Academics
PerchTots
A map shows your room from up high, like a bird looking down - can you find where things go? PerchTots gives your littlest learner a bird's-eye map and a handful of stickers: tap the spot on the map where the teddy, the boots, or the ball belongs. It says everything out loud (no reading needed), the spots are big to tap, and there is no way to lose. Matching the map to the real room is the very first step in map reading. No camera, on-device, no account. Ages 3-5.
#3f8f5a Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
PerchTots' map friends each embody one move of MAP READING - the crew IS the idea (audio-first for ages 3-5). Perch sits up high and looks down, so the whole room fits in one picture - that is a map. Spotty finds the matching spot: the bed on the map is the bed in the room. Placy puts each thing where it belongs on the map. Mentor Sky, the hawk, keeps the whole idea: from above, the map IS the room seen from the top, and the same spot on the map is the same spot in the room. Matching a map to the real room is the first step in map reading. No camera, ever. Painted portraits + storybooks are a tracked follow-on (R-WEB-CLONE-SPAWN-TRACKED); a text-only crew + a flat clean map ship now.
Perch
Sits up high and looks down, so the whole room fits in one picture (a bird's-eye view)
Spotty
Finds the matching spot - the bed on the map is the bed in the room
Placy
Puts each thing where it belongs on the map
Sky
(Mentor, the hawk) - from above, the map IS the room seen from the top; the same spot on the map is the same spot in the room.
What's inside
Learning goal
A map shows your room from up high, like a bird looking down - can you find where things go? PerchTots gives your littlest learner a bird's-eye map and a handful of stickers: tap the spot on the map where the teddy, the boots, or the ball belongs. It says everything out loud (no reading needed), the spots are big to tap, and there is no way to lose. Matching the map to the real room is the very first step in map reading. No camera, 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 Sky — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How PerchTots 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
PerchTots 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
PerchTots 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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