CodingKids vs Scratch Tutorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CodingKids
This app teaches children to create their own games and interactive e-books in a single day. It offers features like text-to-speech, voice recognition, translation, and MIDI sound support, along with math coordinate tools. It's designed for kids to learn actual coding principles through hands-on game development.
- Game creation in one day
- Interactive e-book builder
- Text-to-Speech and Voice Recognition
- Multi-language translation
- MIDI sound support
- Math coordinates and functions
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Learn how to make your own game in one day!!! Most powerful Coding App on iPad. You can really make real games in no minutes. Example game includes - 1to50 puzzle game, - Meteor classic arcade game - Bricks - Arkanoid clone - Simon game - Room Escape - and more You can also make Interactive e-book by using features like - Text To Speech (Many languages) - Voice Recognition (Many languages) - Translation (Many languages) You can also make MIDI app by using built-in MIDI sound supports. We also supports math coordinates and functions to help kids to experiment math by coding. We learn actual coding class for KIDS in South Korea for more than 3 years. We always upgrade and upgrade from real class kids' reactions. We may not be perfect, but we are trying everyday to improve this app to help your learn how to code games and apps. See https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5tB-ArPRmPgHVJu-lHJFwyq6KEX4-CMg
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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scratch Tutorial at 4.2 against CodingKids's 2.2. Scratch Tutorial also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 20). CodingKids's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. CodingKids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scratch Tutorial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scratch Tutorial holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Tutorial has 4.6K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 35% and 35% positive.
CodingKids ships an update every 9 days, Scratch Tutorial every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CodingKids | Scratch Tutorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (20 ratings) | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews — better | 34.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BeyondApp Co., Ltd | 海涛 赵 |
Customer experience
CodingKids
Scratch Tutorial
User reviews
CodingKids
From 20 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app for creating apps
- 👍 Powerful tools and user-friendly interface
- 🚀 Awesome way to show how apps are built
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 👎 Confusing and hard to use
- 👎 Lack of documentation and instructions
- 👎 Too many ads and pop-ups
Scratch Tutorial
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful tutorials
- 🤗 Good for learning to code
- 😊 Fun and engaging
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for advanced content
- 🤔 Outdated or incompatible blocks
- 😕 Repetitive and restrictive
- 🙄 Poor graphics and UI
Bugs and requests
CodingKids
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when trying to add pictures
- No 'done' button when creating new scenes
- Embedded URLs crash the app
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to publish apps to the App Store
- More tutorials and documentation
- Pinch-to-zoom and scroll features
- Group alignment and grouping of objects
- Import images from photo library
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
In-app purchases
CodingKids
- Donate to support AppCraft$0.99
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
Questions
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