Academics
TwoWaysPals
Same answer, two ways. Show 8 + 5 your way with jumps on a rope number line, then Ropeling shows a different way. Which felt easier, and why? Then the grown-up shows their way, and the strip names the school's strategies — making ten, doubles, counting on. Pass-and-play with a grown-up. Ages 6–8.
Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
#a21caf Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
Ropeling is a knotted rope who hums when you pluck it and always knows a second way. Jumpkin draws every jump as a chalk arc. Eggtray is the ten-frame, a wooden egg tray with ten cups.
Ropeling
(Mentor, a knotted rope) - shows a different way to the same answer, never a better one
Jumpkin
A piece of chalk - draws each jump on the rope so you can see your way
Eggtray
A wooden egg tray with ten cups - fills to ten so making ten is easy to see
What's inside
Learning goal
Same answer, two ways. Show 8 + 5 your way with jumps on a rope number line, then Ropeling shows a different way. Which felt easier, and why? Then the grown-up shows their way, and the strip names the school's strategies — making ten, doubles, counting on. Pass-and-play with a grown-up. 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 Ropeling — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How TwoWaysPals 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
TwoWaysPals 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
TwoWaysPals 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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