STEM
StandPals
Run a lemonade stand and use the friendly till (ages 6–8): take an order, make change, add up the day, take away the supplies, and see your profit on a bar chart. Real money math with 4 little stand-keeper friends. No ads, no account, no AI — and no money ever touches the app.
#2f8f52 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
StandPals' lemonade-stand crew (ages 6–8): 4 stand-keeper friends, each EMBODYING one arithmetic move (R-DN-PARITY — the character IS the operation). Mentor = Lem, the stand-keeper who runs the stand with you. Illustrated portraits + DN-S chapters are on the way (STORY-PEND).
Coin the Chipmunk
making change — counts the coins and bills back to the customer
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Cost the Crow
the supplies — what the lemons, cups, and sugar cost you
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Price the Pelican
what to charge — the price on the sign
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Profit the Porcupine
what's left — the money you sold, take away the supplies
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What's inside
Learning goal
Run a lemonade stand and use the friendly till (ages 6–8): take an order, make change, add up the day, take away the supplies, and see your profit on a bar chart. Real money math with 4 little stand-keeper friends. No ads, no account, no AI — and no money ever touches the app.
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 Lem — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How StandPals 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
StandPals 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
StandPals 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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