Funancers, Where Fun Meets Finance

15 seconds

Learn it faster than a snack break.

Tap to walk. Solve the P&L to get paid. Save it, grow it, and keep your life happy. That is the whole game, and the learning hides inside.

Why we built this

Most kids learn about money the hard way, as adults.

Schools teach algebra and the water cycle, but rarely how to save, spend, and not blow a paycheck. Funancers turns those lessons into an adventure kids actually want to play, so the habits stick before the mistakes cost real money.

Age 7

Researchers have found that core money habits are largely formed by age seven.

35+ states

now require financial literacy to graduate. Almost none start before high school.

$0

is what most schools spend teaching money before high school. We start at five.

The three lessons, hidden inside the fun

Every choice teaches something real.

Earn

Run real businesses

Set your lemonade price, mow lawns, walk dogs. Every job opens with a math challenge that adapts as your kid gets sharper, no worksheet in sight.

Grow

Watch money grow itself

The Piggy Bank pays 10% every month. Kids see compound interest snowball, and learn that money saved early grows the longest.

Live

Balance a whole life

Health, Fun, and Love meters mean you can't just grind for gold. The real win is a full piggy bank and a life worth living.

How a month in Funancers works

Explore. Decide. See what happens.

1

Explore the town

Tap where to go. Your character walks there, easy for little hands.

2

Run a business

Pick a job, solve the money math, and earn. Get it right, get paid.

3

Save or spend?

Grow it at the bank, treat yourself, or give a gift. Real trade-offs.

4

Head home to sleep

The sun sets, the day ends, and interest grows overnight. Repeat!

For parents

You'll actually know what they learned.

After every adventure, Funancers hands you a plain-English report: how the math went, how much they saved, and one question to spark a real conversation at dinner. No ads. No loot boxes. No pressure to buy anything.

Grown-Up Report

Your Funancer's adventure · 12 months played

Math accuracy88% · Level 2

Saved from earnings64%

Free interest earned$41.20

Life balance keptKept in balance

Ask your Funancer: "Why did the money in the Piggy Bank grow all by itself?"

For teachers & schools

Bring Funancers to your classroom, free to pilot.

It runs in any browser, including Chromebooks, with no accounts or downloads to wrangle. We'll set up your class, provide a short pre/post activity, and hand you the learning data. We're onboarding a small group of pilot classrooms now.

Request a classroom pilot Email us directly

Our story

A dad, an 8-year-old, and one summer.

We built Funancers together at our kitchen table. He is the co-designer: he found real bugs, redesigned the meters, and invented free play mode. We made it because most schools still do not teach kids how money works, and we think that is a gap worth closing early. Our rule was simple: fun first, finance hidden inside. Fun plus finance. That is the name.

This is a summer project we are sharing to learn. Play it with your kid, then tell us the truth below. Kids' opinions count double.

Feedback

Tell us the truth. Kids included.

What was fun? What was confusing? What did your kid say out loud? Every note shapes the next version.

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