mBlock Blockly

Makeblock-official

About this app

mBlock Blockly, renamed from the mBlock App, is a graphical programming software made by Makeblock for STEAM education. It introduces users to the world of robotic programming. Without any prior knowledge, users can start programming robots by playing through games; then they can personalize their mBots with newly-learnt programming skills. mBlock Blockly opens up new minds for children: by means of programming, mBlock Blockly introduces program solving strategies and ways to design a project. mBlock Blockly nurtures creative thinkers of the future with communications and hands-on projects.

Features:
* Learn programming at home, 10 minutes a day: have fun with mBot and courses as game levels designed by education professionals.
* Easy, straightforward graphical programming: code as easy as playing with building blocks, with the globally-received graphical-programming language customized for the mBot.
* Exciting game-based learning: complete challenging tasks, experience the joy of victory in a series of coding games, and fall in love with programming.
* Scientific system for step-by-step learning: Learn step-by-step following our well-designed curriculum for robotics and programming.
* Bring your mBot to life: turn your mBot into your personal robot with the Creative Mode and your powerful programming & robotic skills.

And there's more:
* Based on Blockly: the well-received graphical programming language
* Mobile Exclusive: Support iPhone and iPad devices
* Bluetooth Connection: Connect your robot by simple touching it
* Offline Support: Work without Internet connection
* Online Updates: Receive new course content automatically when connected to the Internet
* Language support: for mBot: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Chinese Traditional；for mBot Ranger: English, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Japanese, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Chinese Traditional
* Professional Content Team: Professional game-based learning team designs and continually updates course content.
* Professional Technical Team: Continuous software optimization ensures a stable user experience.

Ratings and reviews

That would be great app if it not freezes. After running 1st time it works, but after trying learning programming, then closing the app and starting it 2nd time the app freezes on startup logo. I tried it on 3 devices (from Samsung, Xiaomi and Honor) and it freezes on all of them. I bought the robot for my child, she can learn programming as a game and l am very disappointed, we cannot use this app. It would be great if there is issued a bugfixed version soon, so I can improve this rating.

We got an mBot (not 2 or neo) for Christmas and after building it and playing with it via Makeblock for a while wanted to checkout this app for coding. To our disappointment the app won't connect to the mBot via Bluetooth. Makeblock had no problem connecting but this app does. We tried it from three different devices without success. The app itself seems nicely organized for learning programming but without a connection it's useless. Any suggestion on how to proceed?

I'm not even using the app. I just have it downloaded and I continually get the "mBlock has stopped". error message pop up. When trying to use it just crashes... never getting past the intro screen on Samsung 7 edge. Still no functional app on my end. Pretty frustrating. I'd really like to use it. Anyone have suggestions or is this app no longer supported?