Comparison

Daisy the Dinosaur vs Coding Express LEGO® Education

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

Head to head
About

Daisy the Dinosaur

This app introduces children to fundamental coding concepts through interactive play. Users can animate a dinosaur using a simple drag-and-drop interface, learning about objects, sequencing, loops, and events by completing challenges.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Animate a dinosaur
  • Learn coding basics
  • Understand objects, sequencing, loops, and events
  • Solve coding challenges
Features
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Learn the basics of coding with Daisy the Dinosaur! Built by the creators of Hopscotch. This free, fun app has an easy drag & drop interface that kids of all ages can use to animate Daisy and make her dance on their screen. Kids will intuitively grasp the basics of objects, sequencing, loops and events by solving this app's challenges. If you like Daisy, continue learning with our award-winning flagship app: Hopscotch! App Store: https://hop.sc/get_hopscotch Website: https://www.gethopscotch.com

About

Coding Express LEGO® Education

This app introduces preschoolers to early coding concepts and 21st-century skills using a LEGO DUPLO train set. It offers four engaging activity areas: Journeys, Characters, Math, and Music, fostering problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity.

Highlights
  • Early coding concepts for preschoolers
  • LEGO DUPLO train set integration
  • Four activity areas: Journeys, Characters, Math, Music
  • Develops sequencing, problem-solving, and collaboration
  • Teacher guides and lesson plans included
  • Supports social and emotional development
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All on board the Coding Express! Coding Express LEGO® Education introduces early coding concepts and 21st century skills to preschoolers. Using the popular LEGO® DUPLO® train set, teacher guide and an easy-to-use app, preschool teachers have all they need to teach early coding concepts. TEACHER QUOTES “I have never seen anything like Coding Express and I am very intrigued with its structure and the varying ways it can teach children specific skills they might not have gained through play before. I love its versatility and how the many different areas of play will keep most children occupied for a very long time.” Kate, preschool teacher, USA “Coding Express gives preschoolers a very different learning experience. Building different shapes with the train track helps them to understand the coding concept and combined with the educational activities and teacher material it makes early coding intuitive, fun and educational. The app enhances the experience and it gives the early learners more ways to learn about coding.” Wenting, pre-school and kindergarten teacher, China With the Coding Express app and LEGO® DUPLO® solution you will get: • 234 LEGO® DUPLO® bricks, including Push & Go train with lights and sounds, motor, color sensor, 5 color-coded action bricks, 2 railroad switches and 3.8 meters of train track • Teaching materials that includes 8 online lessons, introduction guide, poster, 3 building inspiration cards for building 12 unique models, 5 getting started activities and 8 simple video tutorials • Free app featuring 4 fun and educational activity areas, including: o Journeys: Explore destinations and traffic signs. Learn about the sequencing of events, making predictions, planning and problem solving. Characters: Support children’s social and emotional development. Children identify and examine the feelings of characters, considering the consequences for others. Math: Explore and understand how to measure, estimate distance and identify numbers. Music: Learn about sequencing and looping. Compose simple melodies, explore different animal and instruments sounds. • Key learning values include sequencing, looping, conditional coding, problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, language and literacy, and expressing ideas with digital elements • Teaching solution and early coding toy for preschool children 2-5 years old; Developed using science, math and technology from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the 21st Century Early Learning Framework (P21 ELF) and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. *** IMPORTANT*** This is not a standalone educational app. This app is used to program the LEGO® Education Coding Express set, which is sold separately. Please contact your local LEGO Education reseller for further information. Getting Started: www.legoeducation.com/codingexpress Lesson Plans: www.legoeducation.com/lessons/codingexpress Support: www.lego.com/service Twitter: www.twitter.com/lego_education Facebook: www.facebook.com/LEGOeducationNorthAmerica Instagram: www.instagram.com/legoeducation Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/legoeducation LEGO, the LEGO logo and DUPLO are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. ©2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Daisy the Dinosaur at monthly against Coding Express LEGO® Education's every 8 months. Daisy the Dinosaur also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Coding Express LEGO® Education's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (256 vs 22). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coding Express LEGO® Education holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coding Express LEGO® Education has 256 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Daisy the Dinosaur's written reviews are positive against 50% of Coding Express LEGO® Education's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daisy the Dinosaur ships an update monthly, Coding Express LEGO® Education every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Daisy the Dinosaur versus Coding Express LEGO® Education: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaisy the DinosaurCoding Express LEGO® Education
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (22 ratings)4.2 (256 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22256 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB855 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHopscotch TechnologiesLEGO Education

Customer experience

Daisy the Dinosaur

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral21.4%
Negative25.0%

Coding Express LEGO® Education

All ratings250 ratings
Positive78.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Daisy the Dinosaur

No in-app purchases

None

Coding Express LEGO® Education

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daisy the Dinosaur free?
Daisy the Dinosaur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coding Express LEGO® Education free?
Coding Express LEGO® Education is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daisy the Dinosaur or Coding Express LEGO® Education?
Coding Express LEGO® Education is rated higher. Daisy the Dinosaur averages 3.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Coding Express LEGO® Education averages 4.2 from 256 ratings.
Do Daisy the Dinosaur or Coding Express LEGO® Education have ads?
Neither Daisy the Dinosaur nor Coding Express LEGO® Education shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daisy the Dinosaur or Coding Express LEGO® Education?
Daisy the Dinosaur ships an update monthly, and Coding Express LEGO® Education every 8 months. Most recently, Daisy the Dinosaur was updated on October 23, 2026 and Coding Express LEGO® Education on October 21, 2026.

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