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QwertyPals
Learn to touch-type the friendly way (ages 6–8): QwertyPals starts you on the home row, where 8 little house-characters live on 8 keys — one per finger. Get every letter right first, then a little faster. No ads, no account, no AI — just you and the keyboard, right in the browser.
#5a4bcf Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
QwertyPals' home-row household (ages 6–8): 8 house-characters, each EMBODYING one finger's home key (R-DN-PARITY — the character IS the finger/key). Mentor = Home the owl, who keeps everyone on the home row. Illustrated portraits + DN-S chapters are on the way (STORY-PEND).
Ash
lives on the A key — the left pinky's home
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Sem
lives on the S key — the left ring finger
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Dee
lives on the D key — the left middle finger
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Fen
lives on the F key — the left pointer (one of the two bumps)
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Jay
lives on the J key — the right pointer (the other bump)
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Kit
lives on the K key — the right middle finger
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Elle
lives on the L key — the right ring finger
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Semi
lives on the ; key — the right pinky's home
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What's inside
Learning goal
Learn to touch-type the friendly way (ages 6–8): QwertyPals starts you on the home row, where 8 little house-characters live on 8 keys — one per finger. Get every letter right first, then a little faster. No ads, no account, no AI — just you and the keyboard, right in the browser.
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 Home — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How QwertyPals 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
QwertyPals 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
QwertyPals 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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