2–4′
Short enough to actually finish
Every lesson is 8–12 cards — a hook, a few ideas, several things to do, one win. It fits a car ride or the ten minutes before dinner, and it ends with a clear finish line instead of an endless feed.
Free · No app store · No ads
Screen time that
Screen time that
actually teaches something.
Batch is a learning app for kids 8–12 that feels like a game. Swipeable cards, two to four minutes a lesson, and something to tap or solve on nearly every screen. 16 tracks covering money, computers, data, and how the world works.
Nothing to download. No ads, no chat, no way for anyone to message your kid. Works offline once it's installed.
16Tracks
56Units
280Lessons
$0Forever
The idea
Built like a game. Teaches like a tutor.
Most "educational" apps are a video with a quiz bolted on, and kids bail in ninety seconds. Batch is built the other way round: your kid is doing something every card or two, and each lesson is engineered to land exactly one idea.
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It re-asks what they got wrong
Missed cards come back at the end of the lesson, then again a day and a week later. Spaced repetition does the real teaching quietly in the background — your kid just thinks they're playing.
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Rewards earned by learning
XP, levels, streaks, badges and stickers — earned by finishing lessons, never by watching an ad or spending money. Bo the mascot cheers, and that's the whole monetisation strategy.
22 kinds of card
Never two reading screens in a row.
That rule is the whole mechanic. Tap, sort, drag, program a robot, beat a timer — 765 hand-drawn diagrams carry the concepts so there's very little to read.
Balance the scale
Build the chain — put the steps in order, then knock it over
Build the chart
Choose what happens — pick what to say and see where the story goes
Concept — the idea, in 160 characters
Fill in the blank
Guess the number — lock in a guess, then see the answer
Match the pairs
Mix it
Multiple choice
Order the steps
Program the robot
Run the market — slide the supply and watch the price move
Set your price — run a lemonade stand and find the best price
Slider — drag it and watch it change
Sort into buckets
Sort into many buckets — 3 to 5 buckets, one item at a time
Speed round — beat the clock
Stack the price — change a cost and watch the price change
Tap the diagram
Tap the screen — find it in a real website
Win screen
Batch's Life
Finishing lessons helps Batch grow up.
Batch the fox has a make-believe life on the Rewards tab. As your kid finishes lessons, Batch grows older, works a pretend job, and the next part of his story opens. Everything in it is earned by learning: finishing lessons and the daily challenges.
4 of his 7 ages
4 of his 22 jobs
XP
XP grows him and is never spent
The XP from lessons ages Batch through 7 stages, from Baby Kit to Grown-up. Buying things never costs XP, so he never grows backwards.
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Play coins, not real money
Each new lesson pays play coins (a replay pays none): 4 coins a lesson to start, as a Lemonade Helper. Batch spends them on school (Little School 80, Middle School 170 and Big School 550 coins) and on his homes, wheels, extras, look and snacks. School opens new jobs, 22 in all; as a Doctor, a new lesson pays 15 coins or more. Each daily challenge's box adds 5 to 30 coins. You can't buy coins.
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A story that opens as they learn
A new chapter of Batch's story opens every 10 new lessons, 28 in all. Many of them match the topic your kid was learning when it opened.
Surprise boxes from the daily challenges
Each day the app sets 3 learning challenges, such as "Finish any lesson" or "Get 5 right in a row". Each one your kid finishes opens a box: the first a Regular box, the second a Special box and the third an Epic box. Every box gives play coins. The Special and Epic boxes always add a thing for Batch, and the Regular box does about 1 in 4 times. Chance decides how rare that thing is.
- Nothing is paid to open one. Boxes are never sold, for coins or for money. The only way to get one is to finish a challenge.
- The odds are shown. Each box tells your kid the chances in words, like "about 1 in 40". The exact percentages are on the app's grown‑ups screen, next to the switch below.
- Bad luck runs out. After 10 Epic boxes with no Legendary thing, the next one is Legendary or better for sure.
- No rush. Boxes never expire.
