Academics
DecodePals
Learn, blend, read, and TEACH — sounding-out practice for ages 6–8. Meet a few sounds, blend a word, read a little sentence made only of sounds you know, then teach a reading pup how one word works. Teaching it is how you remember it. No memorising, no score, no rush. On-device, no accounts.
▶ 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.
#147a6a Characters who teach
Meet the cast
DecodePals's reading pup, Biscuit, is still learning: you teach Biscuit how one word works.
Biscuit
the still-learning reading pup you teach how one word works
What's inside
Learning goal
Learn, blend, read, and TEACH — sounding-out practice for ages 6–8. Meet a few sounds, blend a word, read a little sentence made only of sounds you know, then teach a reading pup how one word works. Teaching it is how you remember it. No memorising, no score, no rush. On-device, no accounts.
How DecodePals 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