Special Interest
BugsCamp
Early Life Science Naturalism for Ages 5-8 — bug + leaf + weather identification + observation journaling. Beetle (ladybug-naturalist mascot) guides backyard discovery.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Beetle
#B4D88C Characters who teach
Meet the cast
Beetle the ladybug leads BugsCamp's garden walks with three friends: Crawl looks closely at what is right in front of you, Wiggle finds what is hiding under and inside things, and Peek sees part of something and guesses carefully about the rest.
Crawl
Surface-walking observation — soft mint-green snail with cream shell-swirl + tiny lantern + magnifying-bead; crawls slowly across screens; trail of footprint-dots
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Wiggle
Hidden-discovery observation — looks under and inside things to find what is hiding
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Peek
Partial-view observation — sees just part of something, and guesses carefully about the rest
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What's inside
Learning goal
Early Life Science Naturalism for Ages 5-8 — bug + leaf + weather identification + observation journaling. Beetle (ladybug-naturalist mascot) guides backyard discovery.
Mentored by Beetle — no data leaves the device.
How BugsCamp handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages
BugsCamp 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
BugsCamp 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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