What your child sees, their very own Qbit

When your child signs in, Qbit trims herself down to just their part of the app. The grown-up pages aren’t locked away behind a password, they’re gone from view entirely, so there’s nothing for a curious child to bump into.

1. Sign in as your child on their device.
2. Look at the bar along the bottom of the screen. The "My Kids" tab isn’t there.
3. Tap the three lines at the top left to open the menu. You won’t find links for "Parent-Child Accounts", "My Qbit" or "Messages".
4. Open "Settings". The subscription card, the ads section, the privacy and data section, and the section for signing in on another device are all tucked away.
5. Tap your child’s circle at the top right. "Sign out" is right there, so they can sign out whenever they need to.

• It all happens the moment a child account signs in, with nothing for you to switch on.
• Sign out stays on purpose. Getting back in takes a code from you, so it’s a button your child can press freely.

Good to know: Good to know: the same rules live on Qbit’s own servers too, so typing a web address won’t lead a child to a parent page.

Your child’s home page arrives already stocked for their age. A nine year old and a sixteen year old open Qbit and each find a set of folders made just for them.

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1. Sign in as your child.
2. Look at the folders on their home page.
3. Under 13 leads with Storytime, then Homework, Games, Research, Arts, Write, Sports, Fitness, Cooking and Pets.
4. 13 to 15 leads with Homework, then Research, Write, Games, Sports, Fitness, Cooking, Tech help, Arts and Search.
5. 16 to 17 leads with Homework, then Research, Write, Tech help, Fitness, Cooking, Career, Health, Games and Search.
6. Tap "Add folder" to add more, from the list allowed for that age.

• Some folder titles get a friendlier name for younger children, so Fitness reads "Kids Fitness".
• Birthdays take care of themselves. Qbit works out the new age band herself as your child gets older.

Good to know: Good to know: the "Add folder" list follows their age too. Money folders such as Finance and Shopping, and the Parenting folder, stay off the list at every age, while Health, Career, Travel, DIY, Events and Tech help open up as your child gets older.

Storytime is a story your child and Qbit write together, a turn each. They start it, she carries it on, and they get to decide what happens next.

1. On your child’s home page, tap the "Storytime" tile.
2. Type an opening into the box, which starts them off with "Once upon a time...", or tap one of the three suggestion chips such as "Surprise me!", "Pick my hero", "Bedtime story", "A story about ME", "Dragon story" or "Make it silly".
3. The story opens as a conversation called Storytime, and the reply box asks "What happens next?".
4. Keep typing to carry the story on.
5. Tap the "Recent stories" pill under the box to come back to the Storytime page.

• The three chips are drawn fresh from a pool of six on every visit, and the opening line in the box changes too, so the page looks a little different every time.
• Tap the waveform button while the box is empty and Voice Mode opens, so the story can be told out loud.

Good to know: Good to know: Storytime lives on accounts for children under 13, so teenagers and adults won’t see the tile or find it in the folder picker.

Once a story begins, the app puts on its story dress. The whole screen reads like a book instead of a chat, and it’s the kind of little detail your child will spot right away.

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1. From your child’s home page, tap the "Storytime" card.
2. Tap one of the story starter chips, or type an idea of their own.
3. Keep replying with what should happen next.
4. Tap the "Recent stories" pill under the box to reopen an earlier story.

• The header reads Storytime, the reply box asks "What happens next?", and while she writes, the waiting line reads "Qbit is dreaming up the next part...".
• Everything reads like a book rather than an assistant, and that’s the whole idea.

Good to know: Good to know: tapping "+ New" in the middle of a story takes your child back to the Storytime page to begin a fresh one.

Every story your child has started is waiting on the Storytime page, newest first, ready to pick up right where they left off. Bedtime can pause a story, but it can’t lose one.

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1. Open the "Storytime" page from your child’s home page.
2. Scroll down to "Recent stories".
3. Tap a story’s title to reopen it. The whole story loads and the page is dressed as Storytime again.
4. Tap "Show More" to see ten more.

• Only stories started from the Storytime page appear here, so ordinary chats keep to their own place.
• A half finished story is a fine thing to leave. It’ll be waiting exactly where they left it.

Good to know: Good to know: "Recent stories" shows up once your child has made their first story.

My Subjects is your child’s own shelf of school subjects. Each one holds their homework, can turn into a pop quiz, and earns badges of its own.

