Comparison

CodingKids vs Pyonkee

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Pyonkee

This app offers a real programming environment for creating games, animations, and stories using visual blocks. It's inspired by Scratch and optimized for touch devices, allowing users to learn logic, creativity, and collaboration through coding.

Highlights
  • Visual block-based programming
  • Create games, animations, and stories
  • Optimized for touch devices
  • Import sounds and pictures
  • Share projects easily
  • Connect with micro:bit
  • Utilize iPad sensors
Features
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Tired of consuming? Let's enjoy creating! Based on Scratch, Pyonkee provides a real, programming environment, anytime, anywhere! Pyonkee is a new dynamic media for developing various ideas. By combining visual blocks, kids/adults are able to create original games, animations, and stories on their own. Through the programming process, we will learn about logics, productivity, creativity, and collaborations. Pyonkee has been developed from the open-source code of "Scratch 1.4" from MIT Media Lab. Since Pyonkee is fully compatible with Scratch 1.4, millions of existing Scratch projects can be used for reference. Pyonkee's user interface is optimized for touch devices. We do not need cumbersome typing, even a mouse. Just write programs wherever you like. Pyonkee nicely supports pinch-in/out, and font scaling for small devices. Moreover, sound recorder and camera are provided for importing your sounds and pictures into the projects. We can mix various media on Pyonkee and program them. Moreover, you can share your projects via AirDrop, e-mail, iCloud, and other cloud storage services. From the version 2.1, you are able to create programs using various iPad sensors and Mesh network protocol. From the version 2.3, more than 100 instruments are available in sound block. You can even play other synth app's sounds by enabling Virtual MIDI. From the version 2.20, Pyonkee is able to connect to micro:bit. You can get values from various sensors and send analog/digital signals to the pins. By combining the micro:bit with Pyonkee, you can enjoy an even wider world of programming. Dive into the fun of visual programming!

Screenshots

CodingKids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pyonkee at 3.6 against CodingKids's 2.2. Pyonkee also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (62% vs 35%). CodingKids's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CodingKids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pyonkee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pyonkee holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of CodingKids's written reviews are positive against 62% of Pyonkee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodingKids ships an update every 9 days, Pyonkee every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
CodingKids versus Pyonkee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodingKidsPyonkee
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (20 ratings)3.6 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2051 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeyondApp Co., LtdSoftUmeYa, LLC.

Customer experience

CodingKids

All ratings20 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral12.1%
Negative53.2%

Pyonkee

All ratings43 ratings
Positive60.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative30.2%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.2%

User reviews

CodingKids

From 20 App Store ratings

What 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

Pyonkee

From 51 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Familiarity to Scratch
  • 👍 Good for learning to code
  • 👍 Works offline
  • 👍 Accessible on mobile
  • 👍 Nostalgic for older Scratch users

Room to improve

  • 👎 Ripoff of Scratch
  • 👎 Confusing interface
  • 👎 Bugs and glitches
  • 👎 Performance issues (slow, crashes)
  • 👎 Limited features compared to modern Scratch

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

Pyonkee

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes when importing photos
  • App kicks user out
  • Blocks not working
  • Stamp and select features not working
  • Forever if block issue
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  • Storage usage too high (5GB)
  • App crashes when making games (e.g., Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Loading screen stuck
  • Blocks/sprites disappear briefly when moved
  • Memory cleaning issues causing reloads
  • Pixels shift when drawing sprites
  • Image import forces rectangular crop
  • App crashes on launch (iOS 8, iPad Mini)
  • Slow performance/lagging
  • Editor runs slowly
  • Freezes when making multiple costumes

Requested features

24 requests
  • Update to Scratch 2.0/3.0
  • Support for .sb3 and .sjr files
  • Add clone blocks
  • Add original Scratch Cat sprite
  • Implement auto-save function
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  • Improve drawing/sprite editing tools
  • Add sharing rules and report buttons
  • Add social media sharing
  • Add new blocks (e.g., when screen swiped)
  • Support for importing images from camera roll
  • Support for importing audio from iTunes
  • Add more background images
  • Add more scripts and features
  • Improve performance and speed
  • Add scroll bar for UI elements
  • Make it lighter/less resource-intensive
  • Add a home screen
  • Allow uploading projects to Dropbox
  • Add online play and sharing
  • Add iMessage sharing and email file opening
  • Add mature sprites
  • Add programming explanations
  • Support for Kanji input
  • Make it more compatible with newer iOS versions

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CodingKids

One-time1
  • Donate to support AppCraft$0.99
None

Pyonkee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CodingKids free?
CodingKids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pyonkee free?
Pyonkee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CodingKids or Pyonkee?
Pyonkee is rated higher. CodingKids averages 2.2 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Pyonkee averages 3.6 from 51 ratings.
Do CodingKids or Pyonkee have ads?
Neither CodingKids nor Pyonkee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CodingKids or Pyonkee?
CodingKids ships an update every 9 days, and Pyonkee every 4 months. Most recently, CodingKids was updated on September 18, 2026 and Pyonkee on September 29, 2026.

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