Why we made it
It started with a summer morning.
Geoff would come downstairs to find his eighth grader scrolling social media, enjoying her summer freedom. Around the same time, he asked his sister-in-law, Peyton McDavitt, when his daughter should start preparing for the SAT.
After 20 years in SAT prep, Peyton’s advice was simple: the one thing she can start doing right now is building vocabulary through reading comprehension a few words at a time.
That sparked the idea. What if the apps stayed locked until the day’s words were done? A few minutes of learning before the scrolling, building vocabulary and sharpening reading comprehension long before the pressure of test season.
SATShield brings that idea together with Peyton’s SAT prep experience and the team at Sharp Notions.
We built this for our family. We want to share it with yours.
SATShield at a glance
- What it is
- An iPhone app that turns a teen's daily screen time into SAT vocabulary and test-strategy practice
- How it works
- A parent chooses which apps to lock, and a short daily session of 5–10 words unlocks them until a time the parent sets
- Daily time
- About five minutes, 5–10 words
- Word list
- 300 words drawn from official College Board practice tests and cross-checked against leading SAT prep resources, then reviewed by experienced SAT tutors
- Method
- Five levels to mastery, spaced repetition, SAT question formats and punctuation-cue strategy (the method)
- When to start
- 9th or 10th grade is ideal
- Price
- First 7 days free. Then $9.99/month or $99 for a full year
- Platform
- iPhone (iOS 18 or later), available now on the App Store
- Made by
- The team at Sharp Notions, with Peyton McDavitt’s SAT prep experience
- Contact
- hello@satshield.app
