Because it adapts to your child. Finley's adaptive AI learns their exact level and builds the skills that last a lifetime — one joyful session at a time.
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Finley places your child on our 15-level reading ladder in minutes — no parent setup required.
Every story, word puzzle, and phonics game is freshly generated by AI — personalized to your child's interests and skill gaps.
Bayesian mastery tracking adjusts difficulty in real time — so your child is always challenged just enough, never overwhelmed.
After every session, parents receive AI-generated insights showing exactly what their child mastered and what's next.
Finley is built on Dr. Elfrieda Ehri's landmark research on how children actually learn to read — the same science used by top literacy programs worldwide.
"Children recognize words by visual cues before connecting letters to sounds."
"Beginning and ending letter cues connect the written word to its pronunciation."
"Complete letter-to-sound mappings enable full decoding of unfamiliar words."
"Larger letter patterns and morphemes are stored as units for fluent, automatic reading."
Adaptive AI tracks your child's phase in real time and transitions automatically — no parent action needed.
Decades of reading research point to one consistent finding: the most powerful boost to a child's reading is a parent asking one good question after a session. Finley is built around this.
Bayesian Knowledge Tracing adjusts every session — your child advances only when truly ready.
Leitner system resurfaces tricky words at the perfect moment — so nothing slips through the cracks.
After every session, a clear AI report shows strengths, gaps, and exactly what to encourage next.
Phonics, Sight Words, Bubble Pop, and Stories — variety keeps kids engaged session after session.
Content caches ahead of time so your child can keep reading even without Wi-Fi.
Analytics and session details stay behind a PIN — your child sees only the fun reading experience.
We're building Finley with real families. Join our beta program and help shape the future of AI-powered reading — your feedback directly influences what we build next.
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After 30-day free trial, subscription auto-renews. Cancel anytime in Settings.
COPPA Compliant · Your child's data is protected
After 30-day free trial, subscription auto-renews. Cancel anytime in Settings.
COPPA Compliant · Your child's data is protected
See measurable improvement in 30 days or your money back. Families who use Finley's parent coaching prompts at least once per week consistently show the strongest gains — but the guarantee covers all users, with or without parent participation.
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Most reading apps give you 7 days and hope you forget to cancel. We give you 30 — because in 30 days, your child's reading data will speak for itself. Bayesian Knowledge Tracing doesn't lie. You'll see exactly which skills improved, which words were mastered, and how far your child advanced. If you're not convinced, cancel with one tap. No questions. No hassle.
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Finley is designed for children ages 4–12. Our 15 reading levels cover everything from Pre-Kindergarten letter recognition all the way through Grade 6+ fluency and comprehension. The AI automatically places your child at the right starting level.
Most apps use the same fixed content for every child and stop when the session ends. Finley does three things differently. First, our AI generates fresh, personalized stories and activities for each session based on your child's exact skill gaps — not a content library. Second, we use Bayesian Knowledge Tracing (the same technique used in serious academic research) to track mastery at the skill level, not just score level. Third — and this is the part the research says matters most — Finley coaches you as a parent. After every session, we suggest one specific discussion question or activity grounded in reading science. Decades of Johns Hopkins meta-analyses show a coached parent asking questions after a session produces the same gains as a professional tutor. No other consumer reading app does this.
The Science of Reading is a body of research — including Ehri's phases of word reading, phonological awareness research, and fluency studies — showing exactly how children's brains learn to decode written language. Finley is built on these principles, prioritizing phonics and decoding before comprehension in early levels, just as the research recommends.
We recommend 10–15 minutes per day, 4–5 days per week. Short, consistent sessions are more effective than long, infrequent ones. Finley's spaced repetition system is designed around daily short sessions to maximize retention. Our AI also detects when a child is fatiguing and adjusts difficulty to keep sessions positive.
After every Finley session, we suggest a short activity for you to do with your child — usually a question to ask or a quick game to play. It takes about 60 seconds. The Best Evidence Encyclopedia (Johns Hopkins, 100+ rigorous studies) found that one-on-one human interaction is the single strongest driver of reading gains. A parent asking "What was your favorite part?" is acting like a personal reading tutor. No teaching degree required. You can turn prompts off in Settings anytime — your child can always use Finley independently.
Yes. Finley is COPPA-compliant. Children's reading data is stored securely and never sold or shared with third parties. Parents control all data through the parent PIN-gated dashboard. We collect only what we need to make the adaptive AI work.
Yes, absolutely. Cancel anytime from your account settings with one click — no hoops, no "call to cancel" games. If you cancel during your 30-day free trial, you won't be charged a cent.
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