Turn screen time into your child's smartest hour

Your child thinks they're on an adventure. You see them learning in their language.

Built by an IIT Bombay engineer and dad · Zero tracking in kids portal · Free to start

400 million children in India alone. Most learning apps are in English.

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Screens are passive

YouTube, Reels, cartoons. Your child watches. Nothing sticks. You feel the guilt but can't find a better option.

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Content is translated, not born

Most Indian-language apps are English content with Hindi subtitles. Your child hears the difference, even if they can't name it.

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You can't see what they learned

Screen time ends. You ask "what did you do?" They say "nothing." You have no idea what actually happened.

Aanchal is a different kind of screen time.

Playing in 2 minutes

Free experiences play immediately. Personalized adventures unlock with a free Google AI account.

Add your child, connect their device

Create a profile — name, age, language. Generate a 6-digit magic code. Your child enters it on their device at kids.aanchal.app.

They play free experiences

3 fresh experiences every day — folklore, science, adventure. No AI account needed. Your child starts immediately.

Unlock more

Create personalized adventures

Add a free Google AI account (2 min). Now you describe what your child should explore — Aanchal builds a full guided adventure in minutes.

Not just listening — doing

Adventures that teach. Activities that stick.

The AI companion narrates live, pauses for activities, and adapts to how your child is doing. They think they're playing. You see them learning.

🌿 The Jungle Quest · Age 6

“You're lost in the jungle. The bridge is blocked! The animals that can help you all start with 'P' — can you find them?”

Tap the animals that start with P

🦚 Peacock
🐘 Elephant
🦜 Parrot
🐅 Tiger

“Peacocks are India's national bird! The path is clear — your adventure continues.”

Your child sees an adventure.
You see learning.

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Live AI narration

The AI companion performs each scene in your child's language — not a recording, not a script, but a live voice that responds to them.

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Activities woven in

Sort, spell, match, draw, count — 16 activity types embedded into the story. The adventure stops, the challenge appears, the story continues.

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Adapts as they play

If your child struggles, the AI tries a different approach. If they're flying, it raises the bar. Every session is different.

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You see it all after

Topics explored, engagement level, their best question, a dinner table starter. You know exactly what happened.

After every adventure, you see exactly what they learned.

Not a quiz score. A window into how your child thinks.

🌿 Jungle Quest

Arjun · Age 7 · 14 min

HIGH engagement

Topics explored

Indian animalsletter soundssorting

Best moment

“Is a tiger bigger than an elephant, nana?”

💬 Dinner table tonight

Ask Arjun which animals live in mangroves — they know more than you think.

What we're building

Vision

Every child grows up with learning adventures made for them, by families like theirs — in any language, shaped by a community that grows with every parent who joins.

Mission

Build the platform where parents create learning adventures for their children, share them with the world, and together build what no company could alone — in any language, for any age.

What we've built

40+

Families already creating

100%

Parent-reviewed content

4

Languages, free from day one

Zero

Tracking in the kids portal

Every family makes it better

Parents create. Kids discover.

When you create an experience your child loves, share it with one tap — anonymously, safety-checked. Other families play it. The pool grows with every parent who joins.

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You create

Describe what your child should explore — a concept, a value, a skill. Aanchal builds a full guided adventure in minutes, ready to play.

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You share

One tap publishes to the community — your name and your child's identity never appear. Every submission is safety-checked before it goes live.

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All kids discover

Your child's dashboard shows community experiences ready to play — no AI account needed. Parents rate what their kids loved. The best rise to the top.

Parents curate, not algorithms

After every community experience, you rate it. High-rated ones surface for other families. No engagement tricks — just parents helping parents.

Not translated. Born in your language.

Any language your child speaks

Aanchal narrates natively — with cultural idioms, terms of endearment, and references your child recognises. Not translated from English. Born in your language.

Telugu

Hindi

Tamil

Kannada

Malayalam

Marathi

Bengali

Gujarati

Urdu

Punjabi

Odia

English

Plus French, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Swahili, and any language you name — the AI adapts.

Safe by architecture, not just policy

Built for your peace of mind

You control everything. Your child just plays.

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Zero tracking in the kids portal

No analytics, no ads, no cookies, no data collection. The kids app is a dumb terminal — safe by architecture, not just policy.

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You approve everything

Every experience, every activity, every learning goal — reviewed and approved by you before it reaches your child. Nothing sneaks through.

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Voice is never stored

Your child's voice streams directly to Google AI in real time. Aanchal never hears it, never records it, never sells it.

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Your key, your control

You use your own free Google AI account. You can revoke it anytime. No subscriptions, no lock-in. You stay in control.

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Koteshwara Rao

IIT Bombay · Tide · Hyderabad

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Built by a parent, for parents.

I'm a senior engineer and a dad in Hyderabad. My daughter was growing up hearing English from screens while our Telugu faded. I looked for something better — something that sounds like family, not a robot.

I couldn't find it. So I built it.

Now she explores Panchatantra stories in Telugu, learns new words, and doesn't know she's studying. That's what I want for every child.

The kids portal has zero ads, zero analytics, zero tracking. Built the way I'd want it for my own children.

Frequently asked questions

Is Aanchal safe for my child?

Yes. The kids portal has zero analytics, zero tracking, and zero ads. Your child's voice is processed by Google AI in real time and never stored by Aanchal. Every experience is approved by you before it reaches your child.

Is Aanchal really free?

Yes. 3 free experiences daily with no setup at all. For personalized interactive adventures, you connect a free Google AI account — no credit card needed. Google's free tier gives you thousands of sessions per day, more than any family needs.

What ages is Aanchal for?

Children aged 3 to 12. The AI automatically adapts vocabulary, pacing, and complexity. Ages 3-5 get simple, playful activities. Ages 6-8 get adventure challenges. Ages 9-12 get nuanced problems and moral dilemmas.

What languages does Aanchal support?

Any language — Aanchal narrates natively in whatever language your child speaks. Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, and 50+ more. The AI doesn't translate — it thinks in your language.

What's the difference between free and personalized experiences?

Free daily experiences are pre-generated adventures your child plays immediately — no setup needed. Personalized experiences are custom-built by you: describe what your child should explore, and the AI builds a full guided adventure with activities, live narration, and a learning report.

Your child's next adventure starts here.

3 free experiences daily. No credit card. No tracking. Just play.