Academics
TonguePals
Teach Mai your family's words! TonguePals is for children who hear another language at home. Mai the myna tries to say each family word — and sometimes gets it wrong. Your child is the teacher: spot Mai's slips, pick the right spelling, then say the word out loud to a grown-up. A grown-up types up to ten family words once (any language); nothing is recorded and nothing leaves your device. Ages 6-8.
#1f7a6d Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
TonguePals' home friends each embody one move of LEARNING BY TEACHING a family language (ages 6-8). Mai the myna repeats every word - and sometimes mishears. Letterleaf checks a word one letter at a time. Homenest keeps the family's words safe. Mentor Bà Mây asks "does that sound like home?" The child is the teacher; the family's voice is the model.
Mai
The myna who repeats every word — and sometimes mishears.
Letterleaf
Checks a word one letter at a time.
Homenest
Keeps the family’s words safe at home.
Bà Mây
(mentor, grandma cloud) — asks “does that sound like home?”
What's inside
Learning goal
Teach Mai your family's words! TonguePals is for children who hear another language at home. Mai the myna tries to say each family word — and sometimes gets it wrong. Your child is the teacher: spot Mai's slips, pick the right spelling, then say the word out loud to a grown-up. A grown-up types up to ten family words once (any language); nothing is recorded and nothing leaves your device. Ages 6-8.
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 Bà Mây — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How TonguePals 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
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
TonguePals 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
TonguePals 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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