It's summer at the spark-and-anvil carnival!
195 free educational apps, forged for curiosity
Thoughtfully crafted learning apps for kids and teens ages 5–18. 189 of them are ready to play right now, right in your browser, with no downloads and no accounts. Native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro are in development.
- 501(c)(3) non-profit (pending)
- Free forever
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
- No tracking
- COPPA compliant
- iOS 26 native
- On-device AI
- Designed for face-to-face play
▶ Play in your browser
Play all 189 apps →Summer’s here — pick a friend and play their game right in your browser. No download, no accounts.
A hand-picked mix across every subject and age band — no download, no accounts.
Teach the Cast · new You're the teacher — help a cast character master an idea, and teaching it well is the practice. Free, on-device, no accounts.- Logic / Chess tactics GambitTalesLearn the six chess tactics — the pin, fork, skewer, discovered attack, double attack, and x-ray — on a real board: name the pattern, play the winning move, race the clock in Tactics Rush, and solve a fresh puzzle every day. Gr 4–7 Play GambitTales →
- Science CuriosityQuestExplore K–8 science by inquiry: 400 questions across sixteen topics, plus predict-then-observe labs — trace the water cycle, build a food web, and wire logic gates. Gr 4–8 Play CuriosityQuest →
- Math FractionForgeBuild, place, and compare fractions with hands-on tools — bars, pies, and number lines. Gr 4–6 Play FractionForge →
- English / Language Arts GrammarForgeFive hands-on skills — punctuation, clauses, style, grammar crimes, parts of speech — plus 16 kits. Gr 4–7 Play GrammarForge →
- Math GeometryForgeMake angles with a live protractor, build polygons and reason about their angle sums, slide/flip/turn shapes on a grid, find lines of symmetry, and stretch a geoboard to an exact area — plus 17 kits of geometry. Gr 6–8 Play GeometryForge →
- English & Language Arts TaleForgePractice the craft of storytelling — build a story arc with Story Architect, keep an invented world believable in World Keystone, and give every character a distinct voice in Voice Lab, across 16 narrative-craft kits. For young writers ages 9–14. Gr 4–8 Play TaleForge →
- Math CountingPalsCount, compare, and add with Calc Jr — quick-look dots, ten-frames, and number lines for the youngest learners. Ages 5–7 Play CountingPals →
- English & Language Arts WordForgeA word-puzzle arcade — crack crossword clues, climb word ladders one letter at a time, and rearrange anagram trays, all on a vocabulary, morphology, and etymology curriculum across 16 kits. Gr 4–6 Play WordForge →
- Math ProofQuestBuild mathematical proofs step by step, hunt counterexamples, and practice logical reasoning across 16 kits. Gr 7–8 Play ProofQuest →
📖 Stories & audio dramas
Read all stories →Pick a character, read their chapter, and hear their audio drama — the cast that teaches each app, in story form.
Every character has an illustrated chapter book and an audio drama — the cast that teaches each app, in story form.
📚 Books & printable workbooks
Browse all books →Every app is a whole little library — an illustrated storybook where the cast teaches the concept, plus activity workbooks, coloring books, puzzle books, and multi-volume series. Free to read, print, or order as an at-cost paperback.
195 apps · books free forever under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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👋 For parents & educators
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