Hopscotch vs Progate

Hopscotch is a programming environment for making games, animations, art, and stories without prior coding knowledge. Users can follow video tutorials or begin from scratch, then publish projects to a community where others can play and remix them. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. The Free Account includes basic characters and essential coding blocks. Play Pass costs $1.99 a month and includes 30 seeds per month, uninterrupted play, and prioritized support. Unlimited costs $9.99 a month and adds drawing tools, custom art uploads, and unlimited drafts and published projects. Hopscotch also offers free educator and classroom accounts, plus lesson plans, though some tutorials require a subscription. Its pages describe the intended audience as ages 10 and up, while the help page describes it as primarily designed for ages 9–15. The parents page advertises a seven-day trial with cancellation at any time. Hopscotch says it does not sell or rent personal information or display ads, and states that its privacy and safety practices are COPPA-compliant.

Progate is an online programming-learning service designed to take beginners toward becoming creators. Lessons combine illustrative slides, a browser-based coding environment, and ordered learning paths. Listed subjects include HTML and CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby, Ruby on Rails5, PHP, Java, Python, Command Line, Git, SQL, Sass, Go, and Node.js. Mobile apps for Android and iOS provide slides and keyboard layouts optimized for phones and tablets; the service is also listed for macOS and Windows. Progate has a free plan with some introductory lessons. Plus provides all lessons: $14.99 a month, $12.99, paid once for six months, or $9.92, paid once for 12 months. The longer plans are paid at registration, exclude taxes, and auto-renew. Progate for School offers eligible schools free access to two selected language-course groups and team progress management. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its English web service and English mobile-app interface are scheduled to be discontinued on September 30, 2026; code and certificate exports must be downloaded from the web platform before then.