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

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?

Complete Garbage. This app can't do anything without the Bluetooth connection and it doesn't read the Bluetooth connection. End result is that it's garbage that doesn't work.

Works great on the Pixel 7 Pro! This app has been recently updated to support modern Android versions, and it works like a charm. It has great educational programming games taking you through different fun features, and a fairly robust set of Scratch functionality to make your own algorithms. I wish they had a few more advanced capabilities, but that's what Python is for.