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SandTots
A timer you can see empty, for ages 3–5: pick a little, a while, or a long time (or a grown-up sets the minutes), then watch the sand drain. When it ends the sand is simply gone and Dune the fennec yawns — no alarm, no flashing. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 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, praises, 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.
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Meet the cast
SandTots's Dune the fennec yawns when the sand has run out: a calm end, never an alarm.
Dune
(Hero, a fennec) - yawns when the sand has run out, a calm end with no alarm
What's inside
Learning goal
A timer you can see empty, for ages 3–5: pick a little, a while, or a long time (or a grown-up sets the minutes), then watch the sand drain. When it ends the sand is simply gone and Dune the fennec yawns — no alarm, no flashing. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
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.
How SandTots 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
SandTots 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
SandTots 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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