Codecademy Go

At first I thought CodeAcademy could have done a better job with the iPhone app like allowing full use of the features found on the website. The current iPhone app makes sense as it allows new learners to practice what they’ve learned and currently learning on the go; hence, the “Go” in CodeAcademy Go. I’m still not completely happy that the iPad version is just a miniature version of the Go app. They should have created a full feature app on the iPad utilizing the bigger screen. Though you can use the web browser to access their website, the coding interface is a bit buggy and cumbersome to use. Still a 5 star for the CodeAcademy Go app though.

This app however is completely unusable. I bought Codecademy pro a few weeks ago (around 200$ for a year) and study on my laptop and it’s amazing. I’m learning so much more than I ever have with any other platform. The structure, pacing and format is unmatched by any other course I have seen so far and it has been worth every penny. That’s why I’m baffled by how low quality this app is. As many others have said, most of the quiz parts just straight up don’t work and when they do they are super unintuitive and confusing to answer. The review parts are ok but kind of all over the place and not in an order that makes sense to learn as a beginner (easier subjects to harder). All this said, to me it’s not a big deal because like I said, the actual Codecademy pro course is amazing and if you are serious about learning programming you aren’t going to do it on a smartphone. I downloaded this mostly out of curiosity but never had any intention of making it my main method of study. Anyone that’s dissatisfied with this app and is serious about learning I would strongly encourage you to try Codecademy’s free version on their website and see if the style fits you and if it does I would say take the plunge as it has been well worth it for me and I am getting insane value for what I paid.

I tried the html module and it was completely impossible to follow! I got some cards with randomly generated concepts and some poorly made user-generated practice questions. I couldn’t travel back to a previous question, if I exited a lesson, I got a new, totally different lesson when I entered again. You can’t just teach a beginner by just presenting random concepts in no particular order. I had no foundation to make sense of anything. The only reason I can fathom for this level of incompetence is that some MBA decided to cut costs by cutting educators out of education. I’m attributing the one star I’m forced to give to the fact that I was able to easily cancel my trial. Edit: I talked to a friend and they were confused by my description of CodeAcademy content. So I spent some time researching and found out this is a “companion app” to the actual product. How did this make it past branding?! You need to rename this app CodeAcademy Review or add something to the Home Screen that makes it abundantly clear to a new user that this isn’t your main product. After talking to my friend I signed up and am paying to take classes on my desktop.

I played around with the app before i decided to purchase an annual subscription! I was looking to learn JS and i thought that the introduction would see where i was in regards to the information and then start me from scratch! I figured that purchasing the pro would unlock this feature. well it didn’t and i found out that this site is for intermediate and pro users. both of those i am not. So if you are looking for a great foundation for a beginner I highly suggest you look at MIMO or Freecodecamp or Sololearn ! they are cheaper, or free in some cases. I reached out to the company in regards to this after i had only spent maybe 2 hours of learning the answers to the questions ( not learning anything) I sent an email addressing my frustrations and i was told. to check out the forums and use discord for help….. This is comical because if i wanted to be browsing forums and asking questions Here and there I wouldn’t have paid money to do so!!! SO BUYER BEWARE…

Codecademy is awesome on desktop or laptop computers. It works near flawlessly every time. But I’d love to see increased support for iPad OS and the Magic Keyboard. I don’t own a laptop so when I’m on the go, I like to use my iPad with a Magic Keyboard. The UI does have the option to flip horizontally and make it larger, but naturally it makes the screen fuzzy. And using it in this landscape mode causes any popups (such as requests to turn on notifications, allow permissions, or review the app in the app store) stay in portrait mode, shoved to the left-bottom side, making it impossible to see or tap the buttons to Allow, Cancel, etc. The only way to make them go away is to restart the app and they’ll pop back up eventually each time. It’s definitely way more worth using the Codecademy website in your browser app if you use an iPad with or without a keyboard.

