Best Educative Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from coding learning software ranked against Educative on the same published basis.
- 1Educative vs Hopscotch
- 2Educative vs MIT App Inventor
- 3Educative vs Progate
- 4Educative vs CodeHS
- 5Educative vs Scratch
- 6Educative vs freeCodeCamp
- 7Educative vs Kodable
- 8Educative vs Mimo
- 9Educative vs Codecademy
- 10Educative vs Scrimba
- 11Educative vs Edabit
- 12Educative vs CodeDam
- 14Educative vs Tynker
- 15Educative vs Snap!
- 16Educative vs Alice
- 17Educative vs CodeCombat
- 18Educative vs LeetCode
- 19Educative vs ScratchJr
- 20Educative vs Kodu Game Lab
- 21Educative vs Pocket Code
Educative alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hopscotch | 6.7 | Free plan | $1.67/mo | Android, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | MIT App Inventor | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Progate | 6.7 | Free plan | $14.99/mo | Android, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 4 | CodeHS | 6.6 | Free plan | — | Android, iOS, Web |
| 5 | Scratch | 6.6 | Free plan | $2.92/mo | Android, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 6 | freeCodeCamp | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Web |
| 7 | Kodable | 6.5 | Free plan | $10/mo | Web, iOS, Android |
| 8 | Mimo | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Android, iOS, Web |
| 9 | Codecademy | 6.4 | Free plan | $24.92/mo | Web, iOS, Android |
| 10 | Scrimba | 6.4 | Free plan | $24.50/mo | Browser, Web |
| 11 | Edabit | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Web |
| 12 | CodeDam | 6.2 | Free plan | Free | Web |
| 14 | Tynker | 5.6 | No | $10/mo | Android, iOS, Web |
| 15 | Snap! | 5.5 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
| 16 | Alice | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 17 | CodeCombat | 5.4 | No | $9.99/mo | Web |
| 18 | LeetCode | 5.4 | No | — | Android, iOS, Web |
| 19 | ScratchJr | 5.4 | No | — | iOS, Android, Mac, Windows |
| 20 | Kodu Game Lab | 5.3 | No | — | Web, Windows |
| 21 | Pocket Code | 5.3 | No | — | iOS, Android |
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Questions about Educative alternatives
What is the best alternative to Educative?
Hopscotch, number 1 in coding learning software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: MIT App Inventor, Progate, CodeHS and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Educative?
Hopscotch is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 12 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.