ScratchJr vs Scottie Go! Edu
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.
Scottie Go! Edu
This educational game teaches programming basics through interactive challenges and physical tiles. Players program an alien's movements to help it gather spaceship parts, learning concepts like loops and variables.
- Interactive programming course
- Nearly 100 tasks of increasing difficulty
- Cardboard tiles recognized by the app
- Learn loops, conditions, variables, functions
- Improve analytical and logical thinking
- Develop algorithmic intuition
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===English version=== Caution: The game requires special tiles, which can be bought from Scottie Go! official distributors. Who would believe that the fate of a friendly alien Scottie will depend on you and your programming skills. It's year 2030. Scottie's spaceship breaks down and has to land on our planet. Help Scottie obtain replacement parts for his vehicle by programming his movements. Become an expert in algorithm design and discover basics of programming. Scottie Go! is an educational game with an interactive course in programming. It is a unique combination of educational application, with almost 100 tasks of increasing difficulty, and cardboard tiles used to write programs, recognized by the application. While playing, you will learn terms such as: loop, condition, variable, function and many others. Scottie Go! is a game which will let you: • improve your analytical and logical thinking skills, • learn to solve complex problems and work in groups, • develop your algorithmic intuition. More information can be found at www.scottiego.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ScratchJr at 67% against Scottie Go! Edu's 10%. ScratchJr also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 1). Scottie Go! Edu's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). 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.
Scottie Go! Edu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. 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 complicate that: 67% of ScratchJr's written reviews are positive against 10% of Scottie Go! Edu's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ScratchJr ships an update every 6 months, Scottie Go! Edu every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScratchJr | Scottie Go! Edu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.9% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 918 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scratch Foundation, Inc. | BeCREO Technologies Sp. z o.o. |
Customer experience
ScratchJr
Scottie Go! Edu
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
Scottie Go! Edu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScratchJr
No in-app purchases
Scottie Go! Edu
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ScratchJr free?
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