Academics
PulsePals
Find your pulse with a grown-up and tap the big heart for every beat. Guess what jumping will do, jump for thirty seconds, tap again, and compare. Your heart works harder when you move. Tap-only: no camera, no sensor, nothing kept. A body experiment, not a medical test. Ages 6–8.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#a3262a Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
PulsePals's friends listen to their hearts. Thumpa the kangaroo jumps, Tickly taps along with every beat, Restie rests until the beat slows down, and Lubdub listens closely.
Thumpa
(Hero and guide, a kangaroo) - jumps, and feels the heart beat faster afterwards
Tickly
A mouse who taps - one tap for every beat, steady and careful
Restie
A sloth who rests - sits still until the heartbeat slows again
Lubdub
An owl who listens - two fingers on the wrist, quiet, and there is the beat
What's inside
Learning goal
Find your pulse with a grown-up and tap the big heart for every beat. Guess what jumping will do, jump for thirty seconds, tap again, and compare. Your heart works harder when you move. Tap-only: no camera, no sensor, nothing kept. A body experiment, not a medical test. Ages 6–8.
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 Thumpa — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How PulsePals 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
PulsePals 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
PulsePals 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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