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RungPals

Same call, your choice. A number comes out of the see-through bag — which rung of your ladder does it go on? Everyone gets the same numbers, so your ladder is your own thinking. Build a ladder that climbs all the way.

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Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.

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Meet your mentor

Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.

Mentored by Inch

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Characters who teach

Meet the cast

Inch the snail climbs one rung each time your run grows.

Inch portrait

Inch

A snail who climbs one rung every time your ladder's run grows longer

Tilly portrait

Tilly

Slides each tile into its slot and asks: is there room above it?

Lotti portrait

Lotti

Looks into the see-through bag and counts what is still left

Ruma portrait

Ruma

Knows where the middle numbers go — the middle of the line, the middle of the ladder

What's distributed-narrative methodology? →

What's inside

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Learning goal

Same call, your choice. A number comes out of the see-through bag — which rung of your ladder does it go on? Everyone gets the same numbers, so your ladder is your own thinking. Build a ladder that climbs all the way.

Mentored by Inch — no data leaves the device.

How RungPals 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

Full parent privacy guide →

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