Academics
TruthQuest
Players are junior journalists at the Truth Tribune, investigating viral claims, social media posts, and news articles. Using real journalistic techniques (source verification, reverse image search, statistical analysis), players determine what is true, misleading, or completely fabricated -- building critical thinking skills for the AI misinformation age.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, praises, and patiently scaffolds learning. On-device AI personalizes the mentor's responses to your kid's progress — never connecting to a server, never collecting data.
#4A6FA5 TruthQuest is a media literacy and fact-checking game for ages 9-14 where players investigate viral claims, social media posts, and news articles using real journalistic techniques — source verification, reverse image search simulation, and statistical analysis — to determine what is true, misleadin
What's inside
Learning goal
Players are junior journalists at the Truth Tribune, investigating viral claims, social media posts, and news articles. Using real journalistic techniques (source verification, reverse image search, statistical analysis), players determine what is true, misleading, or completely fabricated -- building critical thinking skills for the AI misinformation age.
Question kits
16 curriculum-aligned kits × 25 questions = 400 questions per app, mapped to recognized standards.
On-device AI mentor
FoundationModels-powered hints, feedback, and adaptive difficulty — all running locally.
How TruthQuest handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ No ads, no in-app purchases — you pay once
- ✅ COPPA compliant under the 2026 FTC amendments
- ✅ Parental controls + session limits + content filters built in
TruthQuest 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
TruthQuest 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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