Free preschool learning games with no ads, no sign-up, and no catch
I built Little Learners for my daughter Noa when she was three. Every "free" learning app we tried was either stuffed with ads or kept her calling me over to read a menu, so I made the thing I actually wanted to hand her: letter tracing, counting games, and a drawing studio that a kid aged 3 to 5 can play completely on her own. It's free, there are no ads or accounts, and it runs right in the browser today — a free iPhone, iPad, and Android app is on its way to the App Store and Google Play.
Read why I made Little Learners for Noa
Play Little Learners
One button that shuffles every game
Small children lose interest fast, so the big button at the top of the menu plays a bit of everything. Finish a round and the app hands your child a different game on its own: trace a letter, then count some animals, then sort shapes. Five finished games earns a little party. It means no going back to a menu, and no getting stuck on the same game.
Free letter games online: tracing, beginning sounds, and letter bubbles
Your child traces each letter with a finger, hears its name and its phonics sound, and sees an original "A is for apple" style picture for every letter. Both uppercase and lowercase are included, and the tracing guides are forgiving enough for wobbly three-year-old fingers. There is also a sound hunt ("find the things that start with B!") and a bubble game for matching big and little letters. It runs right in the browser, and a free app for iPhone, iPad, and Android is on its way to the App Store and Google Play, for anyone who'd rather have an icon on the home screen.
Free counting games for toddlers: animals, a hungry monster, and a bakery
Your child can tap to count friendly animals, feed a monster exactly the snacks he asks for, decorate a cake in the mini bakery and add up the toppings, hop a frog to the right lily pad number, or trace the numerals 0 to 9 the same way they trace letters. The voice counts along every single time, so the numbers sink in even before your child can say them alone.
Little adventures: a garden, a bug, a color lab, a story, a rocket
Five bigger games with scenes and characters, closer to the feel of PBS Kids. Plant and water a garden and then pick "three red flowers." Build a bug by following spoken directions ("give it six legs!") and watch it walk away. Mix two paints in a bubbling pot to discover orange, green and purple, then paint with them. Help Bunny through her big day in a five-page story with choices. And fuel a rocket by picking words that rhyme, one of the strongest early signs a child is getting ready to read.
Puzzle games: shapes, patterns, shadows, and memory
A shape-sorting train, a what-comes-next pattern parade, silhouette matching, and a small memory card game round things out. They cover shapes, sorting, sequencing, and attention, with the same gentle rules as everything else: no timers, no losing, and a friendly voice that explains each game out loud.
A free drawing app for kids, no download needed
The Drawing Studio is a big canvas with thick brushes, bright colors, and a pile of stickers. Finished pictures save to a gallery on your device, so your child can flip back through their own work (and show you every one of them). There is nothing to post or share anywhere; it is just drawing.
Built so kids don't get stuck
Noa couldn't read when we started, so nothing in Little Learners requires reading. A friendly voice explains every screen out loud, and if your child pauses for a few seconds, the app offers a gentle hint instead of sitting there silently. There are no fail states, no timers, and no scores; a wobbly letter gets a cheer and another try, never a buzzer. The design follows what actually works in the best children's apps, like Khan Academy Kids and LetterSchool, and the research on how young kids use screens. The goal is simple: learning games a three-year-old can play by themselves while you make dinner.
Actually free, and I mean it
"Free" usually means something else in kids' apps, so here is exactly what this one does. No ads of any kind. No account, no sign-up, no email address. No analytics, no trackers, no data collection: your child's name and drawings are stored only on your own device, and never sent to a server. My daughter uses this every day, and keeping a small site like this online costs next to nothing. If that ever changes, I will say so plainly on this page.
Like it? Buy the developer a coffee
Little Learners is free and will stay free, with no ads. If it has bought you a quiet dinner or two and you feel like saying thanks, a small donation goes toward hosting and the next games. Entirely optional.
Buy me a coffee ☕How to start
Open the website in any browser — nothing to install. (A free iPad/iPhone and Android app is on its way to the App Store and Google Play, too.) Type your child's name once, so the app can greet them, and that's the last thing that needs a grown-up. Hand over the tablet.
Start playing (it's free)Questions parents ask
Is it really 100% free? What's the catch?
Yes, all of it. There are no locked levels, no premium tier, no trial that expires, and no in-app purchases. I built it for my own kid, and hosting a small site like this costs almost nothing, so there is no reason to charge for it.
Do I need to create an account or sign up?
No. There is no sign-up, no login, and no email field anywhere in the app. You open the page and the games are just there.
Does it collect any data about my child?
No. There are no ads, no analytics, and no trackers. Your child's name and saved drawings live in your browser's storage on your own device, and the name is never sent anywhere. The honest trade-off: if you clear your browser data, the drawings go with it, because there is no server keeping copies.
What ages is it right for?
It's built for ages 3 to 5. A young three-year-old will get the most out of tap-to-count animals and the drawing studio, while four- and five-year-olds tend to settle into letter tracing and phonics. There's no wrong door, and every game works the same gentle way.
Does it work on a tablet or phone without downloading an app?
Yes. It runs in the browser on iPads, Android tablets, phones, and computers, so you don't have to install anything. A free iPad, iPhone, and Android app is also on its way to the App Store and Google Play, for anyone who'd rather have a real app icon — the same games, and still free. Tracing works best with a finger on a touchscreen. Once the page has loaded, it will usually keep working even if your connection drops.
Can my child actually play it alone?
That was the whole reason I made it. Noa was three and couldn't read, and every app we tried had her calling me over to read a menu or close a pop-up. Little Learners speaks every instruction out loud, hints when she hesitates, and never shows her an ad, a pop-up, or a screen she can't handle herself.
Privacy policy
Little Learners collects no personal data. There are no ads, no analytics and no trackers, and no advertising, analytics or tracking company is involved in any way. Your child's name, drawings and progress are never sent to a server or shared with anyone. There are no accounts: no sign-up, no login, and no email field anywhere in the app.
On the website, the pages, games and sounds download from our web host, Vercel, the same as any web page, so Vercel receives the ordinary details of each request, such as the device's IP address and which file was downloaded. No request contains your child's name. Sounds that could give it away, such as the letters of the name as they are traced or tapped on the sticker board, or the greetings recorded for a few names, download as one complete set that is the same for every child, and which of them to play is decided on your device. In the iOS and Android apps every sound is already inside the app, so nothing is downloaded.
The only things saved are your child's first name and their drawings and progress, and they are stored on the device you are playing on — in the browser's own storage on the website today, and the same will hold in the app's private storage once the iOS and Android apps arrive. They stay there. Clearing your browser data, or deleting the app, deletes them for good, because no copy exists anywhere else, apart from your own device backups (iCloud or Android backup), which you control. Nothing needs to be requested or deleted from us, because we never receive it.