Academics
NameTots
Your name is your first book. A grown-up types the child's name (and a few family names), and the child's own letters come first: tap to hear them, hunt for pictures that start with the same letter, build the name from letter tiles, trace each letter, and print a tiny book about the family. No score, no timer, no account. Names stay on this device. Ages 3-5.
#A21D5B Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
NameTots' friends each do one thing with the letters of a name. Firsty always stands at the front, because your first letter is your own. Dilly lines the letters up in order so they spell the name. Trailo leaves a trail that traces each letter's shape. Hootsie the owl (the mentor) asks which picture starts with the same letter as your name.
Firsty
(Hero, a little red fox) - always stands at the FRONT of a name: the first letter is your own
Dilly
A yellow duckling who lines the letters up in order, left to right, so they spell the name
Trailo
A garden snail whose shiny trail traces the shape of each letter
Hootsie
(Mentor, a gentle owl) - asks which picture starts with the same letter as your name
What's inside
Learning goal
Your name is your first book. A grown-up types the child's name (and a few family names), and the child's own letters come first: tap to hear them, hunt for pictures that start with the same letter, build the name from letter tiles, trace each letter, and print a tiny book about the family. No score, no timer, no account. Names stay on this device. 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 Hootsie — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How NameTots 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
NameTots 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
NameTots 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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