Academics
SnapTots
Crayon-and-paper practice checked with Blink the firefly (ages 3–5): do a page of counting, letters, and first sounds with a crayon, then check it together — Blink lights up when you find the answer. A grown-up can print a page too. On-device — no photo is ever taken, saved, or sent.
#D98A2B Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
SnapTots' younger hero-anchored cast (ages 3–5): hero Blink + 3 friends, gentle, no trauma depth (R-YOUNGER-CLUSTER-CAST-SIZE). Each embodies a primitive (R-DN-PARITY) — Blink the firefly IS the act of recognising the answer (lights up when it's found), Kea the learner practising letters, Ribbet the learner practising counting, Crayon the marks the child makes. Illustrated cast portraits SHIPPED 2026-09-10 (Program #121); each member links to a warm read-aloud chapter (beat illustrations + narration draining as a tracked follow-on).
Blink
(Hero) the firefly who lights up when you find the answer
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Kea
the bird learning her letters — your page teaches her
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Ribbet
the frog learning to count — your page teaches him
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Crayon
helps you make your marks on the paper
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What's inside
Learning goal
Crayon-and-paper practice checked with Blink the firefly (ages 3–5): do a page of counting, letters, and first sounds with a crayon, then check it together — Blink lights up when you find the answer. A grown-up can print a page too. On-device — no photo is ever taken, saved, or sent.
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 Blink — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How SnapTots 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
SnapTots 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
SnapTots 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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