What's really going on at school
The list the pupil got this week, and the rules that are tested at school.
Apps
Project ยท Yo Bro
Practising what school asks for
A practice app for pupils of about 9 to 14, on their own phone or tablet. Take a photo of the word list and practise it a few minutes a day. With reading, verbs, language rules, sums and maths alongside.
The goal
A pupil can practise on their own, a few minutes a day, what school asks of them: with no adult alongside, no account, and without anything about that child reaching us.
A few minutes every day
The Today card lines up what's due. A word comes back after 1 day, 3 days, a week, two weeks and five weeks, and starts over after a mistake.
Understanding why it's right
In maths the app first solves an example step by step. A hint gives the next step and not the answer, and after a mistake the pupil hears why it was wrong.
Safe, for everyone
No pupil accounts, no ads and no tracking. Maths and the reading course are completely free, and one switch puts everything in a typeface for dyslexia.
How it works
Take a photo
The pupil photographs the list from school. Yo Bro reads it on the device itself.
Check it
The pupil corrects what the camera misread, and the list is ready.
Practise
A few minutes a day, in eight ways. A missed card comes back a few cards later.
Eight ways to practise
- Test
- Practice test
- Multiple choice
- Learn
- Spelling
- Hints
- Dictation
- Flashcards
What's inside
Language
Word lists in 17 languages, 150 verbs in every tense taught at school, language rules, vocabulary, a reading course for those just learning to read, and hundreds of drawings with their word.
Sums and maths
Plus, minus, times and divide, the tables up to 12, and six maths topics in thirty-three chapters. Every question is generated, so redoing a chapter brings new numbers.
Together
A battle on the same Wi-Fi, for up to 32 players. Players are animals, never names. The device that starts the battle is the server, so nothing leaves the classroom.
In the classroom
One QR code
Type the list in once and print it. When the class scans the code the whole list comes along, with no accounts and no internet.
On paper
The app prints word lists, Friday's test, worksheets and lesson sheets with the answers.
Nothing to manage
No pupil accounts, no class lists and no school licence. Joining a battle is always free.
For every pupil
- A typeface for children with dyslexia (OpenDyslexic), on screen and on paper
- Words and stories are read aloud
- The app itself comes in 17 languages
- Light or dark, like the device
Privacy
- No pupil accounts and no class lists
- No chat, no ads, no tracking
- Word lists and scores stay on the device
- Savage Software receives no data about pupils
What it costs
Yo Bro is free to download, with three lists, three ways to practise, the whole reading course and all of the maths. Yo Bro Pro opens the rest, by the year or by the month.
Why the app does what it does is on the site, with sources. See the sources