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title: "Pasos: Block Coding · Block coding for kids who can't read yet. · Kid Secure Games"
description: "Pasos is a block coding app for kids on iPad. Picture blocks, the program and a live stage are all on screen at once. There are 60 puzzles in six chapters, from sequence and repeat to events, conditions and new moves, and a sandbox where projects save and can be shared as a file. Works offline. No ads, no account, one purchase."
canonical: "https://kidsecuregames.com/pasos"
last_updated: "2026-10-21"
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# Pasos: Block coding for kids who can't read yet.

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Blocks on the left, your kid's program in the middle, the stage on the right, all on screen at once. Every block is a picture: an arrow means go, a curved arrow means turn, a loop with a 3 in it means do it three times.

- Coming soon to the App Store
- iPad
- EN · ES
- Ages 4+
- 100% offline
- Free + one unlock

App Store: soon

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## What you'll see

I haven't taken the screenshots yet. Each empty frame below is the size of the real one and says what will go in it.

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All three panels at once: blocks, program, stage.

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A stack of picture blocks being dragged into the program.

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The puzzle map: six chapters of ten, stars on each tile.

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A puzzle running, the character stepping along the path.

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The sandbox, with several characters placed in one scene.

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My projects, saved and ready to export as a file.

Scroll sideways.

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## What's inside

- three panels

  ### Cause and effect, side by side

  Your kid sees the program and the stage at the same time, so when they change a block they see what it does right away. A phone only has room for one at a time, so Pasos is iPad only.

- pictures

  ### Blocks are pictures, not words

  An arrow means go, a curved arrow means turn, and a loop with a number in it repeats. A five year old who can't read yet can still write a program. Older kids can have words on the blocks too.

- puzzles

  ### Sixty puzzles, six chapters

  Sequence, Repeat, Events, Conditions, New moves (teaching the character a move of its own), and Everything, which puts it all together. Solve a puzzle with few enough blocks for three stars.

- sandbox

  ### A sandbox with no puzzle at all

  Pick a background, place characters, give each one its own blocks, and press Run. Save as many projects as you like.

- share

  ### Send a project to a cousin

  A project saves as a file that opens in anyone else's copy of Pasos. Send it the usual way, with Files, Messages or AirDrop.

- proven

  ### Every puzzle can be solved

  Each of the sixty puzzles comes with a solution, and all sixty get solved again before any update goes out.

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## Free to download. Pay once for the rest.

No subscription and nothing else to buy later. Here's what's free and what the unlock adds.

What

Free

Unlocked

Sandbox, projects and saves

Unlimited

Unlimited

Sharing your own projects as a file

Yes

Yes

Puzzles

20 of 60

All 60

Blocks

12 of 22

All 22

Characters and backgrounds

3 and 4

8 and 12

Characters in one scene

2

6

A project made with unlocked blocks always opens and runs, unlock or not, because your kid's programs are theirs. The paywall only shows up when they try to add a new locked block.

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## Questions about Pasos

**Does my kid need to read to use it?**

No. Every block is an icon and a colour, and the puzzles are pictures. Words on the blocks are off for the youngest and on by default from about seven.

**How is it different from the coding apps at school?**

It works offline, there's no account, and a project never leaves the iPad unless you send it. The flip side is there's no gallery of other people's projects to browse.

**Why iPad only?**

The three panels need to be on screen together, and dragging a stack of blocks with one finger while scrolling the block list with another needs room.

## Pasos is almost here

It's built and being tested. I'll update this page the day it reaches the App Store. There's no mailing list to join.

App Store: soon

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Page: https://kidsecuregames.com/pasos
The whole studio for agents: https://kidsecuregames.com/llms.txt