Just downloaded the app after signing up for the pro account Christmas Day 2018, actually. Love everything you guys are trying to do. However, the app doesn’t work, or not properly at least. Went into web developer section, finished the review cards, finished my first question in the practice section , clicked “next” and it wouldn’t filter to the next question. I backed out and tried again, same problem. Did that several times, to no avail. Now, I’m currently locked in the search window, I clicked the search icon at bottom of screen, and it wouldn’t let me out of that window. I’m guessing there’s a glitch that needs to be fixed. I have an up to date iPhone. Thank you.

I'd rather not write reviews here with app dev feedback. The app is good. You need to update the review cards to list the language referenced for review on the card. It seems to jump from html, to command, SQL, to javascript, or css with no context for someone that might not know what they are reviewing. They might log away cd into their brain for html which would be weird and a mess to sort out later for that person. Like the app, any good training offers multiple methods of learning and this is it. Glad i left my previous provider for codeacademy.

There are some major issues, almost 50% of the review questions in HTML have major bugs that make them unusable. Major bugs: 1)Review question text not populating correctly — literally says BLANKBLANKBLANK 2)Review question answer fields not formatting correctly — multiple copies of answer fields appear 3)Review question answer fields not populating correctly after pressing desired answer — answers frequently do not populate the answer fields 4)No lesson structure or save state — every time you come to the app you are just getting random flash cards of information, there is no structured progression. Additionally, you cannot return to the same point, even in your practice set. If you close the app to look up information, you cannot return to the same problem to try to solve it

So far I really am enjoying the app. I love that it has a flash card review and practice since that’s always been the quickest way I’ve learned. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, HOWEVER, I can’t seem to wrap my head around why the Pro upgrade is upwards of $16 a month ($100-$200 a year)... I’m really working to increase my knowledge and skill set so I’m currently learning from various different platforms, all of which, might I add, average their Pro/Premium upgrades to be approximately $20 A YEAR! I’m not sure how many people are actually paying for the Pro upgrade here...perhaps it’s individuals already in the Tech field just looking to refresh their brains but there’s no way I will ever pay that. ...Unless there’s some brain zapping, immediate transfer of knowledge to your cells function I’m missing you guys REALLY need to go back to the drawing board!

I am a fan of Codecademy and use it all the time. I use the iPhone app frequently. It’s a good app to keep me “in the game” by providing review items and testing. This is a very good way to learn. This is on the phone where coding is impractical. But on the iPad, this is absolutely what we do not need. The iPad is more like a laptop in that you can actually do coding here, so the phone format is a lot more useless on the tablet. On the tablet, I would much rather go through my lessons because using the web page to do lessons on iPad Safari is kind of wonky. Can we please get an actual useful iPad app for CodeCademy? The phone app is awesome. It’s just not what we need on the tablet.

I’ve been working through the Web Dev career path for the last month and I can’t say enough great things! I did purchase the pro upgrade and it was SO WORTH IT. So, for the people who say “omg how can you charge $20/month for that?”, do you hear yourselves? That’s literally less than $2/day. If you can’t swing that for something your passionate to learn then you aren’t passionate at all. So, if that’s you, please do us a favor and switch to something you want to do or else you’ll be an annoying programmer to work with in the future. Thanks Codecademy for all that you do. Great job.

Codecademy is just right! I’ve tried several learning platforms for coding and none of the others were what I wanted. I want bite sized learning on my phone whenever I have a spare minute or two. (Kinda like DuoLingo.) And I want to be able to go directly to the part of the course that I need, rather than having to do the whole course up to that point despite already knowing the earlier content. Thanks for getting it right, Codecademy!

Print ( (This is app is a very good app i would like the app to explain why I’m wrong but it worked out very good and I’m now a coder using python as a computer programmer and the reason I got so far to computer programming is because of this app which also got me in Stanford university with my coding and my 4.1 gpa. I mostly got my gpa from this app because since I got this app I’ve been getting straight 4’s(A+) thanks ) ) And I’ve been using this app and py for everything bout work now

The lessons leave so many questions unanswered. If you need to google what some of the terminology is, why use the app at all? Then they jump into practice questions and if you didn’t google you’ll be completely lost. So you’re left repeating the questions until you guess the correct answer. I want to KNOW the correct answer and why it’s the correct answer. If I already knew how to do the work I wouldn’t need to use the app. So I guess the goal isn’t to teach people who are new at this, but to prove to people who are already experienced that they know what they knew? I don’t know. I’m just really frustrated that I’m not really learning anything other than how annoying it is to not have the information presented in a way that makes sense.

