allowing users to interact with core components. It introduces fundamental API concepts and basic terminology in an accessible way.
- Interactive API component exploration
- Explanation of key API concepts
- Introduction to basic API terms
- Simplified learning approach
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This app helps users understand APIs by allowing them to play with its core components. It shows APIs key concepts and basic API terms.
freeCodeCamp
This app provides coding challenges, tutorials, and a podcast to help users learn and improve their programming skills. It's designed for beginners and experienced coders alike, offering a comprehensive resource for expanding coding knowledge.
- Coding challenges
- Programming tutorials
- Podcast for coders
- Open-source contribution
- Learn on the go
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Are you just starting your coding journey, or do you just want to know more about coding? Then freeCodeCamp is the place for you! Our Mobile app includes our Challenges, Tutorials, and Podcast Services, to get your coding-knowledge up to speed! If you are using the app for quite some time you can consider adding your own contribution to the app by visiting our open-source platform on GitHub. You can find our repository on: https://github.com/freecodecamp/mobile, we love to hear from you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: API Pro at 100% against freeCodeCamp's 42%. API Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). freeCodeCamp's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 2). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
API Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: freeCodeCamp has 75 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of API Pro's written reviews are positive against 42% of freeCodeCamp's.
API Pro ships an update every 2 days, freeCodeCamp monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | API Pro | freeCodeCamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.8 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 42.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blossend, Inc. | Free Code Camp, Inc. |
Customer experience
API Pro
freeCodeCamp
Bugs and requests
API Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
freeCodeCamp
Reported bugs
13 issues- Login screen freezes/hangs
- App crashes on launch or during use
- Videos do not play, showing error messages
- Progress is not saved or reverts to uncompleted
- Code is not detected or verified correctly
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- Difficulty copying long strings of text
- White screen appears on app launch
- Daily challenges cause app to exit or not function
- Instructions panel disappears when keyboard is active
- Browser extension error message appears without extensions
- Cannot advance past certain lessons/modules
- Backend performance issues
- App exits during course completion
Requested features
8 requests- Add more courses
- Improve UI/UX design
- Add a playground for coding
- Make the app open source
- Add more text-based lectures
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- Improve visual progress indicators
- Allow users to see correct code after attempts
- Add dark mode
In-app purchases
API Pro
No in-app purchases
freeCodeCamp
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is API Pro free?
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Which has better reviews, API Pro or freeCodeCamp?
Do API Pro or freeCodeCamp have ads?
Which is updated more often, API Pro or freeCodeCamp?
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