For grown-ups
DoughTots is about one idea young children find surprising: a number does not change when the shape does. Ten seeds pressed into one lump of dough are still ten when you pinch the lump in two.
Each friend asks for a few seeds. Your child pinches a little lump off (one seed at a time, counted out loud), squashes lumps back together, and gives a lump. If the number is wrong the friend says so kindly, and your child can pinch one more or put one back. After every right answer the app says the split out loud: "Three for Bap. Seven left. Ten is three and seven."
There is no score, no timer and no reading. Tapping replaces dragging, so small fingers and keyboards both work.
Best of all is the real thing: a ball of play dough and ten dried beans at the kitchen table. Pinch some off, ask how many are left, squash it back and count again.
What it never does
- No accounts, no ads, no tracking — anything kept stays on this device.
- No streaks, timers to beat, points to chase or leaderboards.
- No chat, and nothing anyone types is sent anywhere.