KidClear
Big words, made clear.
A bright, offline explanation library: search any difficult word or idea and get a clear, age-appropriate explanation with examples.
Worth knowing
KidClear is a curated reference library, not a chatbot. Unknown single words are never given invented explanations.
Screenshots
Captured from the debug build running on an Android 14 emulator.
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What KidClear is
KidClear is a dictionary-style learning app for curious children, teenagers, parents and teachers. Search a word, phrase or difficult idea and open a clear definition, an age-appropriate explanation and a worked example — across five audience levels from ages 5–7 up to plain-language adult. The library ships with reviewed entries across colourful categories, matches misspellings and phrasing gracefully, and refuses to invent answers for unknown words rather than guessing. Five visual modes, read-aloud controls and safety routing for sensitive searches round out a deliberately honest learning tool. It is not a chatbot, and it keeps no conversation log.
What it does
- Reviewed starter library across colourful categories
- Five audience levels: 5–7, 8–10, 11–13, 14–17 and Plain Language
- Forgiving search: misspellings, phrases, acronyms and UK/US spellings
- Read-aloud result pages with related searches
- Safety routing with UK support resources
- Family-offline version with the Internet permission removed
"What does inflation mean?" deserves a real answer
Children ask enormous questions in small words. KidClear answers at their level — honestly, safely and without turning the question into a data point.
Honest by design
Every design decision favours trust over engagement metrics.
No invention
Unknown words get a graceful 'not found', never a made-up answer.
Level switching
The same entry explained for five different audiences.
Safety first
Sensitive searches route to real UK support resources.
Actually offline
The library needs no connection; one version has no Internet permission at all.
Getting KidClear
KidClear is still in development and is not distributed yet. It is roughly 65% of the way to a first public release.
At a glance
- Status
- Active Development
- Runs on
- Android
- Offline use
- Works offline
- Last updated
Privacy
KidClear's library works offline. Search history is short, non-sensitive and local; custom entries can be encrypted. A family-offline build removes the Internet permission completely.
Permissions
- Microphone
- Voice search: speak a word instead of typing it. Transcription happens on the device.
- Internet
- Declared in the standard build. A dedicated family-offline version removes this permission entirely, and the explanation library works offline in every version.
Technical details
Technical details
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How it is put together
- A reviewed offline explanation library with five audience levels and explicit safety routing.
- A `familyOffline` build flavour removes the INTERNET permission from the manifest entirely.
Development workflow
Built through Claude Code.
Accessibility in the app
- Read-aloud controls on every result page
- High Contrast and Calm Reading visual modes
- Five audience levels including Plain Language
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