Pocket Code: Learn programming

Create your own games and apps in an easy visual programming language!

Catrobat · org.catrobat.catroid

4.4 out of 5 (77 ratings) 1M+ downloads v1.3.0 137.1 MB Android 9+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v1.3.0 (97)
Updated: Apr 23, 2026 (6 months ago)
APK size: 137.1 MB
Requires: Android 9+ (API 28)
CPU support: x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Graphics: OpenGL ES 2.0+
Category: Education (app)
Permissions: 23 (9 sensitive)
Website: catrobat.org
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Pocket Code: Learn programming is an app by Catrobat in the Education category. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

Since version 0.9.75, the APK grew from 26.3 MB to 137.1 MB. Since version 0.9.14, the minimum Android version rose from 2.3.3 to 9. It asks for 23 permissions, 9 of them sensitive, including precise location, camera and record audio. Compared with version 1.2.4, it adds 7 new permissions (“Bluetooth connect”, “Bluetooth scan”, “Read media audio” and 4 more) and drops 1 (“Modify shared storage”).

Ratings

4.4out of 577 ratings

5 ★75%
4 ★8%
3 ★9%
2 ★0%
1 ★8%

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What's new in v1.3.0

Hotfix Thanks to all contributors! Contribute as a developer, designer, educator, in marketing or in many other roles: https://catrob.at/contributing

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Program, play, and share your own games, animations, interactive art, music videos, and many kinds of other apps, directly on your phone or tablet! One Hour of Code tutorial: http://catrob.at/HourOfCode - for other tutorials see http://catrob.at/i and http://catrob.at/help Pocket Code allows you to create, edit, execute, share, and remix Catrobat programs in a visual programming environment and programming language. You can remix programs that others have made and share them with your friends and the world. With Pocket Code you can up- and download Catrobat programs through the Pocket Code community website at http://pocketcode.org/ --- All Catrobat programs uploaded to this site can be downloaded by anyone under a free open source license to maximize learning, remixing, and sharing them freely. Catrobat is a visual programming language and set of creativity tools for smartphones, tablets, and mobile browsers. Catrobat and the software developed by the Catrobat team are inspired by the programming system developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Pocket Code is ideally suited for the Hour of Code during the Computer Science Education Week http://csedweek.org/ organized by code.org, the European Code Week http://codeweek.eu/ as well as Google's "Made with Code" initiative https://www.madewithcode.com/ --- and it also is available on Google Play for Education http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/edu/about.html in Google's Android market. Catrobat --- http://www.catrobat.org/ and http://developer.catrobat.org/ --- is an independent non-profit project creating free open source software (FOSS) under AGPL and CC-BY-SA licenses. The growing international Catrobat team is entirely composed of volunteers. The results of many of our subprojects will be made available in the months and years to come, e.g., the ability to control more robots, or to create music in an easy and fun way. Currently we are working hard on extending Pocket Code as the next step with a physics engine that is almost ready and will allow you to program in a very easy and fun way your own Maze types of games. Please note that Pocket Code currently runs well only on smartphones and tablets with a screen size up to 7". Want to help us translate Pocket Code into your language? Please contact us via [email protected] telling us for which language you would be able to help. Even languages not directly supported by Android are welcome, as we are working on a way to switch manually to these languages. News: http://www.catrobat.org/#news Social media and newsletter: http://www.catrobat.org/#contact We are all pro-bono unpaid volunteers working in our free time on this not-for-profit free open source project aiming at increasing computational thinking skills among teens and kids all around the world. Our apps will always remain free of ads and free of costs, so please give us some slack if we cannot solve bugs or add features immediately. On the other hand this allows the project to remain independent of any financing and ensures that it can keep running basically forever, so there is no danger that we will stop working on it. Already more than 500 volunteers have contributed to our project so far.

Version history

4 versions are listed, going back to v0.9.14. Since v1.3.0 it requires Android 9+.

v1.3.0 LATEST Apr 23, 2026 137.1 MB TRUSTED v1.2.4 Jun 20, 2026 23.3 MB TRUSTED v0.9.75 Nov 6, 2025 26.3 MB TRUSTED v0.9.14 Jun 26, 2015 7.1 MB TRUSTED

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Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Apr 23, 2026.
Certificate issued to “Catrobat” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature not checked yet Apr 23, 2026
Validated against Google Play Apr 23, 2026
Signed byO=Catrobat
Signing certificate (SHA-1)B5:51:B0:8F:A8:13:46:88:FD:BC:D1:A4:3D:B8:B0:BA:DB:25:BE:3F
File MD5b3147e17a2f9662f3b2d1b4576915ece
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (23)

Pocket Code: Learn programming requests 23 permissions, 9 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Bluetooth connect Sensitive android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
Bluetooth scan Sensitive android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN
Camera Sensitive android.permission.CAMERA
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read media audio Sensitive android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
Read media images Sensitive android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
Read shared storage Sensitive android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Record audio (microphone) Sensitive android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Bluetooth android.permission.BLUETOOTH
Bluetooth admin android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
Broadcast close system dialogs android.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS
Control vibration android.permission.VIBRATE
Foreground service data sync android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Nfc android.permission.NFC
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
Use credentials android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location
Microphone android.hardware.microphone
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi

Pocket Code: Learn programming APK: questions and answers

Is there a version of Pocket Code: Learn programming for older Android phones?

The current version needs Android 9 or later. Version 1.2.4 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 6.0 and later. Get version 1.2.4 · All versions

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is the Pocket Code: Learn programming APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is b3147e17a2f9662f3b2d1b4576915ece.