An iOS app for grades K–5
Math for screen time.
Pickles gates the apps you pick (Roblox, YouTube, anything) until your kid earns minutes by solving math. Right answers bank time. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.
No accounts No ads No tracking
Hi, I'm Mr. Pickles
Free flight No apps locked
Today's round Ten-frame Number line Hundred chart
1st grade + − within 20
You'll be solving Swipe →
3+2=?
Equations ?
Word problems 5?8
Compare 2+3=6 TF
True or false ?+?=5
Number bonds 7,8,9,?
Counting 1 of 3
add them
7 + 5 = ?
3 Correct
+3 Earned
How it works
Three steps, then it just runs.
You set it up once. Your kid uses the app on their own. There's no dashboard to babysit and no data to read.
1
Pick the apps to gate.
In Settings, choose which apps stay locked until earned. It's the standard iOS Screen Time picker. Pickles only ever gets opaque tokens, so it can't even see which apps you chose.
2
3 + 4 = 7
Kid solves math.
Hand the phone over. A round of problems at the grade level you set. You choose how many (5–20) and what each right answer is worth (1–10 minutes). Wrong answers earn nothing.
3
Minutes unlock apps.
Banked minutes drain only while the gated apps are open. When the jar empties, those apps shield again. Free apps stay open.
Every screen
Four screens. That's the whole app.
Three for the kid, one for you. None of them have a feed.
Hi, I'm Mr. Pickles
For
grown-ups
grown-ups
Today's round
1st grade + − within 20
You'll be solving Swipe →
3+2 =?
Equations ?
Word problems 5?8
Compare 2+3 =6 TF
True or false ?+? =5
Number bonds 7, 8, 9, ?
Counting Begin a round
5 of 10
Add them
7 + 5 = ?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
← erase
10 Correct
+10 Earned
Continue
Parent
LOCK
Pick apps to lock
Pick apps to lock, then turn on Lock active.
PRACTICE
Math level
1st grade Add and subtract within 20. e.g. 9 + 8 = 17.
ROUND
Problems per round
5
10
20
Screen time per correct answer
1 min
2 min
5 min
10 min
Each finished round earns up to
10 min screen time
Wrong answers and unfinished rounds earn nothing — the kid stays on each
problem until it's right, and bailing out before all 10 are done forfeits
the round. Set the daily cap with iOS Screen Time.
Change PIN
Reset everything
Erase the PIN, locked apps, math task, and saved minutes.
What they'll learn
A math level for every grade.
Pick your kid's grade to see the exact problem types and number ranges the app uses. The list comes straight from the app's grade presets.
Add and subtract within 10
e.g. 3+4=7 3+2 =?
Equations
Fill in the missing number
?
Word problems
Read a story, then solve it
Ten-frames
Count the dots in the frame
7, 8, 9, ?
Counting
Figure out what comes next
5?8
Compare numbers
Is it less, more, or equal?
Number line
Hop along to add & subtract
? + ? =5
Number bonds
Break a number into two parts
Place value
Build numbers from tens & ones
Add and subtract within 20
e.g. 9+8=17 3+2 =?
Equations
Fill in the missing number
?
Word problems
Read a story, then solve it
5?8
Compare numbers
Is it less, more, or equal?
2+3 =6
TF
True or false
Spot if the math checks out
? + ? =5
Number bonds
Break a number into two parts
Ten-frames
Count the dots in the frame
7, 8, 9, ?
Counting
Figure out what comes next
Number line
Hop along to add & subtract
Hundred chart
Tap your way around 1–100
Telling time
Read the hands on the clock
Place value
Build numbers from tens & ones
Equal shares
Split a shape into equal parts
Bar & picture graphs
Read the chart, then count
Add and subtract within 100
e.g. 47+36=83 3+2 =?
Equations
Fill in the missing number
?
Word problems
Read a story, then solve it
5?8
Compare numbers
Is it less, more, or equal?
2+3 =6
TF
True or false
Spot if the math checks out
? + ? =5
Number bonds
Break a number into two parts
7, 8, 9, ?
Counting
Figure out what comes next
Number line
Hop along to add & subtract
Hundred chart
Tap your way around 1–100
Telling time
Read the hands on the clock
Place value
Build numbers from tens & ones
Counting money
Add up a handful of coins
Equal shares
Split a shape into equal parts
Bar & picture graphs
Read the chart, then count
Add/subtract within 1,000; times tables to 10
e.g. 7×8=56 3+2 =?
Equations
Fill in the missing number
?
Word problems
Read a story, then solve it
5?8
Compare numbers
Is it less, more, or equal?
2+3 =6
TF
True or false
Spot if the math checks out
Number line
Land the marker on a fraction
Telling time
Read the hands on the clock
Place value
Build numbers from tens & ones
Equal shares
Split a shape into equal parts
12 = 24
Equivalent fractions
Spot fractions that match
Bar & picture graphs
Read the chart, then count
Add/subtract within 10,000; multi-digit × and ÷
e.g. 12×7=84 3+2 =?
Equations
Fill in the missing number
?
Word problems
Read a story, then solve it
5?8
Compare numbers
Is it less, more, or equal?
2+3 =6
TF
True or false
Spot if the math checks out
Number line
Land the marker on a fraction
Place value
Build numbers from tens & ones
12 = 24
Equivalent fractions
Spot fractions that match
Larger × and ÷ (up to 25 × 100); add/sub within 10,000
e.g. 25×16=400 3+2 =?
Equations
Fill in the missing number
?
Word problems
Read a story, then solve it
5?8
Compare numbers
Is it less, more, or equal?
2+3 =6
TF
True or false
Spot if the math checks out
Number line
Land the marker on a fraction
Place value
Build numbers from tens & ones
12 = 24
Equivalent fractions
Spot fractions that match
Frequently asked
Questions parents tend to ask.
What grades does Pickles work for? +
K through 5. You pick the grade, which sets the operations and number ranges, and you can adjust how often each problem type shows up, or switch types off entirely.
How does the app actually block other apps? +
Pickles uses Apple's FamilyControls + ManagedSettings framework, the same one Screen Time uses. You grant the permission once, pick which apps to gate, and iOS handles the shield. We can't see the list of picked apps.
What happens if my kid gets a problem wrong? +
They earn nothing for that question and stay on it until they get it right. The answer slot turns coral, but they don't get bounced. The summary at the end shows correct count and minutes earned.
Can I change the math difficulty mid-day? +
Yes. Settings → Math is live. Changes apply to the next round.
Can my kid quit a round halfway and keep the minutes? +
No. An unfinished round earns nothing: bailing out before the last problem forfeits the whole round. Minutes only land in the jar when the round is done.
Can they just grind rounds all day? +
Rounds are unlimited by design: Pickles doesn't cap practice. The daily ceiling on screen time is iOS Screen Time's job. Set a downtime or app limit there and it stacks with Pickles.
Can my kid practice without anything locked? +
Yes. With no apps locked the app runs in free-flight mode: same rounds, same jar, no shield. Handy for trying it out before you commit to locking anything.
What if I forget the PIN? +
You can reset everything from the on-device Reset option, which clears the PIN, the locked apps, and the banked minutes. There's no cloud reset because there's no cloud.
Is there an Android version? +
Not currently. The blocking relies on Apple's FamilyControls framework, which has no Android equivalent, so an Android version would be a separate project.