Press: Kamelo, the spellings and homework app

Kamelo in one paragraph

Kamelo is an iPhone, iPad and Android app for parents of 6 to 11-year-olds, from Year 1 to Year 6. A parent photographs tonight’s homework instructions, spelling list or lesson; Kamelo turns it into about ten minutes of practice on exactly that, with a little chameleon who changes colour with the subject. The parent checks every exercise before the child sees it, Kamelo never does the homework for the child, and the child never chats with an AI. Kamelo is made in France by Thomas Sobstyl, a parent and independent developer.

The facts


Planned launch	France: iPhone and iPad on 17 October 2026, Android after that. United Kingdom and United States: January 2027
Who it’s for	Parents of children aged 6 to 11 (Year 1 to Year 6; CP to CM2 in France; Kindergarten to Grade 5 in the US)
Exercises in the UK	Weekly spellings, common exception words, times tables (with a Year 4 multiplication tables check practice mode), number bonds, mental maths, numbers in words, lesson quizzes, poems to learn by heart, vocabulary in another language
Price in the UK	Free (3 photo scans in the first 14 days, then 1 a month; unlimited typing-in). Premium: £7.99 a month or £49.99 a year, up to 3 children, 7-day free trial on the annual plan
Languages	French, British English, American English
Privacy	Name hidden on the phone, photo deleted within 24 hours, data hosted in Paris, no advertising, no trackers in the child space
AI	Claude (Anthropic), on the parent’s side only, with the parent’s consent
Publisher	Thomas Sobstyl, independent developer, France

The maker

Thomas Sobstyl is the parent of a primary school child and an independent developer. He designs, builds and publishes Kamelo on his own, in France. Kamelo grew out of a little spelling game made at home for the colour-group word lists his child’s class brings home.

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Press contact

Thomas Sobstyl: thomas.sobstyl@me.com, in English or in French.

Kamelo at a glance

Kamelo is an iPhone, iPad and Android app for parents of 6 to 11-year-olds, Year 1 to Year 6.
A parent photographs tonight’s homework instructions, spelling list or lesson; Kamelo turns it into about ten minutes of practice on exactly that, with Kamelo, a small chameleon who changes colour.
Kamelo never does the homework for the child or hands over ready-made answers: it has them practise what the teacher set, and the right answer only appears after they have tried.
A parent checks every exercise before the child sees it; the child never chats with an AI, and everything Kamelo says is written in advance.
Reading the photo is done by Anthropic’s Claude AI, with the parent’s consent; the child’s name is masked on the phone before upload and the photo is deleted from the servers within 24 hours.
No ads and no trackers in the child’s space; data is hosted in Paris, in the European Union.
The kinds of practice: weekly spellings, common exception words, times tables (with a Year 4 multiplication tables check mode), number bonds, mental maths, numbers in words, lesson quizzes, poems to learn by heart and vocabulary in another language.
Free: 3 photo scans in the first 14 days, then 1 a month, one child profile, unlimited typing-in. Premium: £7.99 a month or £49.99 a year, up to 3 children, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan.
A session lasts about 10 minutes; no timer by default, no red marks, no leaderboards.
Kamelo is made in France by Thomas Sobstyl, a parent and independent developer; the app is available in French, British English and American English.

Facts checked on 25 September 2026.

Tonight’s homework, without the fight.

Planned for the UK in January 2027. France comes first, from October 2026.