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RopePals
String and rhymes for ages 6–8: get a real piece of string, tie three knots one step at a time and tug them to see which one slips, then clap the beat of a skipping rhyme and write your own line. No score. On-device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#9d174d Characters who teach
Meet the cast
RopePals has a small crew who make a piece of string something a six-year-old can learn from: Hoopla is the loop that can become anything; Figurette makes one crossing at a time and never skips a step; Truknot tugs every knot so a slip shows itself; and Chantey claps the beat of every rhyme before the words. Nothing is scored.
Hoopla
The loop of string - Hoopla, the hero, the loop of string that can become anything: a knot, a figure, a skipping rope
Figurette
String figures - Figurette, who makes one crossing at a time and never skips a step
Truknot
True knots - Truknot, who tugs every knot hard so a slip shows itself: the reef knot holds, the granny knot slips
Chantey
Skipping metre - Chantey, who claps the beat of every rhyme before saying the words
What's inside
Learning goal
String and rhymes for ages 6–8: get a real piece of string, tie three knots one step at a time and tug them to see which one slips, then clap the beat of a skipping rhyme and write your own line. No score. On-device.
Mentored by Hoopla — no data leaves the device.
How RopePals 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