Hopscotch vs Mindful Powers™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hopscotch
This app allows children to create their own games, art, and stories using kid-friendly programming. Users can share their creations with a moderated community, play and remix projects from others, and learn to code through interactive video tutorials.
- Create games, art, and stories
- Kid-friendly programming interface
- Share creations with a moderated community
- Play and remix projects from other users
- Learn coding through video tutorials
- Build advanced games and apps
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“Hopscotch is the best way to express your imagination! Most other "learn to code" apps just make you complete boring levels with 4 "move" blocks, but in hopscotch you have the freedom to create anything, which is amazing.” — BuildASnowman, Hopscotcher “This taught me sooooo much about basics of coding. I have been able to make some cool games I hope to learn more as I advance this app was extremely helpful and easy to learn.” — BestBeginnersCoding, Hopcotcher “I had ZERO background or programming experience. I personally checked all 8 or 10 of these blogs about recommendations. And Hopscotch was the most intuitive and interactive. It’s not like you’re just playing video games. My daughter loves it!” — Mom, S. to daughter, 8 “I am a 4th grade teacher who LOVES your app. Our students have been introduced to coding through it and I am impressed with the creativity they have shown and the skills they are building while creating projects.” — Kelley, 4th grade teacher CREATE Whether games, art, stories or more, you can code whatever you want with kid-friendly programming. Publish your creations to Hopscotch’s fully moderated community, where kids can play and learn from your games. PLAY Explore and learn from millions of projects created by other kids. Open up any project to play, tweak, or remix it. With thousands of games published every week, you’ll never run out of ideas or inspiration! LEARN Our play-along video tutorials teach you to make Crossy Road, PokemonGo, and more. Listen, watch, and code as you go! As you become a better programmer, Hopscotch will challenge you to create increasingly advanced games and apps. These skills will help you in high school, college, and beyond. PRESS + AWARDS ** Parents Magazine: Best Apps for Families ** ** FastCompany: Innovation By Design Finalist ** ** Parent’s Choice Gold Medal: Software ** ** Children’s Technology Review: Best Educational Technology ** Featured in: ** The New York Times ** ** The Wall Street Journal ** ** WIRED ** ** Parents Magazine ** ** FastCompany ** ** Apple App Store Editors ** FOR PARENTS See how much your child will love learning to code with Hopscotch! Join 10 million families coding on Hopscotch. Upgrade to Hopscotch Pro for premium creation tools. Get a week-long free trial, and then subscribe for $9.99/month or $79.99/year. You can cancel anytime, hassle free. FOR EDUCATORS Hopscotch is used on 44% of school iPads in the US. Sign up as an educator when you download Hopscotch, and then start coding in your classroom with free lesson plans and student accounts. Increase student engagement with our library of self-guided video tutorials. Email us at classrooms@gethopscotch.com to get started. SAFETY + PRIVACY Hopscotch values kids’ safety and privacy. Hopscotch does not require or collect Personal Information from children, and is COPPA Certified by iKeep Safe. SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscribe to Hopscotch Pro for premium creation tools. You can choose between two auto-renewing subscription options: - $9.99 per month - $79.99 per year Get a 7-day free trial when you upgrade to Hopscotch Pro. Cancel at any time before the trial period ends, and you won’t be charged until after the trial period. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To cancel a subscription, disable auto-renewal in your iTunes settings (General > iTunes Settings > Subscriptions > Manage) and allow the current period to end. Refunds are not available for unused portions of a subscription per iTunes policy. Hopscotch Privacy Policy: https://gethopscotch.com/privacy-policy Hopscotch Terms of Use: https://gethopscotch.com/terms
Mindful Powers™
This app offers a playful, skills-based approach to mindfulness for children aged 7-10. It helps kids develop emotional regulation, reduce stress, and improve focus through interactive voice-guided sessions and a task timer. The app aims to empower young minds to find calm and build a healthier relationship with life's challenges.
