QuillQuest

Spelling, times tables and touch-typing practice for kids

A free practice app for children aged about 8–14 (US grades 3–8). It places every learner by level and adapts as they go. It works offline, and it collects nothing about your child.

Three subjects, one app

How it works

A child answers a short set of questions at a time. QuillQuest starts them at a level that suits their age, then moves with them — words they find hard come back sooner, and words they have secured come back later. Progress is shown as levels, stars and streaks so that the next step is always clear and always small.

Everything needed to practise is built into the app, including the recorded voice that reads each word aloud. No internet connection is required to use it.

What we collect

Nothing that identifies your child. In full detail:

Student accountsNone. There is no sign-up, login, password or email address.
Personal information collectedNone. No name, age, email, phone number or precise location leaves the device.
AdvertisingNone. No ad networks, no sponsored content, no in-app purchases.
Analytics and trackingNone. No cookies, no trackers, no behavioural analytics, no fingerprinting.
Data sold or sharedNever. There is nothing to sell, and no third party receives student data.
Works offlineYes, completely. Extra voices and recorded example sentences download once from our content host and are then kept on the device.
Syncing between devicesOptional, off by default, and set up by a grown-up. Only practice progress syncs, under an anonymous code — never a name or an age.
Age rangeRoughly 8–14 (grades 3–8). The app places each learner by level and adapts.
CostFree. No paid tier, no trial, nothing to procure.

The full privacy policy spells out everything above, including the one thing a plain “we collect nothing” answer would gloss over: a request for a recorded clip necessarily names the word it speaks.

For schools and IT

QuillQuest needs no accounts, no roster upload, no licence and no procurement. There is nothing for a district to approve and no student data to process. QuillQuest for schools answers the usual district review questions directly — what is stored and where, COPPA and SOPIPA, retention, and classroom use.

Filtering note for network administrators. QuillQuest is an educational practice app for grades 3–8. Audio clips are served from audio.malcom.io, and optional progress syncing uses sync.malcom.io. Neither carries advertising, trackers or any identifier for a student. If QuillQuest is blocked on your network and you would like it reviewed, please write to contact@malcom.io.

Get QuillQuest

A browser version, which adds touch typing on a real keyboard, is in testing and is not open yet.