Questions
Questions parents ask
What ages and grades is it for?
Children from about 5 to 13: Grade R (Kindergarten in the US, Reception in England) up to Grade 7.
Your child chooses their country and grade, and every game starts at the right level for them.
How is this different from free learning apps?
Free apps are usually separate, unconnected games: each covers whatever it happens to cover, and you can't see what
your child has actually learned. Tycoon Kids World is one complete system. Every game is built for specific skills in
our Skills Framework (164 core skills and 679 sub-skills, Grade R to Grade 7), every answer is tracked against those
skills, and your parent dashboard shows exactly where your child is strong and where they need help. And there are no ads.
What will I see in the parent dashboard?
How much time your child spent learning and on which games, their level and stars in each game, which skills and
sub-skills they've practised (and which not yet), where they excel, where they need more help, and how all of it
connects to the school curriculum. Each child has their own progress.
How many children can use one membership?
One membership covers up to 3 children and one parent login. Each child gets their own
world, character, levels and progress, and you see all of them in your one parent dashboard.
Will it match what my child does at school?
Every game is linked to our Skills Framework, which is mapped to the US Common Core and the National Curriculum
in England, and matched to South African grades. Units, money and school words follow your country, for example
rand or dollars, metres or feet, and BODMAS or PEMDAS.
Is it really learning, or just a game?
Both. In every game the skill is the action: you catch the fish by solving the sum, you defeat the monster
by spelling the word. Children only move up a level after showing real mastery (5 or more games with an average of
90% or more), and the best rewards always come from learning more.
Can my child spend real money in the game?
No. There's nothing to buy with real money inside the game. Tycoon Tokens and materials can only be earned by playing.
Is it safe? Can other people talk to my child?
No one can contact your child. There's no chat, no ads and no links out of the game. We only ask for your child's
first name, country and grade.
What devices does it work on?
Phones, tablets and laptops, right in the web browser. There's nothing to install, and you can add it to your
home screen so it opens like an app.
When does it open, and what does the waitlist cost?
The waitlist is free. We're finishing the parent area now and adding new games all the time.
Waitlist families hear first when we open, and some will be invited to test it free before launch.
