Special Interest
WildLens
Photograph real animals with your camera, identify species using on-device CoreML, and learn why they matter through food webs, habitat relationships, and ecosystem interconnections. The differentiator: not just what it is — but why it matters. Ages 9-14.
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.
#FFA726 WildLens is a wildlife discovery and ecology explorer for ages 9-14 where players photograph real wildlife, identify species with on-device AI, learn ecology through interactive food webs and habitat simulations, and collect observations in a digital field journal — aligned to NGSS middle school lif
What's inside
Learning goal
Photograph real animals with your camera, identify species using on-device CoreML, and learn why they matter through food webs, habitat relationships, and ecosystem interconnections. The differentiator: not just what it is — but why it matters. Ages 9-14.
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 WildLens 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
WildLens 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
WildLens 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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