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RecorderPals
Play a real recorder with Piper the sandpiper (ages 6–8): play a note and Piper flies to it, shows you exactly which holes to cover, and tells you WHY it squeaked — you blew too hard, or a hole isn't covered. Learn Hot Cross Buns and traditional songs, with a music score that peels back from dots to real notes. On-device — your playing never leaves the device, nothing is recorded.
#2B7AB5 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
RecorderPals' younger hero-anchored cast (ages 6–8): hero Piper the sandpiper (flies to the note you play) + a few gentle shore friends, no trauma depth (R-YOUNGER-CLUSTER-CAST-SIZE). Each friend embodies one gentle primitive (R-DN-PARITY). Piper wears feathers, never belts (NEVER "Recorder Karate"). Illustrated portraits + DN-S chapters are on the way (STORY-PEND).
Piper
(Hero) flies up and down to the note you play, and shows you the right fingering (play-by-ear, embodied)
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Breeze
blow soft and warm so the recorder never squeaks (breath control)
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Shelly
cover the holes all the way for a clear note (a full, soft seal)
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Tide
the score that peels back from dots to real notes as you play by ear
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What's inside
Learning goal
Play a real recorder with Piper the sandpiper (ages 6–8): play a note and Piper flies to it, shows you exactly which holes to cover, and tells you WHY it squeaked — you blew too hard, or a hole isn't covered. Learn Hot Cross Buns and traditional songs, with a music score that peels back from dots to real notes. On-device — your playing never leaves the device, nothing is recorded.
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 Piper — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How RecorderPals 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
RecorderPals 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
RecorderPals 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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