codeSpark - Coding for Kids
67%Game Brain Score
graphics, humor
story, monetization
67% User Score 1,700 reviews
Platforms
TabletAndroidPhoneMobile Platform
About
Learn-to-code for kids 3-10 with 100s of educational learning games & activities







Audience ScoreBased on 1,700 reviews
graphics6 positive mentions
monetization12 negative mentions
- The app is educational, challenging, and fun, making it a great tool for kids to learn coding concepts.
- The graphics and characters are engaging, which keeps children interested and motivated to play.
- The app promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills, making it a valuable resource for both home and classroom use.
- The subscription model is expensive, making it inaccessible for many families, and the free trial is misleading.
- Customer service is poor, with many users reporting difficulties in canceling subscriptions and receiving refunds.
- The app has numerous bugs and glitches that hinder gameplay, leading to frustration for both kids and parents.
- story21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The reviews highlight a mixed experience with the storytelling aspect of the app, noting both its potential for fostering creativity and the challenges posed by technical issues such as glitches and limited functionality. While some users appreciate the platform's ability to help children develop storytelling skills alongside coding and critical thinking, others express frustration over the difficulties in navigating the story creation process and the impact of subscription costs. Overall, the app is seen as a valuable tool for creative storytelling, albeit with significant room for improvement in its execution.
“My daughter is a creative storyteller, and having a platform where she can learn coding, critical thinking, and math concepts, all while practicing her storytelling, is exactly what we need in our homeschool.”
“A plus is it helps kids with storytelling, too, as they are able to code stories with fun characters and narrate them.”
“They've got a story maker now that's been super fun!”
“This made it incredibly difficult for my child to fully figure out all directions or follow the little storylines on his own.”
“The making a story and game is limited because there's no if-else or greater or less than.”
“Let me tell you a little story about this app: one time my child played this game, inspected my credit card on this stupid subscription, and now I can't buy any food. This stupid app wasted my money, and now we are just poor because we wasted our money on this stupid app.”