An AI-powered reading tutor built on best practices that adjusts to your child's abilities and interests.
Your child reads a short, illustrated book built only from the sounds they've been taught. Max the Monkey listens. When a word is hard, he coaches one small step at a time — and never, ever quizzes. We build on the parts of Orton-Gillingham that recent studies back, and take the rest from the wider science of reading.
Works in Safari on iPad and iPhone. No app store needed. Parents set up in two minutes; children never see a login.
HOW A SESSION WORKS
Tap Max to wake him
One tap turns on the microphone and Max says hello. Sessions start with an introduction to three big words that will be encountered in the book.
Read aloud — Max listens
Every word in the book is decodable for your child, with a picture on every page. Max follows along as your child reads aloud, and only steps in when needed.
Coaching, one step at a time
Max provides coaching when needed. Tap the sounds. Split the word and hear the rule. Only after will Max read the word itself.
Your child picks the next book
At the end of each book, your child decides what the next book should be about. After your child chooses the topic, Max the Monkey writes the book based on your child's reading ability, and illustrates pictures to accompany the text. Books are checked by artificial intelligence six ways for safety and decodability before your child ever sees it. You as the parent can decide whether to approve the chosen topic, or you can swap it from the parent dashboard.
BUILT ON WHAT THE RESEARCH SUPPORTS
Explicit, systematic, sequential. Twelve stages; nothing untaught ever appears in a book. This is the part of Orton-Gillingham with the strongest evidence behind it.
Diagnostic, not a quiz. Every decision comes from what your child actually read aloud. Reversals and sound mix-ups are tracked for you, never shown to them.
Short coaching. Two prompts, then the word — the pattern the corrective-feedback research supports, rather than a long ladder that spends attention your child could be reading with.
Decodable books at their real age. A ten-year-old at stage two gets a ten-year-old's story, written from stage-two sounds.
Spacing over gimmicks. Generous line spacing, a short line, and a clear b / d / p / q — the typography variables that hold up in studies.
Designed for children with dyslexia, and built the same way for every beginning reader. Where Orton-Gillingham tradition and the evidence disagree, we follow the evidence.
PRICING
Additional readers are an add-on.