Bonsai

Grow what you practice.

Bonsai turns any skill into a tree of small steps. Practice a step, and your bonsai grows with you.

Sourdough, jazz piano, Spanish, kettlebells. If you can practice it, you can grow it.

Coming soon to the App Store

Learn anything you love.

Music, cooking, languages, fitness, art, gardening and more. Pick from hundreds of skills (and growing!)

The garden screen, with four bonsai trees.

Your garden holds every skill.

Each skill you learn is a bonsai in your garden. See them all at a glance. Watch each one grow as you practice.

A tree for sourdough bread, with its steps by level.

Big skills. Small steps.

Each skill is a tree of small steps. Each step is a guide of what to do and when it is done. Grow one step and unlock the next ones.

The practice timer for a step.

Press start. Then practice.

Pick a step and start the timer for a practice session. Every minute you put in helps your skill and your bonsai grow.

A question to the Sage about lettuce seeds, and the answer.
Premium

Stuck? Ask the Sage.

Get helpful advice tailored to where you are in your journey and what you are working on. Get quick feedback on your progress.

A weekly summary from the Sage, above charts of practice and feeling.

Track your progress.

See your progress with detailed statistics and streaks. Your sessions are saved so you