Comparison

Hopscotch vs PROGRAMMING ZEMI

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

PROGRAMMING ZEMI

This educational app teaches programming fundamentals to young elementary schoolers through interactive play and visual block-based coding. It allows children to animate doodles, create original programs, and share their work with friends, fostering computational thinking skills.

Highlights
  • Visual block-based coding
  • Animate doodles and photos
  • Learn programming basics via video
  • Share creations with friends
  • Puzzle-based learning
  • Collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog
Features
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Ultimate edition of a programming educational app for young elementary schoolers ‐ Educational materials developed from programming classes for 1st through 3rd graders ‐ Feedback from children and teachers at the class has been reflected in the app ‐ Children can learn to think like a programmer just by playing with the app ● Collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog from May 2023! - For a limited time only (from May 2023 to March 31, 2027), 54 characters, 16 backdrops, and 5 background music selections will be available from the globally popular "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game from SEGA - Sonic the Hedgehog was born in 1991, and since then he has features in many games in the series for gaming consoles. - Let's try choosing your favorite character and making them move around through your own original programming work! ● Target age - 1st grade and up ● Advantages of the PROGRAMMING ZEMI 【Create programs simply and easily just by connecting blocks】 - Our visual programming system enables children to code easily, simply by connecting blocks. 【Self-learning by video from basics to advanced programming】 - Videos shows tips for self-learners to learn skills. 【Animate doodles using programming】 - Children can animate their own doodles in their program by using the camera to take a photo of their drawing. 【Share work with others】 - Children can interact with their friends by showing each other their work and adding to their friends' programs. ● Functions 【New Work】 - Animate doodles and photos and create original programs! 【My Works】 - Gallery of your works. These can also be shared with friends. 【Rewards】 - Learn programming basics by video. Complete to get rewards and earn more blocks. 【Put together】 - Imagine how blocks will work when they are put together, and figure out how to create more complicated functions by rearranging them. 【Puzzle】 - Put some blocks together to animate characters and solve puzzles. Learn about the process for arranging blocks. 【Shared works】 - Gallery of works shared by others. Children can look at the examples of others when creating their own programs. ● Why should you choose this app? - Child-friendly interface that allows even young elementary schoolers to easily learn programming skills - Incorporates feedback from children and teachers at elementary schools - Together, the functions of this app cover everything from the basics to advanced programming concepts, and enable children to create their very own programs ● How to use the app - You can create multiple accounts on one device - You can limit how long this app can be used in a day - You can configure sharing settings for each of your works individually ● Data collection - Name of an app provider which obtains information: DeNA Co., Ltd. - What information we collect, how we collect it, the purpose of use the information, sending the collected information 【The application】 - Information to collect: Device model name, language and region settings, IP address connected, OS and OS version - Collection method: Auto collection - Purpose of use collected: Account management, identifying access users - Sending the collected information externally, providing such information to third parties and use of information collection modules: Yes 【Crashlytics】 - Provider: Google Inc. - Information to collect: Device status, unique device identifier, hardware and OS information, information on a function and a position when the app crashed - Collection method: Auto collection - Purpose of use the information collected : Usage trend survey

Screenshots

Hopscotch4 screens
PROGRAMMING ZEMI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hopscotch at 4.5 against PROGRAMMING ZEMI's 2.6. Hopscotch also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 5) and review sentiment (70% vs 48%). PROGRAMMING ZEMI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Hopscotch sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. PROGRAMMING ZEMI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hopscotch holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hopscotch has 15K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Hopscotch's written reviews are positive against 48% of PROGRAMMING ZEMI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hopscotch ships an update every 2 weeks, PROGRAMMING ZEMI monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hopscotch versus PROGRAMMING ZEMI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHopscotchPROGRAMMING ZEMI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15K ratings) — better2.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews — better48.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHopscotch TechnologiesDeNA Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Hopscotch

All ratings14,975 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews488 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative20.3%

PROGRAMMING ZEMI

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative40.0%

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

PROGRAMMING ZEMI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hopscotch

Subscriptions9
  • 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
None

PROGRAMMING ZEMI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hopscotch free?
Hopscotch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PROGRAMMING ZEMI free?
PROGRAMMING ZEMI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hopscotch or PROGRAMMING ZEMI?
Hopscotch is rated higher. Hopscotch averages 4.5 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while PROGRAMMING ZEMI averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Hopscotch or PROGRAMMING ZEMI have ads?
Neither Hopscotch nor PROGRAMMING ZEMI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hopscotch or PROGRAMMING ZEMI?
Hopscotch ships an update every 2 weeks, and PROGRAMMING ZEMI monthly. Most recently, Hopscotch was updated on October 15, 2026 and PROGRAMMING ZEMI on October 14, 2026.

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