The idea of being able to practice when I am not near the computer. I downloaded Datacamp even just bc they had a free app n Codecademy hadn’t released this yet n I will say it is much better than Datacamp. Only problem I have so far is that the practice doesn’t load all the time. I tried yesterday and it didn’t load and trying today also seems to not want to load. Im connected to wifi as well, even restarted my phone so I’ve only practiced once but that one time was good...

I have been on and off of Codecademy since the start of 2015. I have watched as the price of the course work goes up. Along with the increasingly improving coursework and resources the site provides. I would give the app a 5 star for those reasons. However I was very disappointed to load up the mobile app to find it does not have iPad support. The app has that generic option of making the screen larger to fit the screen size. However it does not allow landscape mode which makes having a keyboard useless. I would love to see an iPad friendly version of this app so I can work on the go with a keyboard vs my thumbs on a phone.

I’m sure you guys have access to plenty of great people that could make this app not a 5 inch screen on a 13 inch IPad. If companies like Kroger can handle that task I’m sure a company focused on teaching coding languages can surely figure it out. I’ve seen similar reviews that are over a year old. Web version feels clunky, I know you can change to next lesson from the course menu tab but there is a button on the bottom right that appears and disappears saying “next”… it’s confusing at first. Just use the drop down menu.

So, last Friday, I started my subscription at 7:30 PM central time. One week later, this Friday, I canceled my subscription at around 5:30 PM central time. I received an email saying that my trial had been ended and I will not be charged. Two hours later, around 7:30 PM central time, I received a $40 chargeAnd a notification saying I had been.I’m currently trying to work it out with customer support I will update my review if I am successful in getting my money back.

Working on iPads is slowly becoming a norm in the industry. Since not all tablet browsers are created equal I figured Codecademy, a dev centric product and service, would identify the need for an iPad app to allow those the ability to learn on the go (hence the apps name). In 2021 everyone has access to mouse and keyboard capabilities and work in a landscape orientation to accommodate said keyboard accessories. It’s also worth mentioning that tablets offer a lot on the accessibility front and should be considered for your user base. I gave 2 stars for the solid curriculum but this app leaves a lot to be desired on the functionality front.

I signed up online, using my LinkedIn account as the login, so I can easily share my progress. The app only allows logging in with Apple, Google or Facebook. While the site is great, this app is garbage. Why would you offer sign in methods online that you do not honor on your app? As an actual tech company you would think that would be obvious as an issue.

You have two bugs in the app: the first one is a graphics or pics issue, for example for the question: which histogram is correct: option a histogram one, option b histogram 2… there is no histogram on the screen (you have to guess to pass), the same happens with formulas or anything that is a picture. The other issue is that you never pass level if you don’t ask for a new package, it is expected to be done automatically when you answer everything ok. Since I can’t report this on the app, I hope you see this and repair the issues, at least the first one.

I’ve heard good things about the computer version of this which I’ll at least give a shot but this app is utter nonsense. All of the classes throw you right to the wolves giving you flash cards the size of your tiny screen which an explanation that only someone that already knew the material would understand before giving you “practice” tests that barely fit within the bounds of the material they arbitrarily threw in front of you. I personally tried the Command Prompt, Intro to Java and SQL courses and even as someone who knows a little more than a beginner in SQL, I couldn’t understand a thing it was trying to say.

Guys. Oh, man. Those of you saying it is ridiculous to pay a couple dozen bucks a month for this are likely not realizing this is a COMPANION app to codecademy. For people leaning a skill that requires reading fine details, you sure do skim read. The website itself is absolutely incredible. This is a great flash card app. I would have liked this version to contain an IDE, but this is pretty great regardless.

Normally the desktop web version is the way to go when you want to immerse yourself in deep work blocks to study coding. However, when you find those moments when you don’t have your laptop or only have 10 minutes, this app is perfect to review concepts and supplement your learning. Thanks Codecademy for creating this mobile app!

