freeCodeCamp vs Debugging
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!
Debugging
Practice debugging skills in a fun arcade platformer. Solve real AP Computer Science exam questions to fix glitches and escape a corrupted machine. Features multiple difficulty levels and offline play.
- Debugging practice arcade platformer
- AP CSP & CSA modes
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Collectible bugs with multiple-choice questions
- Offline play, no account required
- Built for phones and tablets
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Debugging: Inside the Machine is a free debugging-practice arcade platformer for students preparing for AP Computer Science Principles or AP Computer Science A. You're inside a corrupted machine — find the USB Key, fix the glitches, and escape the firewall before the system collapses. CSP and CSA modes ship in the same app. Tap once to switch. — EASY · MED · HARD — Each difficulty is a different level, with its own glitch tilemap and its own question bank. CSP topics: Selection, Iteration, Functions & Lists. CSA topics: Variables · Strings, Iteration · Loops, Arrays · Recursion. Two bonus levels (K-Pop Demon Hunters, Minecraft) unlock when you've cleared all three difficulties. — CODE LENS — Glitches scatter across each level as collectible bugs. When you're in range, the CODE LENS button pulses on screen. Tap it and a real multiple-choice debugging question appears: read the broken code, pick the actual bug from four explanations, and the glitch repairs. Wrong answer? Stability drops 10 percent. Right answer? Stability recovers 5 percent and the level inches closer to stable. — Real questions, not filler — Every question is hand-written and scoped to AP exam topics. No random AI hallucinations, no off-curriculum trivia. The pseudocode reference card (CSP) and Java Quick Reference (CSA) are one tap away during any question. — Built for phones and tablets — Touch controls only. Bottom-left D-pad to move, big JUMP button on the right, hold for higher jump. Question screens use full-size answer buttons. Designed for landscape iPhone and iPad. — Offline, no account, no tracking — Everything ships in the app. The game makes zero network calls, collects zero analytics, and requires no sign-in. — More from CS++ — A "More from CS++" button connects you to the rest of the CS++ family: the AP CSP and AP CSA full-curriculum apps, the CS++ Java IDE for on-device Java practice, and the free csplusplus.com web resources (curriculum, vocab trainer, practice exams). For: AP CSP and AP CSA students, CS teachers building exam prep sessions, anyone who likes finding bugs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Debugging at 100% against freeCodeCamp's 42%. Debugging also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). freeCodeCamp's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Debugging 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 Debugging's.
freeCodeCamp ships an update monthly, Debugging daily. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | freeCodeCamp | Debugging |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Free Code Camp, Inc. | Kevin Hare |
Customer experience
freeCodeCamp
Debugging
In-app purchases
freeCodeCamp
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









