freeCodeCamp vs Laracasts Courses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
freeCodeCamp
This app provides coding challenges, tutorials, and a podcast to help users learn and improve their programming skills. It's designed for beginners and experienced coders alike, offering a comprehensive resource for expanding coding knowledge.
- Coding challenges
- Programming tutorials
- Podcast for coders
- Open-source contribution
- Learn on the go
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Are you just starting your coding journey, or do you just want to know more about coding? Then freeCodeCamp is the place for you! Our Mobile app includes our Challenges, Tutorials, and Podcast Services, to get your coding-knowledge up to speed! If you are using the app for quite some time you can consider adding your own contribution to the app by visiting our open-source platform on GitHub. You can find our repository on: https://github.com/freecodecamp/mobile, we love to hear from you!
Laracasts Courses
Access thousands of expert-led video lessons on modern web development, including Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, and AI. Track your progress, learn on the go with background audio, and explore curated series. Free episodes are available without an account.
- Thousands of video lessons
- Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, AI topics
- Track learning progress
- Background audio playback
- Dedicated AI Hub
- Curated series browsing
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Laracasts brings the web's best screencasts for modern web development straight to your iPhone. Watch thousands of expert-led video lessons - from Laravel, PHP, and JavaScript to AI, testing, and deployment - wherever you go. Browse curated series, track your learning progress, and pick up right where you left off with background audio playback. Whether you're a beginner writing your first route or a senior engineer leveling up on advanced AI workflows, Laracasts has a path for you. Features: - Stream thousands of video lessons on Laravel, PHP, Vue.js, and more - Browse by topic, series, or instructor - Track your watch progress and resume where you left off - Background audio playback for on-the-go learning - Dedicated AI Hub for AI-focused courses and resources - Clean, dark-themed interface built for focused learning - Free episodes available without an account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Laracasts Courses at 100% against freeCodeCamp's 42%. Laracasts Courses also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8). freeCodeCamp's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Laracasts Courses holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: freeCodeCamp has 75 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of freeCodeCamp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Laracasts Courses's.
freeCodeCamp ships an update monthly, Laracasts Courses every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | freeCodeCamp | Laracasts Courses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (75 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Free Code Camp, Inc. | Jeffrey Way |
Customer experience
freeCodeCamp
Laracasts Courses
Bugs and requests
freeCodeCamp
Reported bugs
13 issues- Login screen freezes/hangs
- App crashes on launch or during use
- Videos do not play, showing error messages
- Progress is not saved or reverts to uncompleted
- Code is not detected or verified correctly
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- Difficulty copying long strings of text
- White screen appears on app launch
- Daily challenges cause app to exit or not function
- Instructions panel disappears when keyboard is active
- Browser extension error message appears without extensions
- Cannot advance past certain lessons/modules
- Backend performance issues
- App exits during course completion
Requested features
8 requests- Add more courses
- Improve UI/UX design
- Add a playground for coding
- Make the app open source
- Add more text-based lectures
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- Improve visual progress indicators
- Allow users to see correct code after attempts
- Add dark mode
Laracasts Courses
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
freeCodeCamp
No in-app purchases
Laracasts Courses
No in-app purchases
Questions
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