Developmental (FEDC-informed)
TempCheck
Daily Attunement Temp-Checks — 15-second bidirectional affect check-in with caregiver; surfaces overlaps + differences; growth chart over weeks (Pulse).
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 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. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
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Meet the cast
TempCheck's characters each practice one part of checking in on feelings with someone you love. Pick notices her own feeling first, Both shows cards at the same time as a friend, Gap gets curious when the cards are different, and Streak looks back over many check-ins without calling any day a pass or fail. Brim, Buoy, Skiff, Moor, Cove, and Ebb cover being honest, noticing body signals, starting a check-in yourself, staying steady for someone, coming back to a missed moment, and feelings that change. Pulse is the mentor who guides them.
Pick
Notices her own feeling before picking a card, and takes a moment to think first
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Both
Holds up a card at the same time as a friend; matching is nice, not a prize
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Gap
Gets curious when two friends' cards are different
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Streak
Looks back over many check-ins; one day is never a pass or a fail
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Brim
Picks the card that is really true today, not the easy "I am fine" card you hold up so nobody worries.
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Buoy
Reads the bodys quiet signal first, because a feeling often shows up in your chest or tummy before you have a word for it.
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Skiff
Shows that you do not have to wait to be noticed; you can be the one who starts a check-in and asks for it.
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Moor
When someone shows you a hard feeling, stays steady and holds it with them instead of rushing to fix it.
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Cove
When a check-in gets missed or misread, comes back to it later, because a missed moment is never lost for good.
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Ebb
Notices when a feeling turns partway through a moment, and picks a new card, because the first card is a start, not a sentence.
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What's inside
Learning goal
Daily Attunement Temp-Checks — 15-second bidirectional affect check-in with caregiver; surfaces overlaps + differences; growth chart over weeks (Pulse).
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned question kits, 400 questions in all, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
Mentored by Pulse — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How TempCheck 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
TempCheck 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
TempCheck 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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