Kiko
Paused in May 2026. In private testing, never submitted to the App Store.
Kiko is a camera-based language app for small kids. A child points the phone at something, the AI names it, and the app says the word out loud in the language they are learning, with a sentence and a fun fact. It covers eight languages, and parents get a dashboard and a math question that keeps kids out of the settings.
The story
It started as Lingo Snap, a cheap software alternative to an expensive kids' camera gadget. That name was taken on the App Store. So was the next one. And the one after that.
I parked it with hopes of submitting it to the App Store and having it run on its own.
- Launched
- First test build March 2026.
A few tips
- Check the server logs before writing any fix.
- No ad or analytics tools in a kids' app.
- Only the server decides who has paid, never the phone.
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