Prodigy, a game app for learning maths and English
Game apps
Description: Prodigy is an online role-playing game for young learners to improve their maths and English. Learners create a wizard character and embark on an adventure to defeat monsters and earn rewards by solving maths or English problems. Prodigy covers mathematical topics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and geometry, together with many English grammar elements. The game adjusts to the player's level and progress, allowing users to learn at their own pace. It offers a free limited version and requires login for use, although this is limited to username and password for students. Prodigy Education was created by Alex Peters and Rohan Mahimker in 2011.
Evaluation: Prodigy is a valuable tool since it makes learning maths and English more fun and entertaining for young students through its gamified interface. It can be used as a complementary resource to engage students of younger age, for example for 20 to 30 minutes a day. However, as with any game, Prodigy must be used in moderation since learners can get addicted to it. It provides reliable research articles assessing its positive impact on students’ language learning process.
Cost: Free limited version with registration + paid plans available.
Usability and tech notes ▼
Time efficiency 
Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: Medium.
Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: English.
Respect for privacy What data does the tool collect and why? What security measures are there? GDPR compliant? : High. Prodigy collects various types of user data, such as name, grade and location. It also collects different types of cookies used for specific purposes, among which marketing. However, Prodigy does not use personal information collected from students for target advertising and does not allow third-party data collection. It has several security measures in place, among which is encryption. Prodigy acknowledges users’ rights to access, modify or delete their data. It states compliance with the GDPR. See more here and here.
Saving work for future use Can work be saved for future use?: Yes, the game starts where it was left in the previous session.