Academics
HushTots
Go on a listening walk! HushTots gives your littlest learner a picture card of sounds you might hear at the park, on the street, or at home — a bird singing, a bus, a ticking clock — and they tap each one when they hear it. The phone never listens and records nothing: your child's ears do the work. Back home, play "which is louder?" with everyday sounds. Everything is said aloud (no reading needed) and there is no way to lose. On-device, no account. Ages 3-5.
#2f7a8a Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
HushTots' listening friends each embody one move of ATTENTIVE LISTENING - the crew IS the idea (audio-first for ages 3-5). Hushabee keeps very still so the quiet sounds can be heard. Perkear pricks up big ears and points. Boomba knows the loud sounds. Mentor Whooley the owl asks "what was the quietest thing you heard?" The phone never listens or records - the child's ears do.
Hushabee
Keeps very still so the quiet sounds can be heard.
Perkear
Pricks up big ears and points: “I hear a bird!”
Boomba
Knows the loud sounds — the bus, the siren, the plane.
Whooley
(mentor, the owl) — asks “what was the quietest thing you heard?”
What's inside
Learning goal
Go on a listening walk! HushTots gives your littlest learner a picture card of sounds you might hear at the park, on the street, or at home — a bird singing, a bus, a ticking clock — and they tap each one when they hear it. The phone never listens and records nothing: your child's ears do the work. Back home, play "which is louder?" with everyday sounds. Everything is said aloud (no reading needed) and there is no way to lose. On-device, no account. Ages 3-5.
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 Whooley — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How HushTots 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
HushTots 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
HushTots 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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