Everyone learns differently.
Finally, a tutor that does, too.
Recess is a patient, playful AI tutor for every student — kindergarten through college. It talks, listens, sketches on a shared whiteboard, and adapts to exactly how you learn. Homework help, test prep, that one concept that never clicked — explained your way, as many times as it takes.
8 slices − 3 eaten = 5⁄8 left!
Recess · Live session
Today's goal: fractions ⭐
From Alex's IEP
patient on the fifth ask… and the fifteenth
- Asked five times? Ask again.
- No judgment. Ever.
- Tough day? We slow down.
- Your pace is the right pace.
- Kindergarten to college.
- 1am before the exam? We're up.
- Follows the IEP, when there is one.
- No ads. No data sold.
- Wrong answers are how we learn.
- You did that. Not the calculator.
here's the thing nobody says out loud…
One-size-fits-all fits almost no one.
0
students learn exactly the way the curriculum assumes.
From a kindergartner sounding out words to a college sophomore stuck on organic chemistry, every learner needs a different pace, a different explanation, a different kind of patience. Most AI tutors teach to the middle of the bell curve. Recess adapts to the student in front of it — every single one.
Homework & everyday help
patient on the fifteenth ask
Stuck on long division or a five-paragraph essay? Recess explains it again — a new way each time — and never sighs, rushes, or judges.
Test prep & tough courses
from the SAT to organic chem
High school and college students get a study partner that drills weak spots, builds practice plans, and is awake the night before the exam.
Neurodiverse learners
ADHD, autism, dyslexia — built in
Short bursts for ADHD, predictable structure for autistic learners, text-to-speech for dyslexia — real support, designed in from day one.
how a session actually feels
A tutor that bends to the student — not the other way around.
Starts with a hello, not a quiz
Every session opens with a friendly check-in. Recess reads pace and mood and meets each student where they are today — not where the curriculum says they should be.
Talk it out. Draw it out.
Typing is optional. Students can just speak, and Recess answers out loud while sketching the idea on a shared whiteboard — fractions become pizza, supply curves get drawn.
Learns how you learn
Recess builds a learning profile for every student — what clicks, what doesn't, where you left off. Have an IEP? Upload it once and every accommodation is honored automatically.
Cheers for the whole student
Recess notices frustration and slows down, celebrates wins out loud, and sends a plain-English summary after every session — to parents for younger kids, straight to you if you're older. Never a black box.
how deep does “personalized” go? →
Personalization deep enough to follow an IEP.
Every student gets a learning profile that shapes pacing, vocabulary, and teaching style. And for students with an IEP, Recess goes further than any other tutor: upload the document once, and every goal and accommodation on the page is honored automatically, every single session. If it can adapt that precisely, it can adapt to anyone.
A learning profile for every student
What clicks, what stalls, where you left off — Recess remembers, from kindergarten flashcards to college problem sets.
Reads the actual IEP
Goals, extended time, simplified instructions, visual supports — pulled straight from the document, never forgotten.
Progress reports in plain English
Auto-generated summaries for parents, students, and IEP review meetings alike — no jargon, no guesswork.
Parent + teacher visibility
Everyone supporting the student sees progress in their own dashboard — no phone tag, no paper trail.
IEP Goal Card
Reading Comprehension — 3rd Grade Level
Target: June 15, 2026
Objectives
Identify main idea in 3-paragraph passages
Answer literal comprehension questions
Make inferences with visual supports
Sessions this week
4
Avg. session score
87%
pulled straight from the actual document — not a settings menu
one student, a whole team
Built for everyone in the room.
Whether you're a third-grader, a college student, a teacher, or a parent — Recess has a dedicated experience designed around how you actually use it.
Get help on any subject in seconds — 3rd-grade fractions to college stats
Adaptive pacing that slows down or speeds up based on how you're doing
Built-in mood check-in so Recess knows if you're having a tough day
Earn streaks and badges as you hit your goals — no judgment, ever
pinky promise — in writing
Promises we make to every family.
Privacy isn't a feature we added. It's the foundation we built on.
COPPA 2025 compliant
Built for the strictest children's privacy law in the US — verified parental consent, minimal data, no behavioral profiling.
FERPA-ready
Student records stay student records. School data is handled to education-privacy standards, with SSO for districts.
No ads. No data sold. Ever.
Your child is the customer — never the product. There is nothing to opt out of, because we never opted you in.
Parents see everything
Full session history, plain-English summaries, and one-click data deletion — any time. Older students get the same transparency in their own dashboard.
Our privacy policy is written in plain English, on purpose. Read it here.
from fridge doors and dorm-room walls
From the people who actually use it.
Real moments from parents, students, and teachers — not marketing fluff.
My daughter is in 7th grade — no IEP, no diagnosis, just a kid who froze up on math tests. Recess drilled the exact problem types she kept missing, and by the spring she walked into the state test calm. The plain-English weekly summary tells me more than any report card.
Dana K.
Parent of a 7th grader, Denver CO
I'm a sophomore taking organic chemistry and it's brutal. My TA's office hours are 45 minutes a week — Recess is there at 1am the night before the exam, explaining the same mechanism a fourth way until it clicks. It never makes me feel dumb for asking.
Jordan A.
College sophomore, biology major
My son has ADHD and has always struggled with homework help. Every tutor we tried would get visibly frustrated when he asked the same question for the fifth time. Recess doesn't get frustrated. Ever. He finally feels safe asking for help.
Priya M.
Parent of a 10-year-old, Brooklyn NY
I teach 10th-grade English — thirty kids, one of me. The students who use Recess come to class having actually wrestled with the reading, and the ones with IEPs get the same accommodations at home that I give them in the classroom. It meets every kid where they are.
Rachel T.
High school English teacher, Chicago IL
no fine print, we checked
Simple, transparent pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready. Cancel any time.
Free
$0
Forever free
- 1 student account
- 20 AI tutor sessions per month
- Basic emotional check-ins
- Limited teacher tools
Family
$19
/mo
Up to 3 students
- Up to 3 student accounts
- Unlimited AI tutor sessions
- Full emotional support suite
- Learning profiles + IEP upload and tracking
- Parent dashboard and progress reports
- Priority support
School
Custom
Contact for pricing
- Unlimited students and teachers
- Full Teacher Suite and class management
- LMS and SIS integration
- District-wide analytics dashboard
- Dedicated customer success manager
- FERPA compliance and SSO
save a seat — yours or your kid's
Join 2,400 families and students on the waitlist.
Early members get free premium access for 6 months when we launch. No credit card. No commitment.