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HouseTots
A cozy doll’s-house world for ages 3–5: take Nook the dormouse through a day — cook in the kitchen, splash in the bath, build in the playroom — then grow a garden on a real clock where nothing ever wilts. No shop, nothing to buy. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
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Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Nook
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Meet the cast
HouseTots has a tiny friendly crew who make a whole pretend home something a three-year-old can hold: Nook the dormouse acts out whatever you imagine, room by room; Cosy the hedgehog shows you round the cozy rooms - each one for its own kind of play; Dell the mole tends a garden that grows on real time and never wilts; and Daisy the songbird keeps the same day as you, singing good morning in your morning and goodnight at your bedtime. Each friend shows ONE gentle idea about the little house; everything is spoken, and there is no way to lose.
Nook
Let's pretend - Nook the dormouse, who acts out whatever you imagine, room by room: pick a room, tap a thing, and play it out together - there is no right or wrong in pretend
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Cosy
Every room has its play - Cosy the hedgehog, who shows you round the cozy rooms: cook in the kitchen, splash in the bath, snuggle in the bed, build in the playroom
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Dell
It grows and never wilts - Dell the mole, whose garden grows on real time all by itself - slow and sure - and never dries up, dies, or wilts, and never costs a thing (the Timer Rule)
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Daisy
The same day as you - Daisy the songbird, who keeps the little house on the real clock: good morning in your morning, goodnight at your bedtime, so the pretend day matches your real day
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What's inside
Learning goal
A cozy doll’s-house world for ages 3–5: take Nook the dormouse through a day — cook in the kitchen, splash in the bath, build in the playroom — then grow a garden on a real clock where nothing ever wilts. No shop, nothing to buy. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
Mentored by Nook — no data leaves the device.
How HouseTots 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