Academics
PilePals
A word-pile game for ages 6–8: you get a little pile of letters and make as many words as you can. Tap the letters to build a word — when it’s a real word, its picture pops up. Find them all! On-device; nothing leaves your device.
#047857 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
PilePals has a tiny friendly crew who show how a pile of letters hides lots of words: Piley tips out the pile and hunts for words with you, Scramble is the mixed-up pile, Anagra rearranges the same letters into a new word, and Discova is the word you find when the letters line up (their illustrated storybooks are on the way).
Piley
(Guide) tips out the pile of letters and finds words with you
Scramble
The mixed-up pile — the same letters can make lots of words
Anagra
Rearrange — move the letters around to find a new word (tear down and build again)
Discova
The find — the word you discover when the letters line up
What's inside
Learning goal
A word-pile game for ages 6–8: you get a little pile of letters and make as many words as you can. Tap the letters to build a word — when it’s a real word, its picture pops up. Find them all! On-device; nothing leaves your device.
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 Piley — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How PilePals 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
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
PilePals 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
PilePals 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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