I haven’t had any problems with the app and I like the concept behind it - review coding concepts and then test them. It also has a nice feature that allows you to search for specific ideas. However, I think the app would be even better if they added the same languages on their website, like C++. Currently, they only have a few languages, with most focused on web design.

I’ve been searching for an app like this. A quick daily study to brush up on or learn new technologies. I love that it’s both Multiple choice and fill in the blank questions that reinforce the lesson of the day and I love how quickly you can move through lessons. Great app for beginners who want to move to the next level with their skills.

How can this app get rated above a single star? You sign up in the app, but for course selection you have to go to their website. You have to sign in once more there, no hand-off between the app and website. After that, you'd think that selecting a course and hitting 'start' would then get you back to the app or actually start a course. That would a foolish assumption, apparently. Therefore, you wasted my time and get a single star for your abysmal service. I should have known this would happen after pricing wasn't displayed on the app page.

I like the concept and implementation of this app as a supplement to the desktop application. One thing I don’t understand: Do the flash cards and questions change automatically, or no? The app says it uses spaced repetition, but from what I’ve seen, nothing changes unless I select “Get another pack”. It would be cool if the learning content changed automatically as implied by the app description/concept.

I can’t use codeacademy with a tablet, which is fine enough, they didn’t build the site with that in mind. Then I find out they have an app, and it looks really decent...except it’s still meant only for phones, so the screen isn’t really optimized for it. Fine, okay. But there’s no way to force it into landscape mode - which wouldn’t impact anything on the tablet since the screen stays at phone size and aspect ratio anyways - it could have at least fit there. I get that it works for most people in most ways, but this is a really, really, really simple accessibility feature.

Just started for 5 min and already see how good this app is. I was searching for something like that but I didn’t like the design or how others apps worked , theirs tests and others feature . Thank you guys , from a start student from Kazakhstan . Hope this app will be helpful in my study time

When I signed up for a pro membership, it was because the summary stated that there would be extensive review, flashcards, and extra lessons. This app seems to have none of that. As best I can tell, it has a daily exercise that’s loosely tied to your level of experience, and that’s it. But the lesson doesn’t seem to track where you are in the main course. It seems to have marked me as a “beginner,” and so is giving me beginner-level lessons, but it’s largely “reviewing” concepts that I haven’t learned yet. Maybe there’s extra functionality that I’ve somehow missed?

In regards to the HTML review and practice: The content repeats itself, in no particular order- there’s no progression or gradual knowledge building. You can’t see what you’re actually coding, and there seems to be many errors in the questions asked and the given answers to submit… many more issues and annoyances like the seemingly random colors added into texts, but I digress. This is definitely not an app for you, if you’re a beginner, trying to learn the basics.

The app itself is a great learning tool to keep your mind sharp on subjects you already know, as far as trying to grasp new information it seems almost like reviewing flash cards. A. You learn something. But B. You see it over & over again. The material is very repetitive, i usually go under HTML & it’s nothing new nor difficult, if you can introduce more difficult problems or better questions. That would make it more challenging & engaging.

I’m very pleased with my Pro membership online, but this app is a disappointment. I thought it would be a teaching app, but actually it is only for review — each session presents a few (five or so) random concepts, in no particular order, then quizzes you on them. There’s no back-catalogue or list of lessons to access, as I had expected. Which means you have no control over what concepts are being thrown at you in each session. Like I said, it’s completely random. So, if you already know your stuff, it’s a fun way to prove to yourself that you’ve got skillz — but if you’re trying to learn a new language or set of skills, you will quickly find yourself under water. I’m going back to my ‘puter for learning JavaScript. There’s simply no way in this app to learn it (or anything else) from scratch. A disappointment, for sure. I expected better of you, CodecAcademy!

It’s over all a good app but it has some issues, for starters it doesn’t really go much into the syntax (both in general and how it’s used in the different languages.), this is a big problem for me as someone who just started coding, another thing is it should also be similar on the computers as it is for mobile users, I’ll continue to use the app, and I am a first timer so this review may be flawed

I’m a little disappointed with the way the app behaves on iPadOS. It seems this app is designed for the iPhone with the iPads features give an after thought. I’m not sure why it behaves as if there isn’t a landscape mode. Even when I place iPad in portrait position this app doesn’t use all of the real estate. Just frustrating and as mature this platform is there’s really no excuse. As it stands this app makes it harder to use. Please fix so we can work effectively.

