501(c)(3) non-profit (pending)

Free forever.
Educational iOS apps,
forged for curiosity.

Spark & Anvil's 138 apps for kids ages 5–14 are all free, forever. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. On-device AI mentors that never send your kid's data anywhere. We're restructuring as a non-profit so it stays that way.

135 apps for tweens (ages 9–14) + a Younger Cluster for ages 5–8 rolling out in 2027. Mascot continuity lets kids "graduate" from one portfolio to the next around age 8.

501(c)(3) non-profit (pending)Free foreverNo adsNo in-app purchasesNo trackingCOPPA compliantiOS 26 nativeOn-device AIDesigned for face-to-face play

Browse 138 apps Support the mission → For parents For teachers

Coming 2027 — teacher-led live classes inside the apps your kid already loves. Teachers, join the early pilot →

Three ways your kid engages

Built around Learn, Play, and Create

Every app maps to one or more of three engagement modes. Most apps blend two or three — Learn pairs the AI mentor, Play wraps the game shell, Create gives kids something to ship.

Learn

126 apps · 75 primary

Structured instruction, guided practice, and skill progression. Every Learn-mode app pairs your kid with an on-device AI mentor that scaffolds new concepts, gives hints without giving answers, and tracks mastery against recognized standards.

Featuring · 138 apps

Distributed-narrative apps

Recurring named characters who embody the curriculum — each one teaches a specific concept by being who they are, not by lecturing. Grounded in Bruner narrative learning + Habgood intrinsic integration.

ActiveForge AdventureHub AiForge BeatForge BioForge BiomeForge + 132 more

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Play

55 apps · 20 primary

Game-like engagement that pulls kids in. Adventures, RPGs, escape rooms, championships, and multiplayer where the curriculum is built into the game system itself — what researchers call "intrinsic integration."

Featuring · 7 apps

Adventure modes

Full RPG / quest / escape-room game shells across the portfolio. AdventureHub aggregates threads: solve a puzzle in one app, level up your shared character in another.

AdventureHub ChronoQuest EscapeForge FitQuest Forgearena MindForge + 1 more

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Create

46 apps · 32 primary

Build, compose, write, design. Every Create-mode app is a studio: kids leave with something they made — a song, a character sheet, a story, a circuit, a recipe, a magic trick — that they can show, share, or take into another app.

Featuring · 18 apps

Sound, image, voice, and music studios

The multimedia cluster: lyric + melody composition, voice-first storytelling, image craft (pixel art, manga, illusions), video editing, and figurative-language writing. The "shippable artifact" cluster.

BeatForge DialogueQuest EffectsForge EnsembleQuest FigureForge FrameQuest + 12 more

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How our apps teach

Characters who ARE the curriculum

Not characters bolted onto worksheets. In 138 of our apps, every concept your kid needs to learn is embodied by a recurring character — so abstract patterns become memorable through story.

Behavior, not decoration

The character's actions are the rule. Sir Pinwell doesn't talk about pins — he does pins. Your kid learns the pattern by watching, not being told.

Recurring, not random

The same characters appear across many lessons. Familiar faces mean less re-explaining and more time on the actual learning.

Small casts, not crowds

About 10 to 14 characters per app — never dozens. Kids can keep that many in mind, like a Pixar movie ensemble.

Story carries the work

When kids care about a character, they remember what that character did. That memory is the curriculum — grounded in Bruner, Sfard, and Habgood's learning research.

How distributed-narrative works →

Meet your mentors

Every Spark & Anvil app comes with a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, and patiently guides your kid through new skills.

Why Spark & Anvil

⚒️

Craft

Swift 6, SwiftUI, on-device AI via FoundationModels. Native iOS apps that feel like the platform — not web shells, not cross-platform compromises.

🛡️

Safety

No tracking. No ads. No in-app purchases. No third-party SDKs. All data stays on-device. COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments.

🌟

Range

138 apps across STEM, STEAM, Academics, DIR/FEDC, and Special Interest verticals — for the kid who's obsessed with rockets AND the one who's obsessed with sonnets.

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CuriosityQuest

special-interest

A daily-question adventure that builds curiosity into habit.

Distributed-Narrative Coming soon

CubeSensei

special-interest

Learn the Rubik's Cube with a patient mentor and bite-sized practice.

Distributed-Narrative Coming soon

QuillSpell

special-interest

Spelling and vocabulary mastery through pattern recognition and play.

Distributed-Narrative Coming soon

MindForge

dir-fedc

Adventure RPG where players navigate social scenarios, manage stress through mini-games, and build emotional intelligence by helping NPCs resolve conflicts. Combines CASEL's 5 core competencies with SHAPE America's National Health Education Standards in a quest-based format. AI-driven NPCs respond to player choices with realistic emotional reactions.

Distributed-Narrative

FocusForge

dir-fedc

A gamified executive function training adventure for students ages 9-14, with specific design for ADHD and other neurodivergent learners. Players build study skills through six EF domains: working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, planning/organization, task initiation, and time awareness.

Distributed-Narrative

BioForge

stem

Players learn anatomy and biomechanics through the lens of sports -- understanding how muscles generate force, how joints create leverage, how the cardiovascular system fuels performance, and how training improves the body. Each sport unlocks new body systems and biomechanical principles. The only sports-science-meets-anatomy app on any platform.

Distributed-Narrative

Five learning verticals

Every app maps to one of five learning areas. Browse the portfolio by what interests your kid most.

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Free forever.
Educational iOS apps,
forged for curiosity.

Built around Learn, Play, and Create

Learn

Play

Create