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SprintPals
A calm study loop for ages 6–8: choose a few tiny things, do an honest sprint, say each one back in your own words, and see the free time you earned today. Stop whenever you like — you lose nothing. On-device, no scores, no streaks.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 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.
Mentored by Marlo
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Meet the cast
SprintPals's little crew gathers for a calm study loop. Marlo the study-coach asks rather than answers; each friend carries one good habit — choose a few, sprint honestly, say it back, and stop when you're done. The reward is the free time you earned, and there is always a bottom to the list.
Marlo
the study-coach who ASKS, never hands the answer — the own-words prompt is a retrieval cue, not a grade (answer-withholding)
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Pippa
Chooses just a few tiny things for today — you get to pick, it is never an assigned queue (agency / chosen-minimums)
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Zoom
Starts the honest sprint and settles in — do your few things, no rush, no timer-to-fail (the honest sprint)
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Redd
A miss is a re-try, never a fail — you can always go again (redo, anti-shame)
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Sayla
Says each idea back in her own words before it counts — the Own-Words gate (retrieval-in-your-own-words)
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Nessa
Stops when she is done and enjoys the time she earned — the list has a bottom (stop-when-done / the earned rest)
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Learning goal
A calm study loop for ages 6–8: choose a few tiny things, do an honest sprint, say each one back in your own words, and see the free time you earned today. Stop whenever you like — you lose nothing. On-device, no scores, no streaks.
Mentored by Marlo — no data leaves the device.
How SprintPals 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