ScratchJr vs Kids'Skills App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Kids'Skills App
This app offers parents and professionals practical guidance for addressing common childhood challenges. It provides reliable information and solution-focused strategies to help children overcome difficulties, based on a method developed in Finland.
- Information on common childhood problems
- Practical suggestions for overcoming issues
- Solution-focused method guidance
- Aimed at parents and professionals
- Developed in Finland
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Kids'Skills app is a solution-focused pocket manual aimed at parents as well professionals. It contains reliable information about all common children's problems and diagnoses and practical suggestions of how to help children overcome those problems. Kids'Skills is a solution-focused method for helping children overcome problems that was developed in Finland in the 90s and has since become popular in many countries around the world. More information about Kids'skills can be found at www.kidsskills.org.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScratchJr at 67% against Kids'Skills App's 0%. ScratchJr also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (1.9K 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.
ScratchJr holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScratchJr has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ScratchJr's written reviews are positive against 0% of Kids'Skills App's.
ScratchJr ships an update every 6 months, Kids'Skills App every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScratchJr | Kids'Skills App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.9K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Scratch Foundation, Inc. | Lyhytterapiainstituutti Oy |
Customer experience
ScratchJr
Kids'Skills App
Bugs and 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
Kids'Skills App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScratchJr
No in-app purchases
Kids'Skills App
No in-app purchases
