Academics
AlwaysTots
Testle the tortoise says a rule about block towers, like "a tower with more blocks is taller". Is it always true, sometimes true or never true? Guess, then test it on three towers and let the blocks decide. Then try to break a rule with real blocks. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#2d6a4f Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
AlwaysTots's friends play with block towers. Testle tests every rule, Stackle stacks the blocks, Breakit hunts for the tower that breaks a rule, and Samey builds two towers out of the same blocks.
Testle
(Hero and guide, a tortoise) - tests a rule on tower after tower before saying it is always true
Stackle
A beaver who stacks - puts one more block on top and watches the tower grow
Breakit
A cheeky magpie - looks for the one tower that breaks the rule, because one is enough
Samey
A mouse with two towers - builds both from the same blocks in a different order, and they are just as tall
What's inside
Learning goal
Testle the tortoise says a rule about block towers, like "a tower with more blocks is taller". Is it always true, sometimes true or never true? Guess, then test it on three towers and let the blocks decide. Then try to break a rule with real blocks. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Testle — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How AlwaysTots handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
AlwaysTots runs on ForgeKit — the open-source Swift Package Manager framework that powers every Spark & Anvil app. ForgeKit ensures consistent accessibility, COPPA compliance, and design language across the portfolio, so your kid's progress and preferences feel coherent across every app they touch.
Coming to the App Store
AlwaysTots is in active development. Email us to hear when it ships — no marketing, no spam, just a one-shot launch announcement.
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