1. Sign in as your child, or use "Use Qbit as them" from your own account.
2. On the home page, find "My Subjects".
3. If the list is empty, tap "Add your first subject", or tap one of the Math, English or Science starter chips.
4. If there are already subjects, tap "Add new subject", type a name and pick an icon.
5. Tap a subject row to open it.
6. Tap the section title to fold the whole list away, or open it again. That choice is remembered on that device.
7. Tap the three dots on a subject row to "Edit" or "Delete" it.

• Homework, quizzes and badges all live inside a subject, so during term time this is the part of Qbit your child will open most.
• The names are theirs to choose, so a subject can match whatever school calls it.

Good to know: Good to know: My Subjects appears on children’s accounts once Qbit has switched it on for that account, so you won’t see it on your own home page.

A subject takes about ten seconds to make. A name, a picture, and it’s on the shelf.

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1. On your child’s home page, tap "Add new subject" in the My Subjects header. If they have none yet, the button reads "Add your first subject".
2. Type what they’re learning in the "What are you learning?" box, up to 40 characters.
3. Tap one of the six pictures: Math, Science, History, Art, Reading or Music.
4. Tap "Add subject".
5. The new subject appears at the bottom of the list with a color of its own.

• The name is free text, so "Mrs Patel’s spelling" works just as well as "English".
• Changed your mind? Press Escape or tap the shaded area behind the sheet to back out without saving.

Good to know: Good to know: each child can keep up to 12 subjects at once.

The first subject is the easiest one to put off, so these three chips make it a single tap, with the right picture already chosen.

1. On your child’s home page, with no subjects yet, look just under the "Add your first subject" button.
2. Tap "Math", "English" or "Science".
3. The subject is created straight away and appears in the list.

• Nothing else to fill in. The picture’s already picked.
• It can be renamed later, so a quick tap now is a fine place to start.

Good to know: Good to know: the chips are there while the list is empty. Once the first subject is in, "Add new subject" in the header adds the rest.

Names change. Math becomes Algebra, and the reading picture suits English better after all. Either one takes a few taps.

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1. Tap the three dots on the right of the subject row.
2. Tap "Edit".
3. Change the name, tap a different picture, or do both.
4. Tap "Save".

• It’s the same sheet used to create a subject, already filled in.
• Homework, quizzes and badges all stay right where they are. Only the name and the picture change.

When a subject has run its course, it can go in a few taps. Here’s what leaves with it, so there are no surprises.

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1. Tap the three dots on the subject row.
2. Tap "Delete".
3. Read the "Delete [name]?" message, then tap "Delete" to confirm, or "Cancel" to keep it.

• Just want a tidier list? Tap the My Subjects title to fold it away, with everything kept in place.
• A subject can always be added back later. It starts fresh, since its old homework doesn’t come back with it.

Good to know: Good to know: deleting a subject also deletes the homework and quizzes filed inside it.

A subject page is a whole school subject in one place: somewhere to ask Qbit about it, the homework list, and a quiz built from that homework.

1. Tap a subject on your child’s home page.
2. To ask something, type into "Ask me anything about [subject]..." and tap the send arrow, or press Enter. The answer carries on in the normal chat.
3. Tap "Add homework" to put a piece of homework on the list.
4. Tap the checkbox beside a piece of homework when it’s done. Tapping it again unticks it.
5. If a quiz is ready, tap "Start quiz".
6. Tap "Back" to leave the subject.

• "Add homework" offers two ways in, "Take a picture of it" or "Choose a file", so homework gets photographed or uploaded instead of typed out.
• The three parts feed each other. Homework goes in, ticks come off, and the quiz is written from what’s there.

Good to know: Good to know: the pop quiz card shows up once there’s enough homework for Qbit to build one from.

The box at the top of a subject page is a shortcut into a conversation that already knows which subject your child means.

1. Open a subject.
2. Type into the "Ask me anything about [subject]" box, then press Enter or tap the send arrow.
3. Qbit answers on the chat page.
4. If the box is empty and voice is available, tapping the button opens Voice Mode instead.

• The subject name is already in the prompt, so your child can get straight to the question.

Good to know: Good to know: the question travels through the ordinary chat, with your child’s protections and history along for the ride. It’s a shortcut into chat, rather than a search of that subject’s homework.

The checkbox is the fun bit. Every piece of homework your child ticks off counts toward their homework badges.

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1. Open a subject and look at the Homework section.
2. Tap the checkbox beside a piece of homework to mark it done.
3. Tap it again to untick it if the wrong one was tapped.

• No other button needed. Badges follow from these ticks.

Good to know: Good to know: each subject holds up to 200 pieces of homework, and re-ticking an item keeps the date it was first finished, so streaks and badges stay honest.