Currently working on a course on my computer and saw they had an app. Wasn’t sure if it’d be worth it but so far it’s a fun little refresher to make sure you understand the concepts I’m learning in the course. I will definitely being using this instead of app games to pass a few minutes.

Codecademy is a great website and amazing tool. BUT their app is just a hyperlink to the website… I could literally just go on safari and bookmark it to have the same results. This app is pointless if all it offers is the website. You people at Codecademy are super smart. You must’ve seen how improper of an app this is with your competitors like Solo Learn and Udemy. Other than that, I’m grateful for the military discounts and effort put into each lesson I use on the website. Thank you for your time.

Downloaded the app and went through the sign up process. When I go to the notifications part it froze the first time and kept refusing to move past. I allowed the notifications on my phone settings and tried to move past that section and it would go to a white screen not allowing me to move forward. Did this over and over, I uninstalled and reinstalled and it does the same thing. The irony that the app for a coding platform is ineffective and does not even work properly after signing up.

When I get something right the sound is very pleasing and encouraging , it’s also a bit relaxing which makes me want to keep going. When I complete my practice there’s a cute icon that tells me well done which is also very sweet and helpful.

Compared to the few other apps I’ve used, this one is very easy to use and understand. I haven’t used it for long but I already like this one better than all the others I’ve tried. Definitely recommendBeen taking notes and I’m learning a lot and I’ve only just begun using this app. .

I’ve been using Codeacademy on and off for years, but my main issue was staying engaged with the self-paced curriculum. I’d go a week practicing everyday, but the I’d quit or get distracted. This app helps me stay engaged and keeps the information fresh in my head. The future is mobile, and this app knows it.

Running iOS 14.3. App goes into an endless loop when trying to start a course. I’ve deleted it and reinstalled it. I log in with my pro account, select a course, which takes me to the ‘allow notifications’ screen, which I enable, click continue, which flashes to the next screen and then rolls me back to the ‘choose course’ screen putting me in an endless loop. App is totally useless. I hope they fix so I can give a proper review and change my star rating.

I love that when I decide to break from things but still want to study or actively have my phone while still reminding productive, staying off of social media has become much easier

The website and the membership is well worth the costs. I absolutely using the web version of Codecademy. Why don’t you have an iPad friendly app utilizing the full screen capabilities of the iPad for mobile learning, having it scale up and keeping it within the ratios of an iPhone is disappointing seeing as you even teach swift as a language. Please develop an iPad version of this app. Thank you

It very helpful for people who are new to coding like me. It show you step by step how to solve every problem and it shows you pictures of every problem. Our brain works in pictures and one picture shows more meaning than a word.

This app isn’t very useful for picking up where you left off on the web. And figuring out where to review and where to practice wasn't the easiest task. Also the courses don’t exactly give you an smooth introduction to the language you’re trying to learn. the only thing i can see this app being good for is maybe and i mean HEAVY EMPHASIS ON MAYBE…brushing up on topics you might have already cover on the desktop website! but other than that this app is garbage 🗑

The app is a bit plain and seems to have some issues with how it displays answer fields on the practice modules. Several times it has shown improperly formatted and options on the C# subject, including more boxes than answer options. I wanted to enjoy it, but that issue on top of the very empty learning modules really kills the app for me.

This app is...okay...if you’re new to programming and you’re reviewing basic concepts as a refresher. The three star rating, though, is due to several errors (mainly in syntax) I’ve noticed while working through some practice problems, as well as the fact that the order of the “Review” sections are randomized and therefore is different every time you open it.

When I first loaded this app, it worked perfectly. Then mysteriously, the practice sessions stopped working, after the first one the app freezes and will not respond to continue unless I reboot my phone When this is resolved, I will gladly update to 5 stars, best practice app for beginners I have found When compared to other forms of education , the pro account is a deal. iOS 12.1.2 on Iphone 6s