STEM
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.
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Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Home
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Meet the cast
QwertyPals' home-row household (ages 6–8): 8 house-characters, each EMBODYING one finger's home key (the character IS the finger/key). Mentor = Home the owl, who keeps everyone on the home row. Illustrated chapters are on the way.
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.
Mentored by Home — 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
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages