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Swift Playground
Interactive Swift lessons and puzzles that lead toward building apps.
Swift Playground teaches typed Swift code through small interactive programs, lessons and puzzles. Learners meet commands, loops, functions, conditions and variables, and can go on to build app interfaces with SwiftUI. Each change to the code shows a visible result. The guided lessons make a gentler start than an ambitious app idea.
- Ages
- Choose by reading and coding readiness
- Works on
- App
- Format
- Self-paced
- Topics
- Coding
- Languages
- English
- Listed
- 2026-10-10
Rated 3.7 from 1.9K ratings on the US Apple App Store (checked 2026-10-10).
What kids do
- Complete interactive Swift lessons
- Solve coding puzzles
- Experiment with loops and functions
- Explore an app walkthrough
Who it suits
Better matched to readiness than to age. Confident readers who are ready to move past block coding, and curious about how apps are made, look like the intended audience.
Notes for parents
Apple makes versions for iPad and Mac; any rating shown is for the iPad app.
What you need
- A compatible iPad or Mac
In these guides
- Coding for kids, from picture blocks to typed Python: Where kids can start coding at 4, 7 or 11: picture-block apps, Scratch, typed Python and robots, in the order many children come across them.
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- ScratchJr: Picture-based programming blocks for making characters move and telling interactive stories.
- Scratch: Interactive stories, animations and games built by snapping visual coding blocks together.
- Kodable Basics: Maze-style coding challenges that begin with sequences and patterns.
- codeSpark: Coding for Kids: Coding puzzles that don’t rely on reading, leading into tools for making stories and games.
- Tynker: Coding for Kids: Guided coding puzzles, game-making and Minecraft-related projects.
- Hopscotch: Programming for Kids: Tutorials and open creation tools for building games and other interactive projects.
- Tynker Junior: Coding for Kids: Picture commands, voiceovers and themed adventures that introduce sequencing, loops and conditions.