ScratchJr vs Mi Story Builder

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.

Turn your child’s ideas into delightful stories created especially for them. Mi Story Builder combines imaginative choices, personalized characters, colorful artwork, and AI-powered storytelling to make every adventure feel unique. Create Their Story Choose a story type, favorite characters, an exciting setting, and an optional moral. Add your child’s name, include friends in the adventure, and select special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, the first day of school, or losing a tooth. Make Every Story Personal Add a favorite photo to the story, then place more photos between paragraphs after the story is created. Added photos are stored locally on the device and are not sent to the AI. Read, Listen, and Enjoy Together Children can read at their own pace with adjustable text size or listen using a choice of reading voices. Saved stories remain in their personal library, ready to enjoy again and again. Create a Storybook Turn completed stories into beautiful square PDF storybooks. Choose from playful Confetti, Sparkles, Bubbles, and Rainbow designs, then save or share the finished book with family and friends. Features • AI-powered personalized story creation • Multiple story types, characters, settings, occasions, and morals • Child profiles with name, age, and reading voice • Add friends as characters in the story • Optional longer stories • Read-aloud narration • Adjustable reading text size • Add personal photos before and between story paragraphs • Save stories in a personal library • Create and share square PDF storybooks • Parent checks for protected actions • Saved stories can be enjoyed offline From unicorn adventures and magical castles to ocean discoveries and birthday surprises, Mi Story Builder helps families create stories that feel personal, playful, and worth keeping. Designed for children ages 3–12. An internet connection is required to create new stories and narration.