Review of Coddy


Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Lacking content and anti-consumer practices

Coddy isn't a bad service. It's just hard to justify paying for it when you can get 100% of what they offer elsewhere for free.

Everything on the site is free but with limitations and ad supported. If you want you can subscribe to them for the pro tier which gives you unlimited access, zero ads, and access to their AI for help. The courses are structured similar to how duolingo does things which is nice. Everything is bite sized and done in the browser. No need to set up an environment to learn which is nice.

The problem with Coddy is that the content is pretty barren. There's not much to choose from and what is there is pretty surface level. All of the advanced stuff is "Coming Soon". Nothing you can't find for free elsewhere if you are willing to put in a little extra effort. The Pro tier really doesn't seem worth it at all. The AI isn't really that useful as the free tiers of chatgpt and grok can do the same thing. The unlimited access is nice if you want to really go all in but you are then limited by the lack of content. At $15 a month it's pretty expensive if you ask me. Sure it's the cheapest of the code education sites but there is a reason for that.

I demoed the pro tier for about a week before deciding to cancel and look elsewhere. The worst thing is that have that anti-consumer practice of removing your pro features immediately if you cancel. They want you to wait until the last day of the billing period to maximize value. They do this in hopes you forget to cancel so they can charge your for another month. Because I canceled early, I only got a week of pro for the price of a whole month. No refunds. If you do sign up, I strongly advise using a single use card or something like privacy to avoid this anti-consumer trap.

April 28, 2025
Unprompted review