Academics
TonguePals
Teach Mai your family's words! TonguePals is for children who hear another language at home. Mai the myna tries to say each family word — and sometimes gets it wrong. Your child is the teacher: spot Mai's slips, pick the right spelling, then say the word out loud to a grown-up. A grown-up types up to ten family words once (any language); nothing is recorded and nothing leaves your device. Ages 6-8.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 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 Bà Mây
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Meet the cast
TonguePals' home friends each embody one move of LEARNING BY TEACHING a family language (ages 6-8). Mai the myna repeats every word - and sometimes mishears. Letterleaf checks a word one letter at a time. Homenest keeps the family's words safe. Mentor Bà Mây asks "does that sound like home?" The child is the teacher; the family's voice is the model.
Mai
The myna who repeats every word — and sometimes mishears.
Letterleaf
Checks a word one letter at a time.
Homenest
Keeps the family’s words safe at home.
Bà Mây
asks “does that sound like home?”
What's inside
Learning goal
Teach Mai your family's words! TonguePals is for children who hear another language at home. Mai the myna tries to say each family word — and sometimes gets it wrong. Your child is the teacher: spot Mai's slips, pick the right spelling, then say the word out loud to a grown-up. A grown-up types up to ten family words once (any language); nothing is recorded and nothing leaves your device. Ages 6-8.
Mentored by Bà Mây — no data leaves the device.
How TonguePals 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