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Please keep up the awesome work! Even adults need a more stimulating environment for expanding their skill set.\n\nThere are a lot of people mentioning device incompatibility and software bugs. I am running this on an iPad Mini 2. The bugs I have encountered are minor and do not interrupt my progress in a truly time consuming way. Typically, the little map won't load, so I will go back to the previous lesson then return and all will load normally.","version":"1.5","date":"2017-07-28T00:00:00Z","rating":5,"app_id":908519492,"username":"Pat6897","title":"Wonderfully Motivating!","country":"US","tags":["performance_and_bugs","cross_platform_consistency","feature_requests","offline_functionality"],"review_id":1702514451},{"content":"I’ve been using Swift Playgrounds for a project, and honestly, it’s been pretty frustrating. One of the most annoying issues is how hard it is to properly position buttons. I tried moving a button to the top-left corner like a normal app layout, but the hitbox stays stuck somewhere else on the screen. So even if it looks like it’s in the right place, you have to tap in a completely different area for it to work.\n\nThis makes designing even simple interfaces way more difficult than it should be. There’s barely any clear control over layout or touch areas, and it feels like you’re fighting the system instead of building something. For a tool that’s supposed to help beginners learn app development, this kind of problem just makes everything confusing and discouraging.\n\nOverall, Swift Playgrounds is fine for very basic stuff, but once you try to do anything slightly more custom—like moving a button properly—it becomes unnecessarily complicated and TRASH even more TRASH than my dead body i kept in my freezer.","version":"4.7","date":"2026-04-30T00:00:00Z","rating":1,"app_id":908519492,"username":"DCEFM","title":"TRASH DISGUSTING APP (jk)","country":"US","tags":["design","performance_and_bugs"],"review_id":14011123018}],"related_apps":[],"top_in_app_purchases":{},"versions":[{"date":1773705600000,"value":"4.7"},{"date":1744848000000,"value":"4.6.4"},{"date":1740960000000,"value":"4.6.3"},{"date":1739145600000,"value":"4.6.2"},{"date":1738281600000,"value":"4.6"},{"date":1715817600000,"value":"4.5.1"},{"date":1712102400000,"value":"4.5"},{"date":1702425600000,"value":"4.4.1"},{"date":1698019200000,"value":"4.4"},{"date":1685491200000,"value":"4.3.1"},{"date":1680480000000,"value":"4.3"},{"date":1668556800000,"value":"4.2.1"},{"date":1666742400000,"value":"4.2"},{"date":1652745600000,"value":"4.1"},{"date":1646697600000,"value":"4.0.2"},{"date":1643673600000,"value":"4.0.1"},{"date":1639526400000,"value":"4.0"},{"date":1615248000000,"value":"3.4.1"},{"date":1605484800000,"value":"3.4"},{"date":1594252800000,"value":"3.3.1"},{"date":1585785600000,"value":"3.3"},{"date":1575849600000,"value":"3.2"},{"date":1569888000000,"value":"3.1"},{"date":1557792000000,"value":"3.0"},{"date":1541980800000,"value":"2.2"},{"date":1525046400000,"value":"2.1"},{"date":1516752000000,"value":"2.0"},{"date":1506297600000,"value":"1.6.1"},{"date":1505779200000,"value":"1.6"},{"date":1496620800000,"value":"1.5"},{"date":1490054400000,"value":"1.2"},{"date":1481587200000,"value":"1.1.2"},{"date":1479686400000,"value":"1.1.1"},{"date":1479340800000,"value":"1.1"},{"date":1473724800000,"value":"1.0"}],"feature_graphic":null,"screenshots":{"iphone":[],"ipad":["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/09/3e/2a/093e2a50-3530-35b3-3fa1-3e4d1a6e1bba/1.PNG/2732x2048bb.png","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/e1/2f/d7/e12fd7d6-318f-4d35-04a1-2256a673f7d7/2.PNG/2732x2048bb.png","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/c1/4c/3e/c14c3ee7-bbd6-70f3-0b11-6fef93ba1b76/3.PNG/2732x2048bb.png","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/a5/61/53/a5615324-34ac-b223-1e66-b82c227eaf5b/4.PNG/2732x2048bb.png","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/0c/17/d6/0c17d6c5-483b-4003-0bb4-d94804d72b79/5.PNG/2732x2048bb.png","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/fd/eb/55/fdeb5503-fa25-0ec8-9ad1-db85cbab90fc/6.PNG/2732x2048bb.png"],"iwatch":[],"imessage_iphone":[],"imessage_ipad":[]},"trailers":{"iphone":{},"ipad":{}},"active":true,"advertised_on_any_network":{"name":"Advertised on Any Network","custom_fields_filter_id":{"errors":["Invalid params values: [nil], name: \"Advertised on Any Network\""]}},"categories":[{"name":"Education","id":6017},{"name":"Entertainment","id":6016}],"content_rating":"4+","description":{"full_description":"Swift Playground makes it fun to learn to code and build real apps. You solve interactive puzzles in the guided “Get Started with Code” and learn the basics of building apps in “Get Started with Apps.” You experiment with a wide range of challenges and samples that let you explore unique coding experiences.
