Academics
GlowPals
Red light and green light make… yellow! Guess what two coloured lights make, then slide the glowing gels together on a light table and see. Light adds up, paint takes away. Then make your phone a steady red or green light and make coloured shadows in a dark room. Ages 6–8.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#4a3f8f Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
GlowPals's friends carry lights. Glowby the firefly mixes them, Rubra glows red, Leafen glows green, and Bluet glows blue. Together their light adds up to white.
Glowby
(Hero and guide, a firefly) - shines two lights on the same spot and watches them add up
Rubra
A fox with a red lantern - red light, which with green makes yellow
Leafen
A tree frog with a green lantern - green light, which with blue makes sky blue
Bluet
A jellyfish with a blue glow - blue light, which with red makes pink-purple
What's inside
Learning goal
Red light and green light make… yellow! Guess what two coloured lights make, then slide the glowing gels together on a light table and see. Light adds up, paint takes away. Then make your phone a steady red or green light and make coloured shadows in a dark room. Ages 6–8.
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 Glowby — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How GlowPals 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
GlowPals 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
GlowPals 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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