Academics
PourTots
Two cups of water look just the same. Pour one into a tall thin jar. Which has more now? Make a guess, then pour it back and see. Three pairs of jars, a glug in the speaker, and then: try it at the sink with two real cups. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#1d5f8a Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
PourTots's friends live round the water table. Glug pours to check, Lanky is tall and thin and looks like more, Squat is short and wide and looks like less, and Pairly carries two same-size cups so the check is fair.
Glug
(Hero and guide, a frog) - pours the water back to check, because looking is not the same as knowing
Lanky
A tall thin heron - water in a tall thin jar stands high, so it looks like more
Squat
A short wide toad - water in a short wide bowl stands low, so it looks like less
Pairly
An otter with two same-size cups - pour both into the same cups and you can see which has more
What's inside
Learning goal
Two cups of water look just the same. Pour one into a tall thin jar. Which has more now? Make a guess, then pour it back and see. Three pairs of jars, a glug in the speaker, and then: try it at the sink with two real cups. Ages 3–5, with a grown-up.
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 Glug — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How PourTots 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
PourTots 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
PourTots 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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