Reviews of micro:bit

By: Micro:bit Educational Foundation App

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Total ratings

2.65 (Rating count: 1,975)

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Review summary

The app is generally praised as easy, fun, and suitable for kids and school projects, with a quick-to-learn UI and solid performance. Recurrent complaints focus on pairing the micro:bit, Google sign-in issues, and occasional instability or bugs after updates. Overall, it’s a strong mobile companion for micro:bit coding with room to improve connectivity, sign-in flows, and stability.

Pros

Easy to use / beginner-friendly interface suitable for kids
Fun to use with a pleasant UI and engaging experience
Good for school/educational use and teaching coding
Fast and responsive on mobile
Supports creating micro:bit projects and basic robotics ideas

Cons

Pairing/connectivity with the micro:bit is hard or not well explained
Google sign-in and cross-device syncing can be blocked (policy/403)
Occasional crashes or freezes / lockups
Feature regressions after updates (some features removed)
Bugs like blocks teleporting and data loss after restart

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.30

All time rating average: 2.65

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26% (21)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-14	Ne*****	most of the features are working but there is no sound in the micro:bit
most of the features are working but there is no sound in the micro:bit
2026-07-11	Ma*****	very nice 👍
very nice 👍
2026-06-23	Na*****	Very good i like it
Very good i like it
2026-06-18	Em*****	amazing and ni adds witch i like
amazing and ni adds witch i like
2026-05-28	Ke*****	l love it yes it is now dirty
l love it yes it is now dirty
2026-05-23	ji*****	it's just wow in three words like 😳
it's just wow in three words like 😳
2026-05-21	Ke*****	cannot use google account to sign in Access blocked: Microsoft MakeCode's request does not comply with Google's policies Microsoft MakeCode's request does not comply with Google's 'Use secure browsers' policy. If this app has a website, you can open a web browser and try signing in from there. If you are attempting to access a wireless network, please follow these instructions. You can also contact the developer to let them know that their app must comply with Google's 'Use secure browsers' po
cannot use google account to sign in Access blocked: Microsoft MakeCode's request does not comply with Google's policies Microsoft MakeCode's request does not comply with Google's 'Use secure browsers' policy. If this app has a website, you can open a web browser and try signing in from there. If you are attempting to access a wireless network, please follow these instructions. You can also contact the developer to let them know that their app must comply with Google's 'Use secure browsers' po
2026-05-19	Pr*****	easy interference good for microbit uses
easy interference good for microbit uses
2026-05-16	Ma*****	very good 😍😍
very good 😍😍
2026-05-16	Ra*****	cool interactive thing
cool interactive thing