Why I built Skillo
"I went looking for NAPLAN practice for my kid. I expected it to take five minutes. It didn't go that way."
— Arvind, founder
What Skillo collects about your child
✓ We keep
Practice progress, XP, streak — linked to a colour, animal and secret image only
✗ We never ask for
Name · Email · Phone · School · Date of birth · Credit card
The account is a colour, an animal, a postcode, and a secret image. That's it.
What it costs
Free
No paywall. No premium tier. No free trial that turns into a charge. Nothing to upgrade to.
Why this matters now
Australia changed its laws on social media for under-16s in late 2025 because too many platforms had built businesses on harvesting children's attention and data. Educational tools were carved out. Kids need to learn online without an age gate.
But the reasoning behind the law applies everywhere children spend time online, whether the law reaches there or not. Edtech has been quietly running the same playbook social media platforms got called out for. Collect everything, build engagement loops, monetise the attention. The law didn't reach edtech. It should have.
So Skillo applies the same standard voluntarily.
What we're committing to
Skillo is free for individual families. Forever, as far as we're concerned.
We will not collect personal data about children. The privacy policy is the floor, not the ceiling.
We will not sell anonymous usage data to third parties.
If any of this changes, this page will say so before it does.
About Arvind
Arvind Bhatt
LinkedInArvind Bhatt is a Melbourne-based technology executive with 20 years building data systems for global organisations, most recently as Senior Director of Data and Technology at Common Sense Media. He built Skillo because the tools available to his family didn't meet the bar he'd been holding others to.
No account needed. Takes 30 seconds.
Skillo is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ACARA. NAPLAN® is a registered trademark of ACARA.