Made by a family, for families

Hi, we are Yeswanth and Priya. We are both engineers, and we are the parents of Viaan, who is four.

We went looking for apps Viaan could enjoy without us feeling guilty. We kept finding the same thing: bright colours, loud sounds and endless rewards, built to hold a child's attention and not to help them grow. So we built the app we wanted for him.

Hatchling is made to help children think, smile and have fun, and then put the iPad down. There are no ads, no tracking and nothing to buy. Every play ends with a gentle goodnight and something to do away from the screen.

Viaan is our first tester and our toughest critic. If your child loves something here, or something is missing, tell us. We read every idea.

Yeswanth, Priya and Viaan with the Hatchling dino friends — Yeswanth, Priya and Viaan, with Roary and friends.

Why we built it

As parents of a toddler, we did not want to ban screens or hand them over without a plan. We wanted a balance: a little play that is good for him, and then back to real life.

Screens that end on their ownYou set the play time. The sun sets, the current round finishes, and the dinos say goodnight. No battle at the end.
Play that leads back to the real worldEach adventure ends with something to do together off screen, and the dino asks your child to go and find things around them.
No dopamine loopsNo ads, nothing to buy and no endless rewards. Nothing is built to make a child beg for one more go.

We will not always get it right. When we miss, we would like to hear about it.