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HopTots
A move-and-make game for ages 3–5: tap hop, spin, freeze and crawl tiles to build a course, then Bounce the grasshopper calls it out and you do it together across the room. Make one Bounce can really do! Nothing to score, no camera, nothing to buy. On-device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
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Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
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Meet the cast
HopTots has a tiny friendly crew who make building a move-course something a three-year-old can hold: Bounce the grasshopper does, move by move, the course you build; Boing the bunny loves the BIG moves - hop up high and spin around; Snug the snail loves the RESTFUL moves - freeze and crawl; and Clover the fawn shows how to build a FAIR course a little friend can really do. Each friend shows ONE gentle idea about making a move-course; everything is spoken, and there is no way to lose.
Bounce
A course is moves in a row - Bounce the grasshopper, who does, move by move, the course you build: put a few moves in order - hop, then spin, then freeze - and that is a course to do together
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Boing
The big moves - Boing the bunny, who loves hop (up high) and spin (around): the big, exciting moves that use lots of energy
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Snug
The restful moves - Snug the snail, who loves freeze (hold still) and crawl (slow and low): the calm moves that let you catch your breath after the big ones
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Clover
Make it for your friend - Clover the fawn, who builds a FAIR course a little friend can really do: not too long, not all big moves in a row, a restful move in the middle (design for the player, not a show-off)
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What's inside
Learning goal
A move-and-make game for ages 3–5: tap hop, spin, freeze and crawl tiles to build a course, then Bounce the grasshopper calls it out and you do it together across the room. Make one Bounce can really do! Nothing to score, no camera, nothing to buy. On-device.
Mentored by Bounce — no data leaves the device.
How HopTots 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