Academics
RatherPals
Would you rather have 3 bags of 4 cookies or 4 bags of 3? Pick a side, give a reason, and say your friend's reason back before you answer. The Fair-o-meter leans toward the better reason, not the right answer — and some cards have no right answer at all. Pass-and-play for two to four. Ages 6–8.
Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#6d28d9 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
Balancia the brass balance listens to every reason and leans toward the one with more math in it. Pickwit always asks "and why?". Sayback repeats your friend's reason before you answer.
Balancia
(Mentor, a brass balance) - leans toward the stronger reason, never the louder one, and settles level again for every card
Pickwit
A curious card - always asks "and why?" until a side has a reason
Sayback
A friendly parrot - says your friend's reason back before you answer theirs
What's inside
Learning goal
Would you rather have 3 bags of 4 cookies or 4 bags of 3? Pick a side, give a reason, and say your friend's reason back before you answer. The Fair-o-meter leans toward the better reason, not the right answer — and some cards have no right answer at all. Pass-and-play for two to four. 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 Balancia — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How RatherPals 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
RatherPals 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
RatherPals 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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