Hatchling

A calm dino world where little ones think, smile and play

A free, ad-free iPad app for children aged 3 to 8, in English, Telugu and Spanish.

Coming soon on theApp Store Get the beta
  • No ads
  • No tracking
  • Works offline

What's inside

Lots to do, one gentle world

Your child hatches a baby dino and explores with four dino friends, led by a little T. rex called Roary.

Games that move

Dino Run, Space Dino and Dino Kitchen. Nobody ever loses.

Gentle rescues

Help a friend who needs a hand. Kind, simple and never scary.

Letters, numbers and time

Trace letters, count on the bus, tell the time and learn the days.

Draw and paint

Free drawing on a blank page, plus a painting studio full of colour.

Puzzles

Memory, what's missing, mazes and jigsaws that grow with your child.

Little science

Easy science experiments that turn "why?" into "let's see!"

Stories and rhymes

Kindness stories and traditional rhymes, read in warm, real voices.

World map

Visit real animals and famous landmarks around the world.

  • Roary the blue T. rex in a sunny meadow full of toys: a rainbow block, an apple, a book, a bus and a fire truck.

    Roary's meadowEvery toy in the meadow opens a game. Big buttons, made for small hands.

  • The toy box: colourful sections for You, Letters, Maths, Games, Our world and Make.

    The toy boxGames sorted into Letters, Maths, Games, Our world and Make.

  • Roary reaches the checkered flag with five stars.

    Dino RunTap to hop over logs and race to the flag. No game over, ever.

  • Roary flies a little rocket through a starry sky toward a star.

    Space DinoTilt the iPad to fly a rocket and catch stars.

  • A wooden kitchen with carrots, cheese and mushrooms on shelves and a pot of soup.

    Dino KitchenPick the ingredients, count them into the pot, cook a soup.

  • A yellow school bus with animal passengers and number cards 1, 3 and 4.

    Bus mathsAnimals hop on the school bus. How many are on the bus now?

  • The world map with a card about the jaguar: big, spotted cats that are good swimmers.

    World map animalsTap an animal where it really lives and hear a short, true fact.

  • A world map with the Pacific Ocean labelled and a whale and fish in the sea.

    Oceans and journeysSail a little boat across named oceans to meet sea animals.

  • A big clock face with Roary pointing at it. The prompt says: Point the hand at 1.

    Tell the timeMove the clock hand to wake Roary up at the right hour.

  • Stepping stones labelled Monday to Sunday in the meadow.

    Days of the weekHelp Turtle walk through the week, one stepping stone a day.

  • A big letter L being traced with a finger.

    Trace lettersFollow the path with a finger, from the green dot.

  • A camera circle checks a red thing the child found, with Roary waiting.

    Real-world finds"Can you find something red?" Your child shows Roary what they found.

  • A half finished jigsaw of Roary driving a fire truck.

    JigsawsDrag the pieces to finish a picture of the dino friends.

  • A maze of round green bushes with Roary at the start and a bunny at the end.

    Mazes"Bunny is lost! Take Roary to Bunny."

  • Memory cards turned face up showing matching apples and stars.

    MemoryFind two the same.

  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with the current line highlighted.

    RhymesTraditional rhymes with the words lighting up as they are sung.

  • Roary asleep under the moon. The card says: Before next time, find three red things in your home.

    GoodnightPlay ends with a sunset and something to do away from the screen.

  • The parent corner with cards for Today, Focus and time, Child and voice, Activities and more.

    Parent cornerPlay time, today's plan, voices and levels, behind a grown-up hold.

  • The Today card with five picked activities: Trace, Feed, Dino run, Paint and Stories.

    Today's fiveChoose up to five things for today, or let Roary surprise you.

Our approach

Made for calm, not for chasing attention

No ads and nothing to buy. Just play that knows when to stop.

A sunset, not a shutdown

Play time shows as a sun going down. The current round gets to finish, and the day ends with something to do together off the screen.

Real voices, and yours

Natural recorded voices, not robot speech. Your child's name is only ever heard in a parent's own recorded voice.

Real-world finds

Your child shows the dino something they found. The camera looks only while a find is checked, on the iPad. Nothing is recorded, saved or sent.

For grown-ups

You stay in charge

Settings live in a parent corner behind a grown-up hold, so little fingers stay in the play.

Parent corner

  • Play and rest timer with the gentle sunset.
  • Parent code for an extra lock.
  • Skill levels you can set for each area.
  • Learn first, then play if you want lessons before games.
  • Gentle colours for softer screens.
  • Guided Access guide to keep the iPad in Hatchling.
  • Links out appear only here, never in the child's play.
  • Optional iCloud sync of progress through your own Apple Account. We never see it.

Our privacy promise

  • No ads and no in-app purchases.
  • No accounts to sign up for.
  • No tracking, no analytics, no data collection.
  • Drawings, recordings and saves stay on the iPad.
  • Works fully offline, on a plane or in the car.
Read the privacy policy

Three languages, one dino

Play in the language you speak at home.

  • Hello!English
  • నమస్కారం!తెలుగు · Telugu
  • ¡Hola!Español · Spanish

Coming soon to the App Store

Hatchling is free, with no ads and nothing to buy inside.

Coming soon on theApp Store

Want to try the beta? Email us for a TestFlight invite

For iPad, on iPadOS.

Yeswanth, Priya and Viaan with the Hatchling dino friends

Made by a family

Built at home, for our son

Yeswanth and Priya are two engineers who made Hatchling for their four-year-old, Viaan. They built the calm, kind app they wanted him to have.

Meet the family