Academics
WonderPals
The thinking circle. Ollo the owl and Fennick the fox disagree kindly about big questions — is a robot alive? Is it fair if everyone gets the same? Pick a side and a reason, then hear the other side’s best reason. Changing your mind is allowed. Each wonder ends as a dinner question. Ages 6–8.
Built 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, praises, 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.
Mentored by Ollo
#4D7C0F Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
Ollo the owl and Fennick the fox are best friends who often think different things. They disagree kindly, give their best reasons, and sometimes change their minds.
Ollo
(An owl) - says "I think so, because..." and gives a reason
Fennick
(A fox) - says "But what if..." and gives the other side’s best reason
What's inside
Learning goal
The thinking circle. Ollo the owl and Fennick the fox disagree kindly about big questions — is a robot alive? Is it fair if everyone gets the same? Pick a side and a reason, then hear the other side’s best reason. Changing your mind is allowed. Each wonder ends as a dinner question. 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 Ollo — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How WonderPals 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
WonderPals 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
WonderPals 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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