Academics
RoofPals
A neighbour arrives needing a home that is dry, warm and light. Build it from wood, stone, mud brick, glass and thatch, each with a few true properties. Then ring the bell for rain, wind or night and watch what your house does. Fix it and ring again. No score, no timer.
Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#8a3f17 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
RoofPals's friends each embody one property of a material — the crew IS how a house behaves. Lintel spans the gap, Thatchley sheds the rain, Glim lets the light in, and Kestle keeps the warmth.
Lintel
(Hero and guide, a beaver builder) - lays a wooden beam across a gap; wood is light and can span what stone cannot
Thatchley
A heron who lives under a steep roof - rain runs off thatch and stays off the walls below
Glim
A firefly who loves windows - glass lets light through, so a room with a window is light to read by
Kestle
A badger in a thick-walled burrow - stone and earth walls hold the warmth in on a cold night
What's inside
Learning goal
A neighbour arrives needing a home that is dry, warm and light. Build it from wood, stone, mud brick, glass and thatch, each with a few true properties. Then ring the bell for rain, wind or night and watch what your house does. Fix it and ring again. No score, no timer.
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 Lintel — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How RoofPals 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
RoofPals 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
RoofPals 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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