Honest answers,
no fine print voice.

This is the question we built the company around. There are no ads, no strangers, no chat with anyone outside your family, and no algorithmic feed designed to keep kids scrolling. Kids see their day, their tokens, and their coach — that's it. Parents control every account and every reward.

We collect the minimum needed to run the app, and we never sell or share family data with advertisers — there are no advertisers. Your membership is our entire business model, which means you're the customer, not the product. If you leave, you can take your data with you.

Academy's coach is an AI tutor with a very short leash. It only talks about learning — it won't chat about anything else, won't browse the internet with your child, and won't pretend to be their friend. Parents can see what their child is working on at any time. We'd rather the coach feel boring to a tech reviewer than risky to a parent.

It's designed to do the opposite. Kids check in briefly to see their day and earn tokens — and every reward points back off the screen: family movie night, staying up late, family game night. If your child is spending hours in Trellis, something's wrong and we want to know.

Yes — Academy is built around the Common Core State Standards, the framework most U.S. schools follow, so what your child practices lines up with what they're expected to learn grade by grade. It's diagnostic-led, though: it starts by finding where your child actually is, then grows from there through standards-aligned milestones. Think of it as a companion to the classroom — and a strong one over summer — not a replacement for it.

Families with kids roughly K–12. Younger kids tend to live in HQ's rhythm and rewards with a parent nearby; older kids get more out of Academy's coach. The diagnostic means siblings at completely different levels each get their own path.

Trellis is built for every kind of learner — no labels, no boxes, no comparing your child to anyone else's pace. The coach meets each child where they are and celebrates the next step from there. We won't make clinical promises, because we're not clinicians. What we will promise: your child will never be made to feel behind.

It's the reason Trellis exists — our own summer was slipping into screens when we built the first version. A steady daily rhythm plus a coach that keeps minds moving is our answer to the summer slide, fifteen minutes at a time.

Straight from your browser — no app store. It takes about a minute on iPhone, Android, or a computer. Step-by-step instructions are here.

App stores take up to 30% of every membership, and that cost would land on you. Installing from the browser keeps the price family-sized and means you're always on the latest version. More on that here.

Yes — one account works across iPhone, Android, tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks, and your family's day stays in sync everywhere.

Most families are running the same evening: install, add your kids, sketch tomorrow's rhythm, pick a few rewards. Each child's diagnostic is short and friendly — it feels like a game, not a test.

One simple price with everything included: $9.99/mo for up to 2 kids, $12.99/mo for up to 4, $15.99/mo for up to 6 — each with a 14-day free trial. Details on the pricing page.

Your plan starts billing monthly at the price you picked. We'll remind you before the trial ends — we'd rather you cancel than feel tricked.

Yes, in the app, in two taps. We'll even remind you before your trial converts. You keep access through the end of the month you paid for, and your family's data is exportable if you go.

Really. Free apps for kids are usually paid for with ads or data, and we'll never do either. The 14-day trial is free and full-featured — that's our version of free.