Designed by a student · built on Open Swarm
The study app a student built for herself.
Ella has dyslexia. She didn't wait for the right tool — she designed it. Little Monsters is dyslexia-first by design, and it became the app that inspired the whole platform.
The problem isn't ability
It's a mismatch — how class is delivered vs. how she reads.
Dense readingLong passages and tiny print slow everything down.
Fast lecturesNotes can't keep up with the pace of the room.
Walls of textStudy tools assume reading is the easy part.
So she built the tool she needed
Dyslexia-first — not bigger fonts bolted on.
Read it to meAnything on screen, read aloud in a natural voice.
Show, don't wall-of-textShort steps, color, and worked examples.
Coach, don't cheatThe tutor guides her to the answer so it sticks.
Make it worth itProgress is earned and rewarded, so she comes back.
A day with it
From first bell to homework, in one app.
My DayEvery class and task, color-coded so nothing slips.
RecordCaptures the lecture and turns it into clean notes.
TutorStuck? It coaches her through it — and reads it aloud.
FlashcardsMake, study, edit; the misses come back more often.
ArcadeA study warm-up, then games that score into progress.
RewardsLevel up, earn a mystery box, grow her monster.
Keeping pace
High school to a college campus — same tool, every step up.
High schoolDaily classes, kept on track.
Advanced coursesHarder reading, faster pace.
College campusDual-enrollment, older peers.
Keeping paceRight alongside them, every day.
Private by design — her progress is hers; only class materials are shared.
Built by a student, for students.
Little Monsters works because it wasn't designed in a boardroom — it was designed by someone who needed it, and built on the Open Swarm platform. Made for every student who learns a little differently.