NibQuestPuddlebrook Meadow
Pre-K · ages 3–4
Capital and small letters, letter sounds, rhyming, numbers 1 to 20, counting, shapes, first to tenth, and listening to stories.
25 skillsFive worlds, from 3 to 13
Each age group has its own world in the Living Atlas. Children help Nib, a friendly drop of magic ink, bring it back to color one skill at a time.
Bramblewick Village
Kindergarten · ages 5–6
Writing numbers to 20, adding and subtracting to 10, sight words, blending sounds, plurals and question words, and story questions.
39 skillsClockwork Harbor
Grades 1–2 · ages 6–8
Counting to 120, place value, time, money and measuring, phonics patterns, spelling, grammar, and a library of stories and fact books.
79 skillsSkyreach Isles
Grades 3–5 · ages 8–11
Times tables, fractions and decimals, multi-digit math, area and volume, plays, fables, word roots, and reading for evidence.
107 skillsGearspire Observatory
Grades 6–7 · ages 11–13
Ratios, percents, integers, equations, statistics and probability, arguments and evidence, point of view and figurative language.
80 skillsLearned means learned
A lucky streak doesn't count. NibQuest only marks something learned when your child shows it on their own, more than once, and still knows it later.
Not yet
New letters, numbers and skills join a few at a time, in order.
Three answers without help
Hinted answers teach, but only unaided answers count, and at most two a day, so it takes at least two different days.
Learned
Days later, a memory check confirms it's still there. Miss one, and it reopens.
Remembered
After two memory checks, and an Atlas review at the end of each world.
Every skill is a story
Children meet a character with a problem, then solve it with swipes, sorts, taps and typed answers. When they get stuck, hints go from a gentle nudge to a strategy to a worked example.
- Instructions are read aloud, so pre-readers can play on their own
- About 15 to 30 minutes a day, with natural stopping points
- No streaks, no timers, no notifications
- "Help Jumble" moments: kids find and fix a friend's mix-ups
You see the evidence
Behind a grown-ups-only check, the learning plan shows what your child has mastered, what's next, and every letter, word and number still to learn.
- What they can do on their own, with the evidence for each skill
- Mix-ups to watch, and an activity to try at home
- A learning-record spreadsheet for homeschool or school
- A profile for every child in the family
Mapped to the standards, and counted
We checked every skill against the official Common Core standards for Kindergarten to Grade 7, and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes for preschool. Here is where coverage stands today.
- 200 of 201Common Core math standards, Kindergarten to Grade 7. The last one, drawing triangles with a ruler and protractor, is a hands-on activity for home.
- All 152Common Core reading standards for literature and informational text, Kindergarten to Grade 7, with a graded library of stories, poems, plays and fact texts.
- All 46Common Core language standards: grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
- All 70Common Core writing standards. 49 are practiced in the app, from planning and organizing to revising and choosing evidence. 21, such as writing and sharing a whole piece, are "Do together" activities with a grown-up.
- All 48Common Core speaking and listening standards. 16 in the app, 32 as "Do together" activities, like retelling a story or giving a short talk.
- All 16Common Core foundational reading standards. 10 in the app, and 6 for reading aloud with expression, practiced together.
- 17 of 18Head Start preschool goals for math and literacy, one of them with a grown-up (writing their name). The last one is covered in part.
Writing, speaking and reading aloud happen best off screen. "Do together" activities sit in the grown-up Progress tab: a few short steps to try with your child, ticked off once you've done them on two different days.
Free to start
The Free Atlas opens real lessons in every grade. NibQuest Family opens every landmark, for all the children on one device.
Free Atlas
The first lessons of every math and reading area, in every grade from Pre-K to 7th. No account and no card needed.
- Every world, every age group
- Full learning plan and progress for grown-ups
NibQuest Family
Every skill and landmark for every child on the device.
Prices, and any free trial, are shown in the App Store and Google Play in your currency before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your Apple Account or Google Play settings. Purchases sit behind a grown-ups-only check.
Private and safe, by design
No ads. No accounts. No tracking. NibQuest plays offline, and learning progress never leaves your device. The internet is used only for NibQuest Family, after a grown-up opens it.
The button opens your email app with a short note to us. We use your address only to tell you when NibQuest is out, then delete it.