- Voice-guided mindfulness sessions
- Interactive lessons
- Task timer for focus
- Emotional regulation skills
- Stress and anxiety reduction
- Calmness and relaxation techniques
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Mindful Powers™ is an award-winning, kid-first, holistic approach to helping young minds learn and practice mindfulness so they can respond more effectively to stressful situations through the power of play. Built on a skills-based approach that helps children in early and middle childhood build a healthier relationship with life, stress, and anxiety, Mindful Powers™ empowers kids to bring calm to their lives at the touch of their fingertips. Download Mindful Powers™ today to experience the first three Mindful Play lessons for free! Ideal for kids aged 7 – 10 Mindful Powers™ is designed to be a part of your child’s daily routine. It is simple, easy, and fun to use, so kids can pick it up and use it at any point in their day. The two key features are: • Mindful Play | voice-guided mindfulness sessions • Focus Time | a task timer Mindful play: Through a series of 10 progressive and interactive voice-guided sessions, kids learn how to master the powers of mindfulness – the ability to know and understand what is happening in one’s head at any given moment, without getting carried away by it. Before each lesson, kids sooth their very own Flibbertigibbet™, who is in an agitated state, with the touch of their finger. This sensory-based repetitive interaction triggers the body’s rest and digest response, helping kids relax and regain focus. Focus time: The Flibbertigibbet™ self-set timer helps kids set mental parameters around a given task by applying focus time until completion. When the focus timer is on, Mindful Powers™ deters kids from using the device for any other purpose, encouraging them to work towards completing their tasks. Mindful Powers helps grow the following skills: • Calmness & relaxation • Stress & anxiety reduction • Concentration & focus • Navigating big emotions • Getting along with others “Mindful Powers™ is not a cookie cutter approach to mindfulness. Based on contextual behavioral science and inspired by an approach to therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, it recognizes that the mindfulness experience is a psychological experience that can be learned in small bits and gradually presented and trained.” — Dr. Roger Vilardaga, Assistant Professor at Duke University Mindful Powers Awards: • GOLD Winner: The Davey Awards, Best Mobile Apps/Site - Health & Wellness • GOLD Winner: The W3 Awards, Best Mobile Apps/Site - Family & Kids • Best Learning App: Kidscreen Awards 2019 — Original • Finalist: 2018 Cynopsis Imagination Awards - Mobile App – K6-11 The content and lessons included in Mindful Powers™ were developed in consultation with Dr. Roger Vilardaga, a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Duke University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences *Mindful Powers™ is not intended to clinically treat kids with behavioral and/or emotional challenges. Please note, In-App Purchases are not included in Family Sharing. If you have the app installed on multiple devices, you will need to be signed into iTunes using the account that made the initial purchase in order for your Story Pack In-App Purchases to carry over. You also have the option of downloading the paid version: Mindful Powers™ edu, which is compatible with Family Sharing (and does not have IAP).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hopscotch at 4.5 against Mindful Powers™'s 4.1. Hopscotch also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 202). Mindful Powers™'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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. Hopscotch sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Mindful Powers™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hopscotch holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hopscotch has 15K ratings behind it against 202, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Hopscotch's written reviews are positive against 77% of Mindful Powers™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hopscotch ships an update every 2 weeks, Mindful Powers™ every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hopscotch | Mindful Powers™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15K ratings) — better | 4.1 (202 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.3% of reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 202 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 203 MB | 296 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hopscotch Technologies | Smashing Ideas LLC |
Customer experience
Hopscotch
Mindful Powers™
User reviews
Hopscotch
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use for beginners
- 🚀 Powerful coding tools
- 💡 Encourages creativity and problem-solving
- 👍 Supportive community
- 🚀 Great for learning coding
Room to improve
- 💰 Subscription model restricts free access
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🔒 Limited account/login options
- 🔒 Concerns about child safety and moderation
Mindful Powers™
From 202 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😌 Calming and relaxing
- 👍 Great for anxiety and stress
- 💖 Helps with overwhelming thoughts
- 😊 Teaches mindfulness effectively
- ✨ Soothing voice and music
Room to improve
- 💰 Requires payment for full content
- ⏳ Limited free content
- 🐛 Some users experience bugs
- 🔊 Sound issues reported
- 📱 Performance issues on older devices
Bugs and requests
Hopscotch
Reported bugs
4 issues- Projects disappearing or not saving properly
- Shapes/objects not displaying correctly
- Crashes and freezes when using certain features
- Subscription/login issues
Requested features
6 requests- Add cloud variables and multiplayer support
- Allow custom sounds and profile pictures for free
- Improve the 'Newest' tab to better showcase new projects
- Restore old features like unlimited free projects
- Add a 'reset' button for projects
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- Improve the coding logic and debugging tools
Mindful Powers™
Reported bugs
7 issues- No sound issues
- Timer achievements not unlocking
- App crashes when trying to pay
- App is super slow and character is transparent on older devices
- Lost progress and paid upgrade after update
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- Cannot tap crystal to start app after update
- Focus timer awards not received
Requested features
8 requests- Add more stories
- Add more opportunities to grow plant and unlock gems
- Add more levels/exercises
- French version available
- More characters to interact with
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- Ability to customize character appearance
- More awards/achievements
- Option to pay for full content upfront without subscription
In-app purchases
Hopscotch
- 1 Month Subscription with free trial7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Hopscotch Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Hopscotch Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$7.991 Month
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- Hopscotch Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Hopscotch Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 1 Year Subscription with free trial1 Month trial$79.991 Year
- 1 Year Subscription with free trial7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Hopscotch Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Hopscotch Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
Mindful Powers™
- Mindfulness 101 Story PackFree









