A product of XenAI Limited
Every alien word is a creature waiting to be born.
Your child reads the alien name aloud. Each sound they get right grows part of the creature, and a missed sound shows as a see-through gap, so you can see exactly which sounds to practise.
You listen, you tap, the creature grows. No microphone needed.
- Phonics practice
- UK Year 1
- Listening
- Read together
- Privacy
- Nothing recorded
01 / Creatures
How a word becomes a body
The rule is fixed and simple enough that a parent learns it in a minute. The vowel sound, the heart of the word, becomes the body. Sounds before it build the legs and arms. Sounds after it build the face and the antennae.
Body
The vowel sound. Long vowels like oa and igh make a bigger body.
Legs
First sound before the vowel. A digraph like th gives springy legs.
Arms
Second sound before the vowel.
Face
First sound after the vowel. A digraph gives three eyes.
Antennae
Second sound after the vowel.
Read-together mode
Your child reads the alien name aloud to you, and you tap any sound they missed, just like a teacher marks the real check.
02 / Your child's planet
A planet that grows as they read
Every creature your child grows lives on their own small planet, which opens new places as they learn.
Mia’s planet: meadow and forest open, 5 creatures, 1 sleepy.
Sleepy creatures
When a sound is due for practice, the creatures made from it get sleepy. Reading their names wakes them up.The Creature Book
Every creature your child has grown, with the sounds it came from. Progress at a glance, with no charts.Rare creatures
The trickiest sounds grow rare creatures, with wings, crests and stars. Children go looking for the hard sounds.
03 / For grown-ups
What your child needs next, in plain English
A calm page for you: which sounds need a second go, one small game to try, and a short weekly paragraph.
Sounds that needed a second go
Each sound your child slipped on in the last two weeks, and whether they read it correctly after a retry.Try this for 3 minutes
One little game for the sound that needs it most, with nothing to print and nothing to buy.This week in one paragraph
A calm summary of the week, written from numbers only. Never a comparison with other children.The Big Migration
A practice run of the Year 1 phonics check, 40 names in one journey. Your child only ever sees a celebration.
04 / Pricing
One price for the whole family
Every plan includes all the children in your family, up to six. Paid plans are coming soon; for now, everything is free.
Free · Coming soon
£0
Your first 5 creatures, to see if Xenly suits your family.
Monthly · Coming soon
£9.99 a month
Everything, month by month. Stop whenever you like.
School-year pass · Coming soon
£59.99 a year
September to August, and you can start any time. In our first season it's £39.99, and that price stays for as long as you keep it.
05 / For schools
For schools and tuition centres
One account for your whole group, with each child on their own planet and the same calm, no-comparison approach.
Per child, per year
From £15 to £25 a child, for 20 children or more, invoiced. We’re setting prices with our first schools and tuition centres now.
06 / Private by design
Nothing to worry about
Built for five-year-olds, with a grown-up always there. We collect as little as we can.
You do the listening.
Your child reads aloud to you, and you tap any sound they missed, like a teacher marks the real check.Nothing is recorded.
There's no microphone in the app today. When Xenly learns to listen, it will do it on your device and keep no audio.Only a first name is stored.
No surname, no date of birth, no photo, no school. Download or delete everything from Settings at any time.