Academics
MythPals
Tricksters and helpers from folktales around the world — Anansi, the Mouse who freed the Lion, the Monkey King, Vasilisa, Tấm. Listen to a story, spot its story move (the trick, the test, the helper, three tries, the change), then find the same move in a story from your own family. Ages 6–8.
Built 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, praises, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
#9D174D Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
Tricksters and helpers from living storytelling traditions. Each one shows one story move: Anansi the trick, the Mouse the helper, Sun Wukong the change, Vasilisa the test, the third little pig three tries.
Anansi
The spider of Akan folktales - the trick that turns around
the Mouse
From Aesop - the small helper who frees the lion
Sun Wukong
The Monkey King - the change
Vasilisa
From Russian folktales - the test
Tấm
From Vietnam - the helper birds who sort the rice
What's inside
Learning goal
Tricksters and helpers from folktales around the world — Anansi, the Mouse who freed the Lion, the Monkey King, Vasilisa, Tấm. Listen to a story, spot its story move (the trick, the test, the helper, three tries, the change), then find the same move in a story from your own family. 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.
How MythPals 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
MythPals 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
MythPals 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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