Math, English & science · Grades 1–12
An AI tutor who knows your child, not just the subject
Pip works through real problems one step at a time, matched to your child's grade, their province's curriculum and the way they learn.
No credit card. Works in any browser on a laptop, tablet or phone.
Problem 3
Which fraction is bigger? Compare the two bars.
“I built Sparkpip as a parent, not as a company. My daughter was falling behind.”
Founder · Sparkpip Learning Inc.Read the founder's note ↓
How Pip teaches
The answer is earned, one small step at a time
Here is a grade 2 child meeting 9 + 7 for the first time.
Problem 4
Shy has 9 stickers and gets 7 more. How many stickers does Shy have now?
1. The try. A wrong answer gets a smaller question, not the answer.
2. The hint. Pip points at the next step and waits. Hints never cost a problem.
3. The win. A right answer is named for what it was, and the next problem is theirs alone. Truly stuck? Pip walks it through with them, then sets a similar one.
Built on the curriculum
Their curriculum, built in
Sparkpip is built on the published curricula of eight Canadian provinces, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, organized by grade and, from grade 10, by course, with more curricula on the way. Practice follows what their class is learning, in the same words their report card uses, with nearly 500 named methods and more than 6,000 practice problems behind it.
From their curriculum
Extra skills we also practice
The first group is the language of the provincial curricula themselves. The second is what every curriculum leans on but does not list. That is where Pip goes further.
For parents
You stay in the loop, not in the way
Your child gets their own screen and their own Pip. You get the grown-ups' side, behind your PIN. Nothing your child says to Pip is stored on our servers.
Number · StrongAlgebra · PracticingData · Learning
The parent dashboard
What they practiced, how accurate they were, and where they are strong or still practicing, topic by topic in the ministry's words.
Practice summary · Grade 4 math
NumberStrong · 41 answers
AlgebraPracticing · 18 answers
Spatial SenseLearning · 6 answers
A printable practice summary
Every report-card area with its level, ready to print or share with the teacher before parent-teacher interviews. No percentages, no AI prose.
Shy's week with Pip
Saturday 8:00 am · Sparkpip
3 days of practice, 27 problems. New this week: the Make ten trick. One to watch: comparing fractions.
A Saturday email
One short report every Saturday morning: days practiced, what went well, what to practice next, the methods they learned. Switch it off anytime.
A weekly check-in you control
Push a bit harder, stay the course or ease off: your choice sets the level for the week.
Mastered is earned, never given: 85% over 10 or more questions, demonstrated, not clicked through.
Why I built Sparkpip
I built Sparkpip as a parent, not as a company. My daughter was falling behind. Tutoring centres were expensive, asked for a commitment of months, and taught their way rather than hers. The online programs I tried did not follow what her class was learning.
So I spent nights and weekends building the tutor I wanted for her: one that follows her curriculum, teaches the way she actually learns, and tells me every week how she is doing, for a fraction of what a centre costs.
She uses it every school night, and she is doing great now. I built it for her, and for every parent who has watched their child struggle and not known where to turn.
Founder · Sparkpip Learning Inc.
Pricing
Start free. Stay free if it's enough.
Every plan includes the full tutor and every subject. There is no contract: try the free plan for as long as you like, and cancel a paid plan anytime from your dashboard.
Private tutoring commonly costs $40 an hour or more, and many centres ask for a commitment of several months. Family is $19.99 CAD a month for up to two children, every school night ($14.99 USD for families in the US).
| Plans | Free $0 1 child · a taste of tutoring Start free | RECOMMENDED Family $19.99/mo CAD About 33¢ CAD a day per child US: $14.99 USD, about 25¢ a day Choose Family | Family+ $34.99/mo CAD About 29¢ CAD a day per child US: $24.99 USD, about 21¢ a day Choose Family+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children | 1 | Up to 2 | Up to 4 |
| Tutoring sessions | 2 a week | Every day, per child | Every day, per child |
| Each session | 20 minutes · 6 problems | 45 minutes · 20 problems | 45 minutes · 20 problems |
| The full tutorevery subject, Pip's tricks, voice and hands-on tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extra practice on their ownno tutor needed | 5 problems a day | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Parent dashboard | The basics | Full | One for the whole family |
| Pip's notesweekly insights on what went well and what to practice | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Printable practice summaryfor parent-teacher interviews | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Today's pickchoose the topic on their home screen this week | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly homework from Pipset on what Pip taught, marked, the misses gone over next lesson | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Switch each child's learning style | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cancel anytime | Nothing to cancel | ✓ | ✓ |
Free
1 child · a taste of tutoring
$0
- ✓1 child
- ✓2 sessions a week · 20 minutes and 6 problems each
- ✓The full tutor: every subject, Pip's tricks, voice and hands-on tools
- ✓Extra practice on their own, no tutor needed · 5 problems a day
- ✓Parent dashboard · the basics
Family
Up to 2 children
$19.99/mo CAD
About 33¢ CAD a day per child, with a tutor there every school night.
Families in the US: $14.99 USD a month, about 25¢ a day per child.
- ✓Up to 2 children
- ✓A 45-minute session every day, per child · 20 problems
- ✓Unlimited extra practice on their own, any time
- ✓Pip's notes: weekly insights on what went well and what to practice
- ✓Printable practice summary for parent-teacher interviews
- ✓Today's pick: choose the topic on their home screen this week
- ✓Weekly homework from Pip: set on what it taught, marked, the misses gone over next lesson
- ✓Switch each child's learning style anytime
Family+
Up to 4 children
$34.99/mo CAD
About 29¢ CAD a day per child, with a tutor there every school night.
Families in the US: $24.99 USD a month, about 21¢ a day per child.
- ✓Everything in Family
- ✓Up to 4 children
- ✓One dashboard for the whole family
- ✓Best value per child