- You can turn the surprise off. In the app's Profile, press and hold the lock under "For grown‑ups", tap "See this week", then "Turn the surprise off" in the Surprise boxes card. Boxes then give a set reward with no chance: on average, the same coins and things as before. Nothing already found is taken away.
- The shop has a chance too. Turning the surprise off doesn't change the shop. A shop buy always gets the thing your kid chose, and sometimes it comes out rarer. The shop shows the chance on each thing.
What Batch's Life is not
- Not for sale. Coins and boxes are never sold for real money. Kids earn coins only by finishing new lessons and the daily challenges.
- Not a trading game. Kids can't trade or give coins or things to each other.
- Not open to strangers. There's no chat. With a parent account, the Friends list shows only the other kids on that account: their name, and, if they also play on this device, how grown-up their Batch is. Each kid has their own Batch.
- Not in the way of learning. It never locks a lesson or makes one easier, and it doesn't change which lessons count as finished.
The library
16 tracks. 56 units. 280 lessons.
Money, computers and AI, data, thinking skills, health, and how the world works — plus 3 hands-on missions where kids build a real website. Everything is free, and new units land regularly.
AI Explained
Meet AI
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
AI Explained
How AI Learns
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Body Basics
Take Care of You
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Body Basics
Feelings & Calm
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Body Basics
Staying Safe
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Build a Website
What's a Website?
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Build a Website
Meet WordPress
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Build a Website
Mission: Your First Page
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Build a Website
Pictures & Style
Unit 4 · 5 lessons
Build a Website
Capstone: Your Mini-Site
Unit 5 · 5 lessons
Code Lab
Code Your First Program
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Code Lab
Loop Machines
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Data Detectives
Data & Chance
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Data Detectives
Charts & Graphs
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Data Detectives
Averages
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Data Detectives
Chance & Predictions
Unit 4 · 5 lessons
Everyday Math
Kitchen Math
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Everyday Math
Math in Action
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Getting Along
Really Listen
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Getting Along
Friends & Feelings
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Getting Along
Make Your Case
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
How Computers Think
Instructions = Code
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
How Computers Think
Loops
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
How Computers Think
If-Then
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
How Computers Think
Bugs & Fixing
Unit 4 · 5 lessons
How Computers Think
Algorithms
Unit 5 · 5 lessons
How Computers Think
The Internet Explained
Unit 6 · 5 lessons
Kid Business
What Is a Business?
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Kid Business
Finding Your Big Idea
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Kid Business
Pricing & Profit
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Kid Business
Selling & Customers
Unit 4 · 5 lessons
Kid Business
Lemonade Stand
Unit 5 · 5 lessons
Map Masters
Read Any Map
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Map Masters
Treasure Maps
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Inflation
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Earning Money
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Saving
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Spending Wisely
Unit 4 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Giving & Sharing
Unit 5 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Money Safety
Unit 6 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Banking
Unit 7 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Smart Consumer
Unit 8 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Grow Your Money
Unit 9 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Taxes & Society
Unit 10 · 5 lessons
Money Basics
Big Kid Money
Unit 11 · 5 lessons
Online Safety
Stay Safe Online
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Online Safety
Scam Spotters
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Smart Thinking
Spot the Trick
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Smart Thinking
Break It Down
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Smart Thinking
How to Learn
Unit 3 · 5 lessons
Space Cadets
Our Solar System
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Space Cadets
Solar System Road Trip
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
The World
Planet Patrol
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
The World
How Communities Work
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
Time & Planning
Tell Time & Plan Your Day
Unit 1 · 5 lessons
Time & Planning
Beat the Clock
Unit 2 · 5 lessons
AI Explained
What AI really is
2 units
Body Basics
Your amazing body
3 units
Build a Website
Discover what makes a website tick!
5 units
Code Lab
Meet Chip the robot — program real missions!
2 units
Data Detectives
Prove it with data. Predict it with probability.
4 units
Everyday Math
Math you can taste
2 units
Getting Along
Listen so people talk, talk so people listen
3 units
How Computers Think
Teach a robot to make a sandwich
6 units
Kid Business
Start small, think big, make money doing what you love!
