https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/feed.xml 2026-10-19T00:00:00Z https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#redesign2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

A fuller home page: the next Eiken, Kanken and CAP test days with the tools that practise the same skills, a clearer how-it-works, more answers for parents and a new footer. The Plus page now takes pre-registrations, and pages show a little larger on big screens.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#search-icon2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Pencilhop pencil icon is now provided in PNG format as well as SVG for browsers and search results.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#assistants2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pencilhop is now live at pencilhop.com. AI assistants and search engines get a catalogue of every tool in all four languages (/tools.json) and a fuller llms.txt, and the privacy page now explains how robots and test visits are kept out of the anonymous totals.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#six-more2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Six more tools: a level ladder (three clean sheets to move up), a soroban to read, set and add on, hangul blocks to build and hear, column sums checked digit by digit, a map puzzle for Japan's 47 prefectures, Korea's 16 provinces and cities and Taiwan's 22 counties and cities, and finger tracing for hiragana and katakana with the stroke order checked.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#offline2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pencilhop now works offline: tools you have opened once keep working without a connection, and you can add Pencilhop to your home screen. Buttons and choices are bigger on phones. Clear this device also deletes the offline copy.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#seven-more2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Seven more tools: flash mental math (with a projector mode for classes), clock and money with local coins, make-10 cherry sums, tracing sheets for hiragana, katakana, hangul and zhuyin, a reading-aloud log with a homework timer, a practice calendar and reading card, and a certificate for effort.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#live-view2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Watch from your phone: pair a parent's phone with the practice tablet by QR code and follow each answer, ○ mark and the timer live, end-to-end encrypted. Send a stamp to cheer; it appears between problems. The Plus waitlist is open.

Pencilhop https://pencilhop.com/whats-new/#launch2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pencilhop opens with seven practice tools: the 100-cell grid, times-table sprint, worksheet maker (with QR answer keys on every print), word cards with sound and spaced review, dictation with parent-voice recordings, and typing practice for English, 한글, romaji and 注音. Plus a weekly report to send to family, a result QR for parents, and exam fact pages.

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