ABCya! vs Minecraft Education
ABCya!
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Minecraft Education
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| Figure | ABCya! | Minecraft Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6.58/mo | $0.42/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Educational Games | 7.8 (#13) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Subjects | Its pre-K games cover language arts, math, art and music, and skills such as recognizing colors, shapes, and patterns. | Its lesson content spans STEM, coding, social and emotional learning, history, language arts, and 21st-century skills. |
Plans
ABCya!
- ABCya Family Monthly$9.99 a month
- ABCya Family 6-month$49, paid once
- ABCya Family Yearly$79 a year
- ABCya Classroom Yearly$299 a year
Minecraft Education
- Classrooms and schools — direct purchase$5.04 a year
- Commercial organizations — direct purchase$36 a year
In their own words
Minecraft Education
Minecraft Education is a game-based learning platform for building digital skills through lessons and classroom activities. Educators can browse more than 600 standards-aligned lessons covering STEM, coding, social and emotional learning, history, language arts, and 21st-century skills. Multiplayer activities support up to 30 students working together without a separate server. Students can capture learning evidence with the in-game Camera and Portfolio, while Code Builder supports block-based coding, JavaScript, and Python through MakeCode. Microsoft Immersive Reader is integrated, and the product includes a teacher dashboard, progress tracking, standards alignment, and offline play. It is available on Windows, ChromeOS, macOS, iOS, and Android phones and tablets. Each user needs a Microsoft 365 account to play with a license. The licensing FAQ says licenses are not compatible with servers, although the download page links dedicated servers for large-scale multiplayer. A free trial is available, but there is no free plan. Direct purchase for qualified educational organizations costs $5.04 per user per year; commercial organizations pay $36 per user per year.