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OddBitsPals
An invent-a-rule toy for ages 3–5: every toy is a little bit broken — a board with a hole, a dice with a blank side — so you and a grown-up make up a rule to fix it, say it out loud, and keep it. Then teach it to a friend who gets it wrong! Calm, no-fail, on-device.
#0d9488 Distributed-narrative cast
Meet the cast
OddBitsPals's little crew loves what's broken. OddBits knows a broken toy just means you get to make the rule; Scrap and Mop bring the odd bits along, and Nib tries every rule and gets it a bit wrong — so you get to teach it.
OddBits
(Guide) loves what's broken — a toy that doesn't work is an invitation to invent the rule (constraint-as-invitation)
Scrap
Brings a broken bit to fix — a board with a hole, a dice with a blank side (the broken constraint)
Mop
Brings another broken bit — there is always something odd to make a rule for (more constraints to invent around)
Nib
Tries your invented rule and plays it WRONG, so you get to correct it — teaching the rule is how you know it (protégé loop)
What's inside
Learning goal
An invent-a-rule toy for ages 3–5: every toy is a little bit broken — a board with a hole, a dice with a blank side — so you and a grown-up make up a rule to fix it, say it out loud, and keep it. Then teach it to a friend who gets it wrong! Calm, no-fail, on-device.
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 OddBits — on-device AI, no data leaves the device.
How OddBitsPals 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
OddBitsPals 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
OddBitsPals 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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