Academics
PactPals
Make a family feelings pact together! Meet Ribbon and the pact-friends, choose your promises - we ask before we guess, every feeling is okay, we breathe when it's big - then print it out and sign it by hand. The signed paper is the only record; nothing is ever saved on the device. For ages 6-8 and grown-ups, together.
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Meet the cast
PactPals is the relational / Together surface of the emotion-science program: a family builds a feelings pact by choosing promise-cards, then PRINTS it and signs it BY HAND. It is the ONE product in the program where a signed printable IS the right record - nothing is stored on the device. The promises are grounded in the emotion science the other clones teach (AffectKit strategies + invariants): ask-before-guess (MaskPals), every-feeling-is-okay (SkyPals), breathe/wait/get-a-grown-up (the StrategyTable), and you-can-feel-two-at-once (BothPals). Ribbon ties them together. Map-not-log; the paper is the record.
Ribbon
Tie the promises together - a bright ribbon who ties everyone's promises into one family pact; the tie-it-together act IS Ribbon.
Mittens
We ask before we guess - a curious kitten who brings the ask-first promise (a face can fib; ask to be sure).
Bramwell
Every feeling is okay - a gentle hedgehog, prickly outside and soft about big feelings; brings the no-bad-feeling promise.
Bindle
We take a slow breath - a little mouse, small and steady, who brings the breathe-when-it's-big promise (an AffectKit regulation move).
What's inside
Learning goal
Make a family feelings pact together! Meet Ribbon and the pact-friends, choose your promises - we ask before we guess, every feeling is okay, we breathe when it's big - then print it out and sign it by hand. The signed paper is the only record; nothing is ever saved on the device. For ages 6-8 and grown-ups, together.
How PactPals 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