Academics
CaptionQuest
Read along with a story, then take over, for ages 9–14. A cast chapter plays with its words lit up, and you choose how much the narrator reads, or take a part in a short drama. On your lines the story pauses and you read on. No score, no timer, nothing recorded. On-device, no accounts.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 20 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, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Lamplin
#0f6a73 Characters who teach
Meet the cast
CaptionQuest's friends each show one part of reading a story out loud. Lamplin (the mentor, in an owl-feather cape) carries a small lantern and lights each word as it is read, so your eyes and ears stay together. Warble lets her voice rise for a question and settle at a full stop. Breathwin takes a small breath at every comma and full stop, so the words fall into groups. Paceo keeps an even pace, never racing and never dragging. Twicely reads a line again, a little smoother each time.
Lamplin
lights each word as it is read, so your eyes and ears stay on the same word
Warble
A girl with a little wren pin whose voice rises for a question and settles at a full stop - reading with expression
Breathwin
A reader in a teal otter hoodie who takes a small breath at every comma and full stop, so the words fall into groups - phrasing
Paceo
A boy in a green sweater who reads at an even pace, never racing ahead and never dragging - steady rate
Twicely
A red-haired reader with a bookmark always in hand who reads a line again, a little smoother each time - rereading
What's inside
Learning goal
Read along with a story, then take over, for ages 9–14. A cast chapter plays with its words lit up, and you choose how much the narrator reads, or take a part in a short drama. On your lines the story pauses and you read on. No score, no timer, nothing recorded. On-device, no accounts.
Mentored by Lamplin — no data leaves the device.
How CaptionQuest handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages