iOS · For kids K–5 · Voice-driven

Talk with Jay.

Jay is a companion for kids that you talk to, and that talks back. Kids race the clock in spoken math games, practice their math facts, and ask Jay for a story, all by voice, with no reading or typing required.

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The Jay app icon.
Voice first

You talk, Jay answers

Everything in Jay happens in conversation. Kids speak their answers and their questions, and Jay replies out loud, so even kids who are just learning to read can play on their own.

Math games

Beat the clock

Spoken math games where kids race against time, and against each other. Say the answer before time runs out.

Math facts

Practice that sticks

Math facts asked and answered out loud, the way kids drill them with a parent or teacher.

Stories

“Jay, tell me a story”

When math time is over, just ask. Jay tells stories made for young listeners.

Grades K–5

Made for elementary school

Content and pacing built for kids from kindergarten through fifth grade.

Private by design

Nothing kept

What kids say is used to form Jay’s reply and is not kept. Races send only a nickname and answers, kept in memory for the race only. No ads, no accounts. The details are in the privacy policy.

See Jay in action

The best way to meet Jay is to hear a kid play. These are Jay’s two App Store previews from 2017: on iPhone, then on iPad. Turn the sound on: Jay is meant to be heard.

iPhone: an addition game against the clock
iPad: an addition game, five seconds per question

More from the iPhone app

Screen recordings and screenshots from 2017.

“Tell me a story”: Jay reads The Hare and the Tortoise
A multiplication game: five seconds per question
Jay, a cartoon blue jay, says: Hi! I’m Jay, your companion. I love math. Ask me to play a math game. I can also tell stories.
“Hi! I’m Jay.” Jay introduces itself
The words “Tell me a story” above Jay, with the red talk button lit while the child speaks.
Hold the button and ask for a story
Jay telling the story of the speedy hare and Slow and Steady the tortoise, with the text on screen.
Jay tells The Hare and the Tortoise
Jay says: Awesome! What’s 14 ÷ 2?
“Awesome! What’s 14 ÷ 2?” A division game
Jay says: Oops! Out of time! The answer was 7. Next question: What’s 42 ÷ 6?
“Oops! Out of time!” Five seconds per question

A little history

Liquid Thought released Jay on the App Store in March 2017, long before talking to a computer was something kids, or most adults, did every day. The idea was simple: young kids talk before they read, so a learning companion for them should be something you talk to. Jay listened, understood, and answered out loud, turning math practice into a game and story time into a conversation.

  • March 6, 2017Jay ships on the App Store: a voice-driven companion for grades K–5 with timed math games, math facts and stories, backed by its own server.
  • NowWe’re reviving Jay, bringing the app and its backend up to date for today’s devices.

Coming back

Jay isn’t on the App Store right now. Want to know when it returns, or have a young mathematician who’d like to try it? Contact us.