Sapelia The clearest path between the school curriculum and real learning
A gamified learning platform for Brazilian elementary school: paths aligned with the national curriculum (BNCC), skill-by-skill tracking, and one subscription that covers the whole family — on the web and on mobile.
What Sapelia is
Sapelia turns Brazil's official curriculum into learning paths in the style of the best language-learning apps — but anchored in school reality: every lesson connects to a national-curriculum skill and to the school term the class is in.
The calendar informs, it never blocks: students study what the teacher covered yesterday, review what was left behind, and never see a red "overdue" — they see "you can catch up in X lessons".
Three differentiators
The Brazilian curriculum as code
Every lesson and exercise maps to an official BNCC skill code. Instead of a single grade, families see "masters 12 of the year's 15 skills" — and new content ships without an app update.
Teaching through mistakes, not just grading them
17 interactive exercise formats, and every wrong option maps to a real, predictable mistake. It's the difference between saying "incorrect answer" and teaching exactly what was missing.
Family first, privacy by architecture
One subscription, up to 4 student profiles, web and mobile. The responsible adult signs up; children never hold their own credentials — child-privacy law (LGPD) built into the product's design, not into a disclaimer.
The Student app
The premium study experience, always in your pocket.
- Gamified paths by subject, term and unit — with XP, levels, streaks and medals.
- 3-to-5-minute lessons with 17 interactive exercise types, from drag-and-drop to number lines.
- Smart review: a practice queue tailored to each student's mistakes.
- Mock tests and a performance dashboard with progress per curriculum skill.
- An academic agenda with classes, activities and a daily study goal set by the family.
- Family profiles: one adult manages, up to four children learn.
The Tutor app
The private teacher's work tool.
- A schedule with class requests, acceptance and history — no double-booking.
- Student management with records, class history and tutor notes.
- Real-time messaging with families.
- A professional profile with subjects, background, pricing and a verified-tutor badge.
- Access to student progress — always with granular authorization from the family.
Business model
Family subscription (freemium): the first term of every subject is free; the Sapelia Family plan unlocks the full school year, up to 4 profiles, videos and the web platform, ad-free. On the roadmap, the tutor marketplace adds a second revenue line through a commission on classes — and the hooks for schools and classes (B2B) are already in the data model.
Where we are and where we're going
Platform live at app.sapelia.com, a complete lesson engine with 17 formats, 3rd-grade Math published (70 lessons, 4 terms) and subscriptions integrated.
App-store launch and AI-assisted curriculum expansion with human review — toward roughly 2,900 lessons covering 4 subjects across elementary school.
A tutor marketplace with integrated payments, and expansion into schools and classes (B2B).
For investors
Sapelia is structuring itself as an education startup in Brazil. If you'd like to dive deep into the project — product, technology and roadmap — get in touch.