STEM
ShapePals
Match shapes, sort by attribute, continue the pattern, and fit the piece — hands-on early geometry with Poly the chameleon, for ages 5–8.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
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Meet the cast
ShapePals is a band of animal friends who help little explorers with shapes, patterns, and space — naming a shape and color, sorting by an attribute, continuing a pattern, and fitting a piece into place. Poly the chameleon is the hero; the cast are Poly's friends. Reading-free, spoken, and playful.
Poly
Shape & color identity — a chameleon who changes into and names the shape & color
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Sortle
Attribute sort — a magpie who sorts objects into bins by shape, color, or size
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Beadle
Repeating patterns — a beetle who strings beads in a pattern and continues it
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Nook
Spatial fit / rotation — a mouse who turns and flips a shape to fit the right hole
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What's inside
Learning goal
Match shapes, sort by attribute, continue the pattern, and fit the piece — hands-on early geometry with Poly the chameleon, for ages 5–8.
How ShapePals 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
ShapePals 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
ShapePals 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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