Tiny apps. Real skills.
Beautiful little learning apps that do one thing well. Pay 99¢ once, keep them for good, and get back to learning.
Today’s lesson
Available now
Music is our proof that a learning app can be focused, delightful, and complete—without asking you to rent it forever.
Train your ear, understand the building blocks, and make sense of the sounds you already love through short, playful lessons.
One purchase. No trial clock. No monthly charge.
Next up
Short lessons on tactics, patterns, openings, and endgames. No daily puzzle gate. No premium tier. Just better thinking over the board.
Pattern: the fork
A knight’s unusual movement makes it perfect for double attacks.
Think first. Then move.
Then, Typing
A calm, clever typing coach built around useful practice—not streaks, pressure, or a dashboard full of chores.
Warm-up
Small steps make strong skills.
The thesis
Somewhere along the way, simple learning apps became subscriptions. Typing practice became a service. Flashcards became a service. Math drills became a service.
We think that’s silly.
So we’re building the useful part: beautiful lessons, practice, progress, feedback, and replayability—without manufacturing an ongoing fee where one doesn’t need to exist.
The growing academy
Music is live. Chess is next. Typing follows. The rest of the curriculum is taking shape.
Train your ears and understand what you hear.
ExploreLearn tactics, patterns, openings, and endgames.
See what’s nextBuild speed and confidence, one useful line at a time.
Try a previewInfinite practice, progressive difficulty, and clear feedback.
Spelling, vocabulary, and language practice built for repetition.
Progressive practice focused on learning by actually drawing.
Maps, capitals, flags, and places worth knowing.
Letterforms, tracing, and handwriting drills that stay local.
Always exploring
If an educational app doesn’t need to be a subscription, we’re interested.
Academy rules
Learning tools should feel owned—not borrowed, bundled, or held behind a monthly payment.
Unlock the app and keep it. We’re not renting you a multiplication table.
Each app should be excellent at one thing instead of pretending to be a platform.
Open, public-domain, and generated material keeps learning accessible.
Local-first whenever possible. Fewer accounts, fewer dependencies, less nonsense.
Questions, answered
That’s the idea: a focused app, a tiny one-time price, and no recurring bill.
No. The goal is the opposite: focused apps that feel surprisingly complete for what they do.
We favor local-first experiences and open, public-domain, or generated learning material instead of expensive catalogs and unnecessary cloud infrastructure.
Music is available now. Chess is the next release, with Typing following after it.
No. The apps are designed to let you start learning without creating another login.
99¢ Academy is made by the RadNinja—small, useful software with a sharp point of view.