Scratch for iPad

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Afek Taragan

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I looked around but was unable to find a Scratch app for the iPad. Does anyone know if there is one in the works?

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Angelo Vicente

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April 08, 2013

looking forward it the ipad app, i have 30 new ipads but i am working on 23 very old ibooks.

thanks for the update

Pratibha Srinivasan

Member

June 23, 2012

Hurrah! I'm very excited to hear that work will be under way for iPad dvelopment. Thanks!!!

Sandra Bleecker

Member

June 13, 2012

Hi, Karen,

Scratch on the iPad! I'm so glad to hear this is in the plans. Thank you!

-- Sandie

John Maloney

Member

June 13, 2012

Let me caution people not too expect too much. The iPad version of Scratch will be limited by both the hardware and by Apple's policies. It may not support all the features of Scratch 2.0, some projects may run slowly, and, due to Apple's policies, it might not be allowed to download and run projects from the Scratch website.

There are two basic approaches to iPad Scratch (HTML5 vs. native iPad App), and each approach has strenghts and weaknesses. We will explore both approaches. However, as Karen wrote, our hightest priority at the moment is to release Scratch 2.0.

Nevertheless, I do agree with general feeling that, even with some limitiations, Scratch on the iPad would be lovely.

-- John

P.S. Scratch 2.0 will run on Flash-enabled Android tablets, although there may be some issues due to the lack of a keyboard.

John Maloney

Member

June 11, 2012

Hi Adam.

Thanks very much for your offer. Most Scratch development is done by the team here at MIT. But as we move forward with a version of Scratch for tablets, we might be looking for help with some aspects of the project. We'll keep you in mind as the project progresses.

-- John