Early access · ages 2 to 12+
tadatab mixes the fun stuff kids love (videos, games, browsing) with learning games they genuinely enjoy. Play for a while, finish a quick learning quest, and ta‑da! Fun time unlocks again.
Why tadatab
Screens aren't the enemy. Endless, mindless screens are. tadatab keeps the fun and adds a rhythm that kids (and parents) can actually live with.
The glazed stare you know too well.
Bright eyes, busy brain, happy kid.
How it works
You set the rhythm once in the parent app. tadatab keeps the beat every day, so screen time stops being a tug of war.
Fun time
e.g. 30 min of active fun
Videos, fun games and browsing. Only active time counts: if the tablet sits idle on the couch, the clock waits too.
Learning quest
e.g. 10 min, or 3 levels
Your child plays learning games in the categories you ticked, for the minutes or the number of levels you chose.
Ta-da!
and the loop starts over
No nagging, no “five more minutes”. They earned their fun time, and they know it.
…and around again. Every number here is an example: you choose them in the parent app.
30 minutes of fun, a 10-minute quest, and so on until the daily limit or bedtime you set. Then the tablet rests too.
Fun games
Many popular games are made to keep kids playing for as long as possible. In the parent app, one switch turns off game downloads from the Play Store. Your child still has plenty to play: games that we build into tadatab and look after ourselves. They grab attention, then let go.
Music
Ages 2+Tap the beetles to build a song. Every bug sings its own note.
Each song lasts about a minute.
Gentle adventure
Ages 3+Steer a paper boat down the river and bring every lost duckling home.
Each trip ends at the harbour.
Grow and explore
Ages 4+Grow strange plants on a tiny planet, then launch their seeds to the next one.
A planet is done when it blooms.
Discovery
Ages 5+Brush away the sand, find the bones and put the dinosaur back together.
One dig, one dinosaur.
Build and test
Ages 6+Build ramps, drops and tunnels, then let the marble go and see if it makes it.
Every track is a puzzle with an end.
Logic
Ages 8+Lay the rails so the night train gets every passenger home before sunrise.
Each night has a set number of stations.
Built into every tadatab. They count as fun time, so the rhythm you set still applies.
Learning games
Each category is one game that grows with your child. In the parent app, you tick which categories count toward unlocking fun time.
The tablet says a word (“Monkey!”) and your child taps the right picture. It climbs from first words all the way to reading words.
Counting, “give me 3”, comparing and the number line, then addition and subtraction fact families.
Remember where things are and what came first, with sequences that get longer as your child does.
Spot the rule, continue the pattern, sort and solve: thinking skills behind maths, reading and code.
Letters, sounds and first sentences, building on the reading words your child meets in Vocabulary.
Name shapes, turn them, fit them together and find your way around: the start of geometry.
Vocabulary follows the order in which children typically learn words (their “age of acquisition”). Numbers starts with seeing small amounts at a glance (subitizing) and counting, then builds up to arithmetic fact families. Levels adapt to your child’s answers, so practice stays in that sweet spot between too easy and too hard.
Ages 2 to 12+
A 2-year-old and a 10-year-old can play the same game at very different levels. Levels follow your child's answers, so they can race ahead of their age or take their time.
Two big pictures, one spoken word. Tap the ball!
How many dots? Small amounts recognised instantly, without counting.
Count out exactly what’s asked: three berries on the plate, not two, not five.
Where does 7 live? Comparing amounts and placing numbers in order.
Now the word is written, not spoken. Read it, then find the picture.
3, 4 and 7 belong together: add, subtract, and see how the facts connect.
No ceiling at a birthday. The game follows answers, not age, so a gifted or older child who’s ready keeps on climbing.
Shown: Vocabulary and Numbers, the two games available today. Ages are typical starting points, not limits.
The parent app
Pair the parent app with the tablet by scanning the code on its screen. From then on, every setting that matters is in your pocket.
How much fun time comes before a learning quest, and how long the quest lasts, in minutes or in levels.
Tick the categories that unlock fun time. Want more number practice this month? Tick only Numbers.
A total for the day and a bedtime, on top of the rhythm.
