Product Review of Hopscotch: Learn to Code, Make Your Own Game

With Hopscotch, your kid will learn how to code stories, games, art, and whatever they want with kid-friendly programming; they can publish their creations to a fully moderated community using Hopscotch. They can also learn and explore millions of projects developed by other kids and play or make them better. Thousands of games are created and published every week, providing you with all the ideas you need for inspiration.
Website: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id617098629
What Users Love About the App
“This app was my first step into the coding world when I was young! I love hopscotch and it truly has encouraged me to learn other coding languages and get involved with programming.”
“I can confidently say that hopscotch not only teaches you about coding, but it teaches kids problem solving, applying math and logic skills, perseverance, patience and so much more. I always loved spending summer days coding games and then being able to publish these games for other kids to play!”
“This is definitely a great app for kids of all ages and all coding skill levels. Whether or not your child wants to be a professional game developer, this app will benefit them in so many ways and teach them so many important skills.”
“I’m 17 and I still enjoy making games on this app. I have some experience with actual languages like python and swift, but it is so much easier to pick up my phone and make a game using block coding.”
“This is an amazing app and I am learning a lot from it. If you in anyway hesitant about downloading it…. DON’T BE! If you wanna make games and have fun while coding. This is the app for you!!!!! This is especially great for kids because some games that involve learning bore kids, even if they DO want to learn.”
What Users Dislike About the App
“If you accept the free trial, even though your subscription will kick in in a week, you aren’t allowed to save drawings.”
“Signing up for a subscription wouldn’t accept my email address as the backup for retrieving my kid’s password, saying it was already in use. Shouldn’t a parent be allowed to be the contact for more than one kid?”
“When I try to play something i made it loads and never stops this never started until like the beginning of February of 2021 and the weird part is i can play other people’s projects but I can’t play mine.”
“Just a quick question- Why do we have to pay to get in this app? I used to use this app all the time, now it makes you pay?”
“Had to use Hopscotch as part of Project Lead The Way. Nothing was easy about it. Setting up a class account was complicated. I didn’t like those kids were assigned usernames and then were able to go in and change them.”