Simple commands, deep thinking.
Turtles is a turtle graphics programming app for elementary school students and beginners.
Draw shapes while learning the basics of programming, including loops, variables, and functions.
Give commands to the turtle on the screen to draw lines, create shapes and patterns, and build interactive projects.
Before memorizing difficult syntax, learners can build a program, run it, see the result, and improve it step by step.
Turtles can be used for children’s first programming experience, adult learning, school lessons, coding classes, and workshops.
It also works on iPhone, but a larger screen such as iPad is recommended for creating projects.
Sample projects and related information are available on our website.
https://turtle360.net/
First Steps in Programming:
Turtles is a programming app that helps learners think by combining simple commands.
Starting with basic commands such as “move forward,” “turn right,” and “repeat,” even first-time programmers can quickly begin experimenting and learning by doing.
Learn Programming Basics:
By drawing shapes, learners can understand important programming concepts such as sequencing, loops, conditions, variables, and functions.
Because the result appears immediately on the screen, it is easy to understand how a program works.
Try More Advanced Expressions:
After learning the basics, learners can try more complex shapes, patterns, and fractal drawings.
They can also explore ideas connected to computer science, such as recursion, in a natural and visual way.
Create Mini Games and Projects:
Turtles is not only for moving a turtle. Learners can also create interactive projects and simple mini games based on their own ideas.
By combining the commands they have learned, they can experience the joy of thinking and creating by themselves.
About Turtle Graphics:
Turtle graphics is a programming method where learners give commands to a turtle on the screen to draw shapes.
It was developed in the 1960s for the LOGO programming language, and it is still used today in many programming learning environments.
Turtles is designed based on this idea so that both children and adults can enjoy learning programming.
Acknowledgments:
Turtles was inspired by many programming languages and learning environments, including LOGO, Squeak Etoys, Scratch, Python, and Swift.
We thank the developers around the world who created and nurtured these ideas.
Thank you for such an amazing free resource for kids to learn!!! Our small, rural school doesn't have a huge budget and this app is going to go a long way in helping our students develop skills and foster interest in 21st century career options. Thank you so very much! The interface is easy to use and the kids enjoy it, and dont even realize how much they are learning for their future career needs. - STEAM teacher
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your kind message! We’re so happy to hear that your students are enjoying the app and using it to learn new skills. We will keep working to make programming fun and simple for kids. Thank you again for your wonderful feedback!
Awesome
Radikalgyal
This is the best app for kids, I even made a game in it! But I wouldLike to see any new features add to the app.
Developer Response
Thank you for your positive feedback! We're glad to hear that you are enjoying Turtles. Updates haven't been made for a while, so we'll be considering them going forward!
Great success potential
newgeekS
Turotials missing how to use axis . Otherwise with basics easy to use and free . Long live this developer
Developer Response
Sorry for the very late reply. There haven't been updates for a while, but we'll consider making improvements. Thank you for your feedback!
This is the best!
yhybjhhuy
I love this app a lot!{but pls add }(unclear[all])/well,I wanted to use old version!So,thanks or thank you!
Developer Response
Thank you very much for your kind review!I’m sorry for the late reply.I haven’t updated the app for a while, but I’m working on improving it again. Thank you for your support!
- Added support for French and Spanish.
- Improved multilingual display.
- Reviewed internal processing and improved stability.
- Mac availability has been temporarily paused while we review the Mac version.
Version 6.3
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Information
Seller
Toshio Miyasaka
Size
11.3 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
