Academics
TongueQuest
Every family has sayings that don't translate — words that mean far more than they say. TongueQuest helps you collect your family's words and sayings, each in three layers: how it sounds at home, what it says word-for-word, and what it really means. Quiz yourself on the difference, then print a family phrase book or download it to share with cousins. You are the translator: nothing is generated, nothing is recorded, nothing leaves your device. Any language. Ages 9-14.
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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 Bà Mây
#9c2f2f Characters who teach
Meet the cast
TongueQuest's phrase-book crew each embody one layer of A FAMILY SAYING - the crew IS the idea (ages 9-14). Literalla reads every word exactly - and keeps missing the point. Truemean knows what the family really means. Scrollkeep writes it all down so it isn't lost. Mentor Bà Mây asks "when does your family say that?" Nothing is generated, nothing recorded.
Literalla
Reads every word exactly — and keeps missing the point.
Truemean
Knows what the family really means.
Scrollkeep
Writes it all down so it isn’t lost.
Bà Mây
asks “when does your family say that?”
What's inside
Learning goal
Every family has sayings that don't translate — words that mean far more than they say. TongueQuest helps you collect your family's words and sayings, each in three layers: how it sounds at home, what it says word-for-word, and what it really means. Quiz yourself on the difference, then print a family phrase book or download it to share with cousins. You are the translator: nothing is generated, nothing is recorded, nothing leaves your device. Any language. Ages 9-14.
Mentored by Bà Mây — no data leaves the device.
How TongueQuest 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