Inkido turns creative writing into a game. Fun 15-minute lessons teach kids to swap boring sentences for vivid ones, collect juicy vocabulary, and earn XP, stars and streaks along the way.
Every lesson is a quick run of game-like exercises. Inky the ink drop cheers your writer on and explains every answer.
Each unit is a topic kids love, like a Spooky Forest or a Wild Storm, packed with words that fit it.
Spot the better sentence, drag in the perfect word, sort sensory details and write your own upgrades.
Collect stars, keep the streak alive and climb from Apprentice to Legend as the writing grows.
Unit 1, friends, leagues, the shop and the Avatar Studio are free. Pro, with every unit and extra hearts, is coming soon.
“My son used to write ‘it was fun’ for everything. Now he argues about whether the wind howled or shrieked.”
“The streak is the magic. She does her lesson before breakfast so Inky doesn’t look sad.”
“I use the Spot the Upgrade exercises as a warm-up. The ‘why it’s better’ explanations do my teaching for me.”
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Inkido is designed for kids aged 8 to 12. Every writer plays at their own grade level: Explorer for Grades 3 and 4, Adventurer for Grades 5 and 6 and Trailblazer for Grade 7. A short placement game picks the level, and lessons adjust as your writer improves.
Some. Most exercises are tap or drag. A few in each lesson, the “Level Up the Sentence” ones, ask your writer to type one sentence of their own, which builds real writing stamina without feeling like homework.
Inky, Inkido’s writing coach, reads each sentence your writer types. It checks spelling, grammar, whether the sentence makes sense and whether it uses the lesson’s skill, then gives one clear tip, like adding a sound word. Inky’s feedback is written by an AI model from Anthropic; see our privacy policy.
Yes. Pro is billed monthly or yearly and you can cancel whenever you like. Your child keeps their XP, stars and badges, and Unit 1 stays free.
Up to 4 writers per family, each with their own path, level and progress. Pro covers all of them for one price.
There is no chat, no messaging between kids and no ads anywhere in Inkido. Friends need a grown-up’s yes on both sides, and progress is saved to your child’s profile only.
Free forever for Unit 1. No card needed.
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