Peekaboo Studios

What Peekaboo Studios does

Peekaboo Studios LLC is a privately held, founder-led educational mobile application developer headquartered in Westerville, Ohio (Central Ohio), founded in 2010. The company designs and distributes iOS and iPadOS applications for PreK-12 students, with content aligned to Common Core State Standards. The product portfolio comprises Spark Reading (a reading comprehension app with hundreds of stories and thousands of questions, localized in 10 languages and available in 173 territories, with 5 million+ reported users), the MathEdge Learning System (covering addition & subtraction, multiplication, and division), and Learn Math Facts (a timed math fluency app supported by Apple Featured accessibility status). All products are built natively on Apple's iOS platform, with deep integration of accessibility features including VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dynamic Type, and Apple Personal Voice, the last of which allows a parent's cloned voice to read stories aloud in Spark Reading.

The company operates a freemium consumer model with free app downloads and optional premium features distributed through the Apple App Store, complemented by a separate school-licensing tier with subscription-based annual pricing that adds teacher tools for assigning practice and tracking student progress. Distribution combines App Store self-serve discovery for consumers with direct outreach to teachers, school administrators, and educators for institutional sales. The company claims to have served more than 30 million students cumulatively across 175+ territories.

Peekaboo Studios appears bootstrapped or self-funded, with no disclosed external funding rounds, venture capital investment, or institutional investors in the available data. The company is led by Co-Founder Ran Flasterstein and operates with 1-10 employees. It has received industry recognition including a nomination for Best Kids & Family Consumer App in the 30th Annual Webby Awards (April 2026) and Apple Featured status for Learn Math Facts as an accessibility app. The company maintains a privacy-first approach with no user data collection and participates in accessibility advocacy through the GAAD Pledge.

Name

Peekaboo Studios

Legal name

Peekaboo Studios LLC

Website

https://peekaboo.mobi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Peekaboo Studios is a bootstrapped, founder-led iOS app developer in Westerville, Ohio, building Common Core-aligned PreK-12 educational apps — including Spark Reading, MathEdge, and Learn Math Facts — distributed freemium via the App Store and through a subscription school-licensing channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Mobile Apps

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Foundational Literacy & Early Reading Apps (EDACANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

STEM & Coding Readiness for Early Learners (EDACANAF), Phonics, Speech & Language Development Tools (EDACANAC), Accessibility & Assistive Learning Tools for Early Childhood (AAC, sensory supports) (EDACANAL)

Keywords

• Educational mobile apps
• Children's education software
• Reading comprehension apps
• Math learning apps
• PreK-12 learning tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Mobile App Sales: Educational apps distributed through Apple's App Store. The company offers free versions with optional premium features, allowing users to try before purchasing.
2. School/Institutional Licensing: Special school versions of apps with additional teacher tools for classroom management, practice assignment, and student progress tracking, offered through direct outreach to schools and educators.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Peekaboo Studios develops and distributes mobile educational apps for PreK-12 students on iOS/iPadOS, including Spark Reading for reading comprehension, Learn Math Facts for math fact mastery, and the MathEdge Learning System for arithmetic (Addition & Subtraction, Multiplication, Division). The apps align with Common Core State Standards and feature accessibility-first design via Apple platform integrations (VoiceOver, Voice Control, Dynamic Type, Apple Personal Voice). The company also offers school-specific versions with teacher tools for assigning practice and tracking student progress.

Product overview

Peekaboo Studios is an educational app developer offering a portfolio of mobile apps for PreK-12 students aligned with Common Core State Standards. The core product lineup includes Spark Reading (reading comprehension with 5M+ users across 173 territories in 10 languages), the MathEdge Learning System (covering Addition & Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division), and Learn Math Facts (accessibility-focused math practice). All products are designed for Apple iOS/iPadOS devices and emphasize accessibility support for VoiceOver, Voice Control, and Dynamic Type. The company also maintains a school-specific version with teacher tools for assigning practice and tracking student progress.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spark Reading

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 million+ kids improved reading skills through Spark Reading
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Reading Eggs (Blake eLearning): Subscription early-reading and literacy app for ages 2-13. Directly comparable to Spark Reading as a reading-comprehension/literacy learning product serving similar parent and school segments.
• Prodigy Education: Gamified math learning app for K-8 students, freemium with school/parent subscriptions. Closely comparable to MathEdge and Learn Math Facts in approach (engagement-driven math practice) and target segments.
• Age of Learning (ABCmouse): Subscription early-childhood education app (ABCmouse) covering reading, math, and more for ages 2-8. Comparable as a standards-aligned PreK-3 learning app with both consumer and school versions.
• Homer (Learn with Homer): Early-childhood reading and learning app focused on PreK-2 literacy. Comparable in early-literacy product category, freemium-to-subscription model, and parent-facing distribution.
• IXL Learning: Subscription-based K-12 math, reading, and language arts practice platform. Comparable in core offering (Common Core-aligned math and reading practice) and dual GTM to schools and parents; competes for the same institutional budgets and consumer mindshare.
• Khan Academy (Khan Academy Kids): Nonprofit provider of free educational apps for K-12, including the Khan Academy Kids early-learning app. Directly comparable as a free, standards-aligned K-12 educational app competitor targeting similar parents, students, and schools.

Broad incumbents

• Quizlet: Consumer-and-school study practice platform with mobile apps, including teacher tools. Comparable in mobile-first, freemium learning model and student/teacher dual GTM, though Quizlet serves older students and a wider subject range.
• Duolingo: Large, well-funded gamified learning app with a kids/ABC product and broader subject ambitions. Comparable as a high-engagement consumer learning app, though Duolingo's primary domain (language) only partially overlaps with Peekaboo's literacy/math focus.
• BrainPOP: Established K-12 digital content provider with apps across multiple subjects. Comparable in targeting schools and parents with standards-aligned educational content, though broader in subject coverage and B2B-heavy.

Emerging players

• Photomath: Mobile-first math learning app with step-by-step problem solving. Comparable as a consumer mobile math learning product targeting students and parents, intersecting Peekaboo's MathEdge and Learn Math Facts users.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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