codeSpark - Coding for Kids 4+

Programming Games and Puzzles

Homer

Designed for iPad

    • 4.6 • 37.3K Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

codeSpark is the #1 learn-to-code app for kids ages 3-10. We have hundreds of activities and games designed to teach kids the fundamentals of computer science and introduce them to the world of STEM.

“codeSpark teaches basic computer programming skills — ‘the ABCs of coding’— with no reading necessary.” - NPR

"Most appealing to me as a parent was seeing how my children enjoyed working together on the puzzles." - Parents' Choice Awards

The LEGO Foundation - Pioneer RE-Imagining Learning & Re-Defining Play
Children’s Technology Review - Editor’s Choice Award
Parent’s Choice Award - Gold Medal
American Association of School Librarians - Best App for Teaching & Learning
Apple – Editor’s Choice, Top Educational App & more

“My daughters are 6 and 8 and this is their new favorite game. Now they want to be programmers!”



WHAT’S INSIDE THE APP:



Puzzles
Learn the basics of computer science by solving fun puzzles while building problem-solving and logical-thinking skills.
Master sequencing, loops, advanced sequencing, events, and conditionals.



Explore
Apply and expand your coding knowledge with fun coding and logical thinking challenges and games.
Teaches concepts such as boolean logic, automation, variables and inequalities, and stacks and queues.



Story Maker
Use code to create interactive stories with speech bubbles, drawings, and music.



Game Maker
Apply concepts learned in the app to code your very own arcade-style games.
Use our Remixing feature to see how other games were coded and even put your own spin on them.



Adventure Game
Combine storytelling and game design to create unique games and stories in a fantasy setting for other kid coders to play.
Use advanced coding concepts to make trees move, build fortresses, and more.



Kid-Safe Community

Every story is moderated by our team before being published in the app to ensure the safety and privacy of all kid coders.




KEY FEATURES:



* Kid-Safe

* Kids learn key programming concepts and use them to code their own games and interactive stories.

* Personalized daily activities based on your child’s progress.

* Subscription app with new content every month.

* Word-free. Perfect for beginner coders and pre-readers! Anyone, anywhere can start coding!

* Curriculum developed based on collaboration with and research from MIT, Princeton and Carnegie Mellon.

* Supports 3 individual child profiles.

* No collection of your child’s private data.

* No advertising or micro-transactions.

* No written communication between players or external parties.

* Cancel at any time.




EDUCATIONAL CONTENT:



codeSpark is inspired by visual programming languages such as Scratch from MIT, Alice from Carnegie Mellon University and other ‘beginner’ programming languages like Logo, SmallTalk, and Squeak.




Our word-free interface allows anyone, anywhere to play and is perfect for beginner coders and pre-readers. Kids will master core computer science concepts such as pattern recognition, problem solving, sequencing, algorithmic thinking, debugging, loops and conditionals.




DOWNLOAD AND SUBSCRIPTION:



* Payment will be charged to Apple Account

* Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period

* Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period

* Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase

* Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable



Privacy Policy: https://codespark.com/privacy

Terms of Use: https://codespark.com/terms




ABOUT CODESPARK:

codeSpark is delivering computer science education to kids in over 200 countries by turning programming into play.

What’s New

Version 4.13.00

Paper Shaper (3-5) is now restartable! If you complete your world and want to start over, simply swipe your screen and watch your paper roll away into a fresh start—without losing your difficulty level!


But don't worry—older kid coders aren't left out of the summer fun. We have several new items coming soon that are sure to add a splash of creativity to their games and stories. As always, we've also included the latest optimizations and bug fixes to make creating even easier.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
37.3K Ratings

37.3K Ratings

I AM A BIG SWIFTY!!!!!!! ,

I ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Codespark! Please read developer!

Hi! I’m a 👧who loves this game and I play it all the time! It’s so fun and I love sharing my projects ( and P. S. I wrote a review before! Anyways, I love this game and this is really great because it’s so fun and great at learning with coding. My parents say it’s not REAL coding, but I disagree and I love this game and I play it almost everyday so yeah. Anyways, let’s see about the complaints, well theirs a bug in splash clash and when I am playing in splash clash and finding someone to play with it says description of the message so I get confused 😐. But once something worse happened in it! I was about to play with the person online but instead something worse . So I was about to play with the person online and it made the AI play instead of the person online and I had to go back so I was really mad 😡 that that happened because no one showed up. But that only happened once. But the rest is great. 😊 Anyways I just posted the Transform the Floor contest. Tell Fooville Legends I said hi. So bye now! Have a nice day and don’t give up on this game because I LOVE it! So byyyye now! - Ella Ghost Glitch kid coder. Oh and here are a few rules: IF YOU ARE A READER DO NOT GO AND FIND MY PAGE ON CODESPARK!!!!!! If you do I will be mad! Developers please read!

Developer Response ,

Hello -- We appreciate you bringing the situation to our attention and apologize for the disappointment. Please contact us at support@codespark.com for additional assistance, and if possible, please include a screenshot of the message you see so we can investigate further.

haninzi ,

Awesome! But maybe you would suspect some updates?

Hello! I just llloooooovvvvveeeee this game! (This is my 2nd favorite game ever and my first favorite game on my iPad.) BUT... maybe I would recommend some updates. #1: Maybe you can add some more cool pet foos like bees and cows and stuff and #2: Maybe you could make your own pet foos just like how you make foos, but with pet foos. #3: Maybe you could add some more puzzles. #4: Maybe you can change the dance of a foo or pet foo like in a platformer game I added a partner for Megahertz and when they win, Megahertz does a cool dance but his partner does a normal foo dance. And it makes me mad. Other from the updates, it’s an awesome game/app and it’s how I first learned coding. (And one more thing, #5: Maybe you can just tell me what is this coding language because I know it’s not scratch. There is a #6 but I’m not going to tell it to you in this review.) EDIT: There’s something unusual that’s happened as #7: I was editing one of my foos but when I tapped on the foo, the coding area didn’t show up. I tried closing the app and my iPad and the coding area still didn’t show up. And this happened twice. Please fix this. Thanks for reading! Developers please respond!

Developer Response ,

Hello -- Thank you for your suggestions and we're sorry to hear that you're experiencing technical issues. We will pass your suggestions along to our development team. Please get in touch with us at support@codespark.com for additional assistance regarding the technical issue.

9339292 ,

I like it but I think I need some updates

Hi I really like this game but one problem is that I think I need some few update for example, like what if you can comment on adventure, stories, and games and what if you can add like a back section in created a foo oh, so what if we have a random which means that they can get so many ideas and what if you can add some new pets foos or other stuff or maybe you can add a customize foos and pet section. That would be so much fun. I remember this. Third grade. Plus, I think we need some ideas of adventures stories and games one more thing I think we need some other puzzles of like what is that megahertz has a problem finding the bad guy and other stuff one last thing, what if you can add some more to the other stories, and the very last thing what if you can add like even more pets, and and so many other things in the other sections and maybe you can add like a lot of more badges and maybe you can add a splash crash badge it may be at the things in a crate a foo plus you maybe you can get some more profile and that’s a all have to say so goodbye, and I cannot wait

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review. We are thrilled to hear that you are enjoying codeSpark Academy! We really appreciate your feedback and will pass your suggestion along to our development team. When they get a lot of requests for the same features, they start to work on implementing them.

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