Calm, screen-light learning · ages 3+
Your child spells, counts, reads and explores, out loud and at their own pace. It's real learning, built on methods proven to boost reading, comprehension and maths.
One app, many ways to learn
Spelling, maths, reading, music and more, each one audio-first so a young child can play without needing to read a single instruction.
Say any word out loud and hear it built, letter by letter, with a picture-able sentence.
Fifty story levels of friendly maths, from first counting up to times tables.
Hear a word, tap the letters to build it, and watch Alex the acorn grow.
Explore numbers from zero all the way to ten million, one tap at a time.
Letter names and phonic sounds, tap any letter to hear it spoken warmly.
Kids hear their own voice read back to them, a simple confidence builder.
Tour the planets and ask the Professor anything you wonder about space.
Read real notation and play a piano keyboard, from first notes to songs.
Design your very own acorn friend to carry through every activity.
Why parents trust it
Every prompt and answer is spoken, so a pre-reader can play independently and build sound-to-letter links along the way.
Step-by-step ladders climb level by level and adapt as your child is ready, from first sounds to confident sentences.
A parent PIN gates every setting, optional break timers end sessions kindly, and there are no loud rewards or dark patterns.
No ads. No data sold. Conversations are never used to train models. It is simply a learning tool.
For home and the classroom
Every mission can become a printable, write-in worksheet with a grown-up answer key, ready for the kitchen table or the classroom wall.
Simple, honest pricing
The free tier is a real taste of every activity, forever. Paid plans unlock every level and world for the whole family.
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A real taste of every activity, forever.
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Every activity, every level, every world. Unlocked, for the whole family.
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Everything in Plus, plus printable worksheet packs and recording your own Music Missions tunes.
A quiet note to parents
Maybe your child reads a little slower than a sibling, or confuses "b" and "d" longer than their friends, or is still working on sight words. It's easy to worry, and harder to know what to actually do.
Clever Acorns won't replace a teacher, a tutor or a specialist. What it will do is give your child a patient, judgement-free place to practise at their own pace, with the kind of clear, repeated feedback that research links to stronger reading and spelling.
The free tier costs nothing. Give it ten minutes one evening. If your child leans in, you'll know.
Hardcover picture books set in Alex's world. Read aloud at three, read alone at twelve. Buy them once and the in-app reader is free.
Browse the bookshop →If a subscription is a real stretch for your family right now, we have a program that gives full access at no cost. No long forms, no proof required, just a short note so we can reach out.
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