Daisy the Dinosaur vs ScratchJr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Drag and drop interface
- Animate a dinosaur
- Learn coding basics
- Understand objects, sequencing, loops, and events
- Solve coding challenges
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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
ScratchJr
This app allows young children to create their own interactive stories and games by snapping together graphical programming blocks. It fosters problem-solving, creative expression, and develops early numeracy and literacy skills in a fun, motivating context.
- Program interactive stories
- Create games
- Snap-together programming blocks
- Develop problem-solving skills
- Foster creative expression
- Learn coding fundamentals
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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games. By snapping together graphical programming blocks, children can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer. They also use math and language in a meaningful and motivating context, supporting the development of early-childhood numeracy and literacy. With ScratchJr, children don’t just learn to code, they code to learn. ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of people (ages 8 and up) around the world. The ScratchJr interface and programming language were redesigned to make them appropriate for younger children’s cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development. ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab, the Developmental Technologies research group at Tufts University, and the Playful Invention Company. The ScratchJr project has received generous financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF DRL-1118664), Scratch Foundation, LEGO Foundation, and British Telecommunications. If you enjoy using this free app, please consider making a donation to the Scratch Foundation (www.scratchfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing support for ScratchJr. We appreciate donations of all sizes, large and small.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daisy the Dinosaur at monthly against ScratchJr's every 6 months. ScratchJr's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 22) and review sentiment (67% vs 54%). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Daisy the Dinosaur against 3.9 for ScratchJr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScratchJr has 1.9K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Daisy the Dinosaur's written reviews are positive against 67% of ScratchJr's.
Daisy the Dinosaur ships an update monthly, ScratchJr every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daisy the Dinosaur | ScratchJr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (22 ratings) | 3.9 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 66.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hopscotch Technologies | Scratch Foundation, Inc. |
Customer experience
Daisy the Dinosaur
ScratchJr
Bugs and requests
Daisy the Dinosaur
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ScratchJr
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incorrect character movements and positioning
- Saving and loading problems
- Microphone and recording bugs
Requested features
5 requests- Add more frames/scenes per project
- Improve drawing/editing tools
- Expand color and customization options
- Enhance audio features and sound library
- Integrate with the full Scratch platform
In-app purchases
Daisy the Dinosaur
No in-app purchases
ScratchJr
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Daisy the Dinosaur free?
Is ScratchJr free?
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