Zu3D Ed vs Scratch Tutorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zu3D Ed
Create stop-motion animations and videos with this intuitive app. Add pictures, videos, sounds, and special effects to produce your own films. Export your creations in various qualities to share online.
- Stop-motion animation studio
- Video editing tools
- Import music and sounds
- Automatic green screening
- Draw directly onto frames
- Publish to Zu3D.com or YouTube
- Export in HD quality
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This is the school edition of Zu3D. You need a school Zu3D account to use it. -------------------------------------------------------- Zu3D is a powerful yet intuitive stop-motion and video creation app. Create your own films by taking pictures, importing videos, sprites and gifs. Then import & record sounds and music, add titles, credits and speech bubbles. When you're finished just export your animation to share with friends or upload directly to YouTube or Zu3D.com Check out the tutorial video on http://www.zu3d.com/ipad to see just how easy it is. Features: Stop-motion animation -Fully featured stop motion animation studio. Auto-capture - Turn on this feature (press and hold capture button) and Zu3D will detect when your hand leaves the scene and automatically take a picture. Video editing -Zoom out of your film to to use powerful editing tools. Import music and sounds -Zu3D comes with a library of sound effects and music. You can also import audio from your computer. Automatic green screening -Incredibly easy and powerful blue/green screening with multiple keys, and eraser tools. Draw directly onto frames -Add lasers and special effects. Create hand drawn animations. Import sprites and animated GIFs -Combine PNG and GIFs with your film. Record narration & dialogue -Or your own sound effects. Speech bubbles -Choose from a variety of different speech bubbles to overlay over your film. Titles & credits -Add exciting titles and scrolling credits using one of our many templates or build your own. Time-lapse -Create amazing time-lapse films. Publish on Zu3D.com or YouTube -Share your film with friends, family and the entire world on our moderated, child friendly animation gallery. Export your film in three different qualities including HD. -Turn your animation into a .mp4 file that you can share with friends. Retina Display -Get the full benefits of your retina display. Exposure, white balance and focus lock -Easy to use camera settings to create a professional finish. Use front or back camera -Switch between the front and back camera at any point Autosave -Your animation saves automatically so no need to worry about losing your work. Here’s what people have said about Zu3D for the PC "Zu3D is an intuitive and surprisingly powerful piece of software. It can be tailored to cover all age ranges and abilities. " Jason Stansfield PC Pro Magazine. "This is great software! If you want creative, intuitive and motivational stop-motion software then look no further. Everything about this software has been very well thought out. My class absolutely love using it." Chris WildAdvanced Skills Teacher (ICT) "Zu3D is really great software. Really powerful but the user interface is perfectly pitched; child friendly but not dumbed." Dom Breadmore Digital Media Artist
Scratch Tutorial
This app offers an innovative, step-by-step programming course designed for children aged 4-14. It uses engaging content to foster a love for coding and allows kids to create their own games while learning fundamental programming concepts.
- Step-by-step programming guidance
- Interactive learning system
- Create own programming games
- Courses designed by experts
- Gradual concept mastery
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The latest scratch course - easy to use, let children fall in love with programming. ----Innovative design intelligent system guides children to learn step by step. 4-14-year-old children can easy to accept, and they will learn as soon as they learn. ----Interesting programming courses stimulate children's interest in learning and let them design their own programming games while learning and playing. Love programming, learn to program. ----Senior program designer and educator cooperate to design the course, and gradually master the programming concept from shallow to deep. New intelligent programming course, open the road of children's programming enlightenment!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scratch Tutorial at 4.2 against Zu3D Ed's 3.7. Scratch Tutorial also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 22) and device support (4 vs 1). Zu3D Ed's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (62% vs 35%). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Scratch Tutorial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zu3D Ed asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scratch Tutorial holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Tutorial has 4.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Zu3D Ed's written reviews are positive against 35% of Scratch Tutorial's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Zu3D Ed ships an update fortnightly, Scratch Tutorial every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zu3D Ed | Scratch Tutorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (22 ratings) | 4.2 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews — better | 34.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 333 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZuLogic Ltd | 海涛 赵 |
Customer experience
Zu3D Ed
Scratch Tutorial
Bugs and requests
Zu3D Ed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Scratch Tutorial
Reported bugs
2 issues- Lessons get stuck or freeze
- Inability to edit or correct mistakes
Requested features
3 requests- Allow more free-form coding
- Improve compatibility with latest Scratch version
- Add more game-making options
In-app purchases
Zu3D Ed
No in-app purchases
Scratch Tutorial
- Scratch lessons$4.99
Questions
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