5 units
Map Masters
Never get lost
2 units
Money Basics
Why a candy bar costs more every year
11 units
Online Safety
Be smart, be safe on screens
2 units
Smart Thinking
Don't get fooled — think it through
3 units
Space Cadets
Blast off with Batch the fox
2 units
The World
Patrol the planet with Ranger the Raccoon
2 units
Time & Planning
Read clocks, plan your day
2 units
Free printables. A one-page "what we learned" sheet and a fridge checklist for 14 of our 16 tracks.
AI Explained
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Build a Website
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Code Lab
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Data Detectives
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Everyday Math
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Getting Along
What we learned · Fridge checklist
How Computers Think
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Kid Business
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Map Masters
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Money Basics
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Smart Thinking
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Space Cadets
What we learned · Fridge checklist
The World
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Time & Planning
What we learned · Fridge checklist
Put it on their device
Batch installs from the browser in about 20 seconds.
It's a Progressive Web App — a website that installs like a real app. No App Store, no Play Store, no download, and no account needed to start. You get a home-screen icon, a full-screen app with no browser bars, and lessons that keep working with no signal.
iPhone & iPad
You must use Safari — on iOS, Chrome and Firefox can't install web apps.
- Open Batch in Safari Go to batchkids.app
- Tap the Share button The square with an arrow at the bottom of the screen (or top-right on iPad).
- Scroll down to "Add to Home Screen" It's below the row of share targets, in the list with Bookmark and Find on Page.
- Tap "Add" Top-right corner. You can rename it first if you like.
- Hand it over The Batch icon is on the home screen now and opens full-screen, like any other app.
Android
Use Chrome (Samsung Internet, Edge and Brave work the same way).
- Open Batch in Chrome Go to batchkids.app
- Look for the install prompt Chrome often shows an "Install app" banner on its own — if it does, tap it and you're done.
- Otherwise, open the menu Tap the ⋮ three dots in the top-right corner.
- Tap "Install app" or "Add to Home screen" The wording depends on your Chrome version — both do the same thing.
- Confirm with "Install" Batch lands in the app drawer and on the home screen like any other app.
On a laptop or Chromebook? In Chrome or Edge, open Batch and click the small install icon (a monitor with a down-arrow) at the right-hand end of the address bar — or use the ⋮ menu → Cast, save and share → Install page as app. Safari on macOS: File → Add to Dock.
Parent questions
The short answers.
Is it really free?
Yes. All 16 tracks, all 280 lessons, no ads, no trial timer, no credit card. There is nothing to buy.
What age is it for?
Built for roughly ages 8–12. Reading level is deliberately kept around grade 3–4, and there's a read-aloud button on every card for kids who'd rather listen. Plenty of younger and older kids enjoy it too.
Do I have to create an account?
No. Kids can play everything with no account at all — progress saves on the device. An account (yours, not theirs) only matters if you want progress to follow them across devices or want them on the leaderboard.
Can my kid talk to strangers in it?
No. There is no chat, no comments, no friend requests and no user-generated content of any kind. Kids never sign up themselves, and a leaderboard profile is just a username and an avatar — no real names, no emails, no photos.
Are there ads or in-app purchases?
Neither. No ads, no pop-ups, no "watch a video for gems", no purchases. The rewards in the app are earned by learning (lessons, reviews and the daily challenges) and nothing else.
Does it work without wifi?
Yes. Once installed, the whole app is cached on the device — lessons, diagrams and streaks all work in the car, on a plane, or on spotty hotel wifi.
Why isn't it in the App Store?
It doesn't need to be. Batch is a Progressive Web App: it installs straight from the browser, updates instantly with no download, and takes a fraction of the space. Same home-screen icon, same full-screen experience.
What does a lesson actually look like?
Eight to twelve swipeable cards. A hook to open, a few short ideas carried by a hand-drawn diagram, four or more things to tap, sort, drag or solve, and a win screen. Anything they get wrong comes back before the lesson ends.
Who makes this?
An independent developer — a dad in Canada who built it for his own kids and kept going. There's a grown-up version too, called reps.
Give them ten minutes and see if it sticks.
Open one lesson together. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for, nothing to pay.