BBCBasic

Richard Russell Tools

BBC BASIC Programming Language

Rating: 3.9; 79 ratings
Downloads: 7.2K+; on Google Play
Price: Free; No in-app purchases
Updated: Mar 25; 2026 · v1.44a

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About BBCBasic

BBC BASIC is the programming language originally specified and adopted by the British Broadcasting Corporation for its groundbreaking Computer Literacy Project of the early 1980s. This is an advanced, cross-platform, implementation with many enhancements over early versions. As well as extensions to the language it supports anti-aliased 2D graphics, 3D graphics, shader programming and includes a 2D physics engine. Its multimedia capabilities include stereo music, sound effects and video. It supports networking and the accelerometer. Nevertheless it maintains a high degree of compatibility with the BBC Microcomputer, including SOUND, ENVELOPE and MODE 7.
For full details and user manual visit https://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcsdl/

What’s new

Version 1.44a · Updated March 25, 2026

Added eight new 'dark theme' IDE backgrounds. Provides access to the SD card, if one is fitted. Long-press in keywords.bbc, starcmds.bbc and vducodes.bbc copies to the clipboard. Added graphics/illusion.bbc and sounds/dubois.bbc example programs. *FX 20 restores User-Defined Characters to their default appearance. VDU 26 zeroes the @panx% and @pany% variables.

User reviews

Andrew Roberts

Brilliant to use BBC BASIC on a mobile phone. Very easy to use.

Greg Lawton

Hello, Richard - great implementation, as on all your platforms. One question, though - why is my choice of colours on the editing screens limited to pastel on my choice of pastel? 😉 Would prefer to have the option - black on white, a la BBC Micro, or ideally full choice for foreground and background?

Jaxon Mitchell

Good

loren pickerill

Seems to be a really good emulator but I'm not that familiar with this computer

Bob Cash

Brilliant! Simple way to write your own programs!

Michael Cloutier

One of the best basics ever created and it is fully mutiplatform. Very well done, like all of Richards work.

App details

BBCBasic is a free Tools app for Android with 5,000+ installs on Google Play and a 3.9/5 average rating from 79 ratings. It was released on February 24, 2023 and last updated on March 25, 2026. It's developed by Richard Russell. It requires Android 5.0 or later.

Category: Tools
Rating: 3.9 / 5 (79)
Installs: 7,266
In-app purchases: No
Ads: No ads
Version: 1.44a
Requires Android: 5.0
Content rating: Everyone
Released: February 24, 2023
Last updated: March 25, 2026
Developer: Richard Russell

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