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24 alternatives to Swift Playgrounds 1.5, from Apple

Command robots, pilot drones, and make music with Swift

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swift Playgrounds 1.5, from Apple launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swift Playgrounds▲378

   Learn serious code on your iPad in a seriously fun way

   2016 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Swift Playgrounds for iPad▲72

   Learn serious code

   2021 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Playground▲78

   Interactive songs on your iPhone and iPad

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Swift AI▲243

   A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Developing with Swift▲310

   Learn how to make iOS 8 apps in Swift, tutorials by Stanford

   2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Swift Summary Book▲157

   Summary of Apple's Swift language written on Playgrounds

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Swift ToolBox▲182

   Community-supported catalog of Swift libraries for iOS & OSX

   2016 · appifydev.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Teaching App Development with Swift▲96

   A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

   2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Growthkit By Paddle▲134

   Free tools to grow your iOS & Mac Apps

   2015 · paddle.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Swift Playgrounds▲5

    Learn real coding the fun way

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swift Devs▲101

    A community for developers and students of Swift

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Advanced Swift▲97

    From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

    2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Swift Guides▲82

    The Best Way to Learn Swift Development

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Swiftbites▲220

    Learn how to code in swift with interactive mini lessons

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Phoenix▲83

    Free and open version of Apple's Swift programming language

    2014 · web.archive.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Swift Language▲69

    Swift Developers Community

    2014 · swiftlang.eu · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Spring▲188

    iOS Animation Library in Swift

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18BG
    Balls – Game I’ve made while I was learning Swift▲163

    2014 · gameofballs.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Learn Swift▲158

    Screencasts & code examples to learn Apple’s new Swift

    2014 · learnswift.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    LearnSwift.tips▲138

    Swift Tutorials, Code Samples, References and more!

    2014 · learnprogramming.tips · its alternatives →

21. 21
    playAppleMusic.com▲89

    An (unofficial) web player for Apple Music

    2018 · playapplemusic.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Quiver▲141

    A notebook built for programmers on your Mac

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Swift Publisher▲161

    Desktop publisher for Mac

    2017 · swiftpublisher.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Render▲169

    React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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