Special Interest
ScanForge
Snap or paste a chess board — from a screenshot, a book, or a diagram — and ScanForge reads it into a position you can study and keep. Check what it read (whose move, right way up, every piece), then play it out and save it to your scans. On-device; the picture never leaves this device; no account. Ages 9–14.
#2f6690 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
ScanForge's scan crew (ages 9–14) each embody one rule of turning a picture of a chess board into a position you can study — the crew IS the method: capture the board, read it square by square, CHECK what the machine read before you trust it, study it, and keep it. Mentor Scanner keeps the desk: a scan is a starting point, not the last word — always check the read (a machine can misread a blurry piece), and the picture stays on your own device. (Illustrated portraits + chapters are a tracked follow-on — R-WEB-CLONE-SPAWN-TRACKED.)
Snap
Capture the board from the world — a photo, a screenshot, or a diagram from a book
Reader
Read the pieces square by square, matching each to the piece it knows (the recognizer)
Checker
Confirm what was read — whose move, is it the right way up, is every piece right (verification is a lesson)
Keeper
Save the confirmed position to your own scans, to study again later
Scanner
(Mentor) — a scan is a starting point, not the last word; always check the read, and the picture never leaves your device
What's inside
Learning goal
Snap or paste a chess board — from a screenshot, a book, or a diagram — and ScanForge reads it into a position you can study and keep. Check what it read (whose move, right way up, every piece), then play it out and save it to your scans. On-device; the picture never leaves this device; no account. Ages 9–14.
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 Scanner — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How ScanForge 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
ScanForge 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
ScanForge 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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