The Brain
You'll Never
Have

After age 7, the opportunity is gone.

Press space to tap along

Before age 7, your child's brain can be permanently wired to read earlier, learn languages faster, and play music more proficiently — but only if you act while the window is open.

The discovery

Rhythm predicts reading
from 2 months old

A baby's ability to track rhythm at 2 months predicts their vocabulary size at age 2. The brain encodes rhythm months before it can process phonetics — rhythm is the scaffold that language is built on.

Cambridge BabyRhythm Project · 122 infants · ERC-funded (€2.5M)
The mechanism

Not correlation. Causation.

Rhythm Timing Pitch Speech Reading

Mediation analyses confirm each link in the chain. French musicians who never learned Portuguese matched native speakers' neural encoding of Portuguese vowels — precision transfers automatically.

The proof

8 hours of rhythm games =
months of phonics instruction

3.7x more likely to improve reading
vs control group
β = 0.56 rhythm was the single strongest
predictor of reading gains
Randomized controlled trials
The change

It physically changes
brain structure

15 months of training produces measurable grey matter increases visible on MRI. White matter tracts between hemispheres grow thicker. This isn't learning a skill — it's building infrastructure.

Trained before 6
vs
No early training

Same brain. Same age. Different wiring.

Hyde et al., 2009 · Steele et al., 2013

The deadline

The window closes at 7

Musicians who began training before age 7 outperform those who started after — even with the same total years of practice. Breakpoint analysis confirmed age 7 as the critical threshold.

Overproduction 0–3 yr
Refinement 3–6 yr
Pruning 6–7 yr
Fixed 7+ yr
Bailey & Penhune, 2013 · Penhune, 2011
The payoff

A 40-year head start

70 year-old musician
=
30 year-old non-musician

Adults with childhood training process speech as fast as people 40 years younger. Hearing difficulty is the #1 modifiable dementia risk factor. Early training breaks the chain at the first link.

White-Schwoch et al., 2013 · Lancet Commission on Dementia, 2020

How it works

Three simple steps to rhythmic confidence.

01

Watch

The app shows a rhythm pattern with visual cues — pulses, highlights, and animations — so your child can see and feel the beat.

02

Tap Along

Your child taps the screen in time with the rhythm. The app detects every tap with millisecond precision and shows instant feedback.

03

Level Up

Scores reveal how accurate each tap was. As timing improves, new rhythms unlock — getting faster and more complex over time.

Everything they need to find their rhythm

Powered by a real-time audio engine built for accuracy and speed.

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Real-Time Feedback

The app listens and scores accuracy as your child taps along, providing instant encouragement.

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Adaptive Difficulty

Exercises scale from simple 4-beat patterns to complex rhythms, growing with your child.

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Progress Tracking

See streaks, accuracy trends, and milestones that keep kids motivated to practice.

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Privacy First

No ads, no tracking. Audio processing happens entirely on-device. Your child's data stays private.

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Works Offline

The rhythm engine runs natively on the device. Practice anywhere — no internet required.

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Built for Kids

A simple tap interface with encouraging feedback. No frustration, just fun.

Start building rhythm today

Free to download. No ads. No subscriptions required to get started.