Why I built it
Workbooks are good, but they are the same for everyone. A child who finds maths hard gets stuck on the same page as a child who has already finished and wants to move on. I wanted something that gets just hard enough for each child, and is fun enough that the child wants to open it.
That is why Lärkompis is built like a game. Short sessions, mini-games where the game itself is the practice, stickers, collector cards and a garden that grows. And when something goes wrong, the app shows how to think about it instead of just saying “wrong”.
At the same time, most learning apps want your child's attention for as long as possible. Points, streaks and ads bring the child back, but don't necessarily teach them more. Lärkompis does the opposite: the session ends by itself, and the app earns nothing from your child getting hooked.