Swift Playground doesn’t require any coding experience — it’s perfect for anyone just starting out, from eight to one-hundred-and-eight. The whole time you are learning Swift and SwiftUI, the powerful programming technologies created by Apple and used by professionals around the globe to build many of today’s most popular apps. And because it’s built to take advantage of iPad and the real iOS SDK, Swift Playground provides a one of a kind learning experience.
Lessons Built-in
• Apple-created lessons guide you through the core concepts of programming by using code to solve puzzles
• See your code run in a beautiful, interactive 3D world that you can rotate with a finger and pinch to zoom
• Animations introduce each new coding concept at a high-level before you dive into the puzzles
• Glossary and built-in help pages give detailed information about available commands, frameworks, and terminology
Explore and Create
• Interactive coding shows the results of your code instantly, alongside your work
• Step through code in playground books to highlight each line as it runs
• Books provide a head start to create your own playgrounds that use graphics, sound, and touch
• App Gallery walks you through the building blocks of apps, like tabbed navigation and receiving input from device sensors
Build Apps on iPad
• Create real apps on iPad using SwiftUI
• See your code changes reflected live while you type
• Type quickly and accurately with inline code suggestions
• Extend your app with an ecosystem of Swift packages
• Navigate your code with project-wide search
Smart Coding Assistance
• Touch and hold to grab any command and move it around to change the order of your code
• Drag a brace with your finger to wrap a block of code inside a loop or conditional statement
• Drag and drop snippets of commonly-used code directly into your playground
• Fix common code errors with helpful inline suggestions
• Stay organized with automatic code formatting
Real Swift, SwiftUI, and iOS Code
• Learn the same powerful Swift programming language used by the pros to create apps in the App Store
• Build dynamic, elegant apps using SwiftUI, a modern way to create user interfaces
• Access iOS frameworks such as SpriteKit for 2D games, SceneKit for 3D graphics, UIKit, and more
• Your code has direct control of iPad hardware, including the gyroscope, accelerometer, camera, and touch events
Share or Publish
• Send your projects to friends and family using Messages, Mail, AirDrop, or other Share Sheet extensions
• Bring your app projects to Xcode on Mac and back again
• Submit your completed apps to the App Store with App Store Connect","app_summary":"'Swift Playground', published by a US-based company. The app was last updated on 17 March 2026. Released in US on 13 September 2016 and globally on 13 September 2016. 'Swift Playground' belongs to the 'Education' category maintaining a content rating of '4+'. In US, 'Swift Playground' ranked 173rd on the 'Top Free iPad Apps' chart in the 'Education' category. Last month's estimates were 5k-50k downloads and < $5k revenue. The app is available in US, China, and Japan but not being advertised actively. Sign up / Sign in to learn more about the time spent, session durations, usage & engagement (DAU, WAU, MAU), retention, churn, marketshare, growth trends, and other market statistics.","subtitle":"Learn real coding the fun way","promo_text":""},"has_in_app_purchases":false,"installs":null,"language":"EN","support_url":"https://developer.apple.com/support/","top_countries":["US","CN","JP"],"valid_countries":["AE","AO","AR","AT","AU","AZ","BE","BF","BG","BH","BJ","BO","BR","BY","CA","CG","CH","CI","CL","CM","CN","CO","CR","CY","CZ","DE","DK","DO","DZ","EC","EE","EG","ES","FI","FR","GB","GE","GH","GR","GT","HK","HR","HU","ID","IE","IL","IN","IQ","IT","JO","JP","KE","KH","KR","KW","KZ","LA","LB","LK","LT","LU","LV","LY","MA","ML","MM","MO","MT","MX","MY","MZ","NG","NI","NL","NO","NZ","OM","PA","PE","PH","PK","PL","PT","PY","QA","RO","RS","RU","SA","SE","SG","SI","SK","SN","SV","TH","TN","TR","TW","TZ","UA","UG","US","UY","UZ","VE","VN","YE","ZA","ZM","ZW"],"available_countries":["US","AU","CA","CN","FR","DE","GB","IT","JP","KR","RU","DZ","AO","AR","AT","AZ","BB","BY","BE","BM","BR","BG","CL","CO","CR","HR","CZ","DK","DO","EC","EG","SV","FI","GH","GR","GT","HK","HU","IN","ID","IE","IL","KZ","KE","KW","LB","LT","LU","MO","MG","MY","MX","NL","NZ","NG","NO","OM","PK","PA","PE","PH","PL","PT","QA","RO","SA","SG","SK","SI","ZA","ES","LK","SE","CH","TW","TH","TN","TR","UA","AE","UY","UZ","VE","VN","BO","EE","LV","NI","PY","KH","AF","GE","IQ","LY","MA","MZ","MM","YE","BH","CY","MT","RS","BJ","BF","CM","CG","CI","JO","LA","ML","SN","TZ","UG","ZM","ZW"],"pre_order_countries":[],"website_url":"https://developer.apple.com/swift-playground/","app_id":908519492,"app_view_url":"/ios/us/apple/app/swift-playground/908519492/","country":"US","icon_url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/90/f7/1f/90f71f0b-cfdf-2db2-8f13-e237bdd1c826/PlaygroundsAppIcon-0-1x_U007epad-0-0-0-1-0-0-sRGB-85-220-0.png/150x150bb.jpg","name":"Swift Playground","os":"ios","price":{"currency":"USD","value":0,"string_value":"$0.00","subunit_to_unit":100},"publisher_id":284417353,"publisher_name":"Apple","publisher_profile_url":"/publisher/ios/284417353","rating":3.68667719852554,"rating_breakdown":[408,103,176,201,1011],"rating_count":1899,"country_release_date":1473724800000,"current_version":"4.7","file_size":1463692288,"first_released_in":["US","AU","CA","CN","FR","DE","GB","IT","JP","KR","RU","DZ","AO","AR","AT","AZ","BB","BY","BE","BM","BR","BG","CL","CO","CR","HR","CZ","DK","DO","EC","EG","SV","FI","GH","GR","GT","HK","HU","IN","ID","IE","IL","KZ","KE","KW","LB","LT","LU","MO","MG","MY","MX","NL","NZ","NG","NO","OM","PK","PA","PE","PH","PL","PT","QA","RO","SA","SG","SK","SI","ZA","ES","LK","SE","CH","TW","TH","TN","TR","UA","AE","UY","UZ","VE","VN","BO","EE","LV","NI","PY","KH","MZ","YE","BH","CY","MT","BJ","BF","CG","JO","LA","ML","SN","TZ","UG","ZW"],"minimum_os_version":"18.0","publisher_country":"US","recent_release_date":1773705600000,"release_date":1473790702000,"release_status":"WORLDWIDE_RELEASE","supported_languages":["NL","EN","FR","DE","IT","JA","KO","NB","PT","ZH","ES","SV","TH","TR","VI"],"worldwide_release_date":1473724800000,"store_removal_date":null,"cohort_id":null,"worldwide_last_month_revenue":{"unit":"cent","type":"currency","currency":"USD","value":100000},"worldwide_last_month_downloads":{"unit":"unit","type":"integer","value":5000,"string_value":"5k-50k"},"category_rankings":{"app_id":908519492,"country":"US","ipad":{"top_free":{"all_categories":null,"primary_categories":[{"6017":185}],"sub_categories":[]},"top_grossing":null,"top_paid":null},"iphone":{"top_free":null,"top_grossing":null,"top_paid":null}},"humanized_worldwide_last_month_downloads":{"downloads":5000,"downloads_rounded":"5k-50k","prefix":null,"string":"5k-50k","units":""},"humanized_worldwide_last_month_revenue":{"prefix":"< $","revenue":1000,"revenue_rounded":5,"string":"< $5k","units":"k"}}