Academics
SafetyForge
Navigate the digital world safely through interactive scenarios about privacy, cyberbullying, digital footprint, phishing detection, and responsible technology use — with a safe social media simulator that teaches real consequences without real risk. Ages 9-14.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
Mentored by Aegis
#81C784 SafetyForge is a digital citizenship academy where you learn to navigate the online world safely and responsibly. Investigate how apps collect your data, spot phishing scams, manage your digital footprint, navigate cyberbullying situations, and practice healthy technology habits -- all in a safe, simulated environment. Your AI Safety Guide helps you build the digital literacy skills every internet user needs.
Characters who teach
Meet the cast
SafetyForge's characters each teach one habit for staying safe online. Pause stops before clicking, Sniff spots the tell in a scam, Stand helps when someone is being unkind, Trace remembers that posts can stay forever, and Tell knows that telling a trusted adult is the strongest move. Bolster, Breather, Clasp, Warren, and Winnow cover answering meanness calmly, stepping away from screens, strong passwords, privacy settings, and checking before sharing. Aegis is the mentor who guides them.
Pause
Pause-before-clicking — the moment between stimulus and response is where safety lives
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Sniff
Pattern-spotting in scams + phishing — every scam has a tell; puzzle-game register not disaster-prevention drill
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Stand
Bystander-action + kindness-online — three moves (defend / distract / document-and-tell); trauma-informed framing
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Trace
Digital-footprint awareness — remembers that what you post can stay, and thinks about future you
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Tell
Help-seeking from a trusted adult — telling a grown-up you trust is the most powerful safety move
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Bolster
Responding to online unkindness — 'Answer meanness with steadiness.'
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Breather
Digital balance — knowing when to step away — 'Screens off. Look up.'
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Clasp
Strong passwords + account protection — 'A good lock keeps strangers out.'
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Warren
Privacy settings + the share-circle — 'Decide who is inside the fence.'
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Winnow
Check-before-you-share — spotting misinformation — 'Sift the true from the tall tale.'
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What's inside
Digital Footprint Tracker
Watch a time-lapse simulation showing how online actions accumulate over months and years. See how a future employer or college admissions officer might view a
Cyberbullying Scenarios
Navigate branching dialogue situations as a target, bystander, or bystander-intervener. Explore multiple response options and see realistic consequences play ou
Scam Detector
Identify phishing emails, spot fake websites, navigate social engineering scenarios, and detect pyramid schemes. Each level presents more sophisticated fakes. L
Digital Wellness
Reflect on screen time habits, explore healthy technology practices, compare online vs. face-to-face communication norms, learn copyright basics and Creative Co
Mentored by Aegis — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How SafetyForge 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
SafetyForge 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
SafetyForge 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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