Developmental (FEDC-informed)
PortraitTots
Notice six everyday things over a week — sounds, following directions, finding things, touch, spinning and moving, climbing and building — then get a portrait of your 3–5-year-old in YOUR own words: what they love, grouped by ears, eyes, body and hands, with what seems to help when something is hard right now. A picture of one week, never a label. On-device, nothing saved.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
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Learning goal
Notice six everyday things over a week — sounds, following directions, finding things, touch, spinning and moving, climbing and building — then get a portrait of your 3–5-year-old in YOUR own words: what they love, grouped by ears, eyes, body and hands, with what seems to help when something is hard right now. A picture of one week, never a label. On-device, nothing saved.
How PortraitTots 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
For you, the grown-up
The grown-up side of PortraitTots on Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups: The Circle at Our Table. A week of what you noticed; lesson one is on noticing what they open with.
PortraitTots 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
PortraitTots 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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