Allowed and blocked sites, YouTube rules and safe search.
Progress in each category, so you know what your child is learning, not only how long they played.
Why your phone?
Because a PIN on the tablet is a puzzle, and kids love puzzles. Parent-only settings live in the parent app, never behind an on-tablet gate alone. On the tablet, kids can change only kid-safe settings.
Family talk
Walkie-talkie, voice calls and voice messages between the tablet and the family phones you choose. No strangers. No chat with the world.
One big button: hold it and talk. Made for small hands, with nothing to dial.
Real two-way calls between the tablet and the family phones you approve.
Busy? Your child records a message, and your phone lets you know it’s waiting.
When you talk, the game or video pauses. Your child picks up exactly where they left off.
At home and away
Over Wi-Fi or mobile data, wherever you both are.
In the car or at the park
The tablet joins your phone’s hotspot.
Nearby, with no internet
Bluetooth, within about 10 metres indoors.
Bluetooth calls from the tablet to an iPhone work best when the parent app is open.
Approved contacts only. You add the contacts, for example the other parent or a grandparent. Nobody else can call, and your child can’t add anyone.
No secret listening. When someone connects, the tablet plays a sound and shows who is there.
“Call Mom” always works. Even when fun time is over or a learning quest is running.
No recordings kept. Only voice messages are recorded. They are encrypted and deleted automatically after a short time.
tadatab is not an emergency phone. It can’t call 911 or other emergency services.
Safety and privacy
The heavy lifting happens on our secure servers, so the tablet stays light, fast and hard to mess up.
Websites, videos and everything in between.
Websites run here, in an isolated, sandboxed browser.
Shows the result. Web pages never run on the tablet itself.
tadatab’s own games and screens carry no advertising. None.
On the tablet, cookie banners are rejected automatically. Kids shouldn’t have to tap “accept all” to watch a video.
We collect the minimum we need about your child. tadatab is designed with COPPA and Quebec’s Law 25 in mind.
When we collect diagnostics to fix bugs, they never include what pages show.
One bar leaves any app and comes home. Games resume exactly where your child left off.
The tablet and the parent app are paired. Grown-up settings stay on the grown-up’s phone.
The tablet
Two sizes, one simple idea: a kid-sized tablet that does a few things really well.
Screens drawn to the same scale.
Questions
We haven’t announced a price or a launch date yet. tadatab is in early access: join the waitlist and you’ll hear first when there’s news.
From about 2 to 12, and beyond for kids who race ahead. Each learning game adapts to your child’s answers, so they play at their level, not at their birthday’s.
Fun time unlocks when the learning quest you set is done. The rules live in the parent app on your phone, so they can’t be changed from the tablet. On the tablet itself, kids can change only kid-safe settings.
No. Only active time counts: time when your child is actually using the tablet. Idle time doesn’t eat into fun time.
Two: Vocabulary (351 picture concepts and 60 written words, from first words to reading words, in stages S0 to S9) and Numbers (from counting and “give me 3” to addition and subtraction fact families, in stages N1 to N8). Memory, Logic & Patterns, Letters & Reading, and Shapes & Space are coming.
The Vocabulary game speaks its prompts with on-screen captions in English and in Canadian French.
If you allow it, yes, and it counts as fun time. In the parent app you set YouTube rules, safe search, and the sites that are allowed or blocked.
Websites open in an isolated, sandboxed browser on our secure servers, and the tablet shows the result. The heavy lifting happens there, so the tablet stays light, fast and hard to mess up. Cookie banners are rejected automatically, and our diagnostics never include what pages show.
No. tadatab is not an emergency phone. Family talk reaches only the contacts you approve in the parent app, and it can’t call 911 or other emergency services.
We keep your email and any optional answers you give, only to tell you about tadatab early access. You can ask us to delete them at any time. Details are in our privacy note.
Yes. The waitlist is open to any grown-up who looks after kids. If you have a question about using tadatab with a group, write to us at hello@tadatab.com.
Early access
tadatab is getting ready for its first families. Join the waitlist and we’ll keep you posted, without filling your inbox.