CodingKids vs Pyonkee
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
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. CodingKids sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pyonkee asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | CodingKids | Pyonkee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (20 ratings) | 3.6 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BeyondApp Co., Ltd | SoftUmeYa, LLC. |
Customer experience
CodingKids
Pyonkee
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
Pyonkee
From 51 App Store ratingsWhat 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
CodingKids
- Donate to support AppCraft$0.99
Pyonkee
No in-app purchases