A photo of the worksheet beats typing it out every time. Point the camera at the page and the homework is filed right under the subject.

1. Open a subject and tap "Add homework".
2. Tap "Take a picture of it".
3. Take the photo with the rear camera.
4. The photo uploads and a new homework row appears in the list.

• A whole week of homework can go in this way in a couple of minutes, one page at a time.
• Lay the page flat on a table in good light and Qbit has the most to work with.

Good to know: Good to know: the photo goes through the same upload, moderation and consent checks as any other document, and photo uploads on a child’s account follow the Photos and images setting you chose as the parent.

Homework that’s already a file, a PDF from school or a picture in the camera roll, can go straight in.

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1. Open a subject and tap "Add homework".
2. Tap "Choose a file".
3. Pick the file in the device’s own picker.

• It uses the same upload as the rest of Qbit, so the same size limits and checks apply.

Good to know: Good news: document uploads are free right now, with no credit charge.

Every quiz is made to measure. Qbit writes it from your child’s own homework, gives a reason for every answer, and follows a missed question with another on the same idea.

1. Open a subject and tap "Start quiz".
2. The button reads "Making your quiz..." while she builds it.
3. Answer each question by tapping a choice.
4. Read her explanation of the answer.
5. If your child misses one, answer the follow-up question on the same idea.
6. Close with the x at any time to stop.

• Every choice comes with a reason, so even a right answer teaches something.
• Tapping outside the quiz leaves it right where it is, so a stray tap can’t lose it.

Good to know: Good to know: a quiz can take up to two minutes to put together, so a little patience pays off.

A missed question turns into a second chance. Qbit explains why that answer was tempting, then offers one more question on the same idea.

1. Answer a quiz question wrongly.
2. Read the explanation.
3. Tap "Try one more like it".
4. Answer the second question. Whichever way it goes, Qbit moves warmly on to the next question.

• The offer comes once, so it never turns into a drill.
• She keeps it kind: she never says wrong, and there’s no running score in the middle of a quiz.

Good to know: Good to know: a question answered right on the second go still counts toward the score. The Quiz whiz badge needs a perfect round, though, and that means right the first time.

Your rewards is your child’s trophy shelf, with every badge they’ve earned across their subjects and every one still waiting to be won.

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1. On your child’s home page, look just under the subjects list.
2. Tap the "Your rewards" row, which shows how many badges they have so far.
3. Look through the badges, grouped by subject.

• The page counts both ways, earned and still to go, and each badge not yet won shows the one line that says how to get it.
• Having the locked ones on show is the point. There’s always something in sight worth doing next.

Good to know: Good to know: the "Your rewards" row appears once the first badge is earned, and badge counts only ever go up.

Every subject has the same ladder of six badges, so your child always knows what the next one takes.

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1. Finish one piece of homework in a subject to earn First step for that subject.
2. Keep ticking homework off to reach 5 for Homework hero, then 10 for Finisher.
3. Do homework three days running for On a roll.
4. Finish any pop quiz for Quiz taker.
5. Get every question in a quiz right for Quiz whiz.

• Badges are per subject, so the same six can be earned again in Math, in English, and in everything else.
• Four of the six come from doing the work and ticking it off. The other two, Quiz taker and Quiz whiz, come from pop quizzes.

Good to know: Good to know: badges are a collection rather than a currency, so there’s nothing to spend. Once earned, they’re theirs to keep.

When Qbit explains something to your child, she checks that it made sense. If it didn’t, she explains the same idea a genuinely different way.

1. Sign in as your child and tap their homework folder on their home page. It’s called "Homework Help" for children under 13, "Homework & Study" from 13 to 15, and "Homework & Tutoring" at 16 and 17.
2. Ask the homework question there. Qbit answers as a tutor for the rest of that conversation.
3. Under her answer she asks "Did that make sense?", with two buttons, "Yes!" and "Not really".
4. Tap "Yes!" and it ends there, with "Brilliant! Want to put that to work on your homework?"
5. Tap "Not really" and she explains it a different way, then asks "Does that one land better?", with "Still stuck".
6. Tap "Still stuck" again and she offers to work one through together rather than explaining a third time.
7. After working one together she asks "Ready to try one on your own?". "I’ll try" hands your child one to do, and "Not yet" ends the session warmly.

• The two buttons are deliberately the same weight, so yes is never the louder one to press.
• A yes is taken at face value. She takes your child at their word, no pop test required.
• "Not yet" is a real ending, and a kind one. She says the work counted and that it can be picked up another day.

Good to know: Good to know: the check appears in homework conversations, which start when your child opens their Homework folder before asking.