Academics
MotionPals
A ScratchJr-style block-animation studio for ages 6–8: snap Move, Look, Say and Repeat blocks onto Zip the robot, press Run, and watch your program go. Copy your dance as a little cartridge code to share, or paste a friend's to remix — no accounts, no server, nothing to buy; everything stays on your device.
▶ 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.
#1d68c4 Characters who teach
Meet the cast
MotionPals's crew: Zip the robot does exactly what your blocks say, in order, and Cog asks what block comes next but never tells you.
Zip
does exactly what your blocks say, in order
Cog
asks what block comes next and never tells you
What's inside
Learning goal
A ScratchJr-style block-animation studio for ages 6–8: snap Move, Look, Say and Repeat blocks onto Zip the robot, press Run, and watch your program go. Copy your dance as a little cartridge code to share, or paste a friend's to remix — no accounts, no server, nothing to buy; everything stays on your device.
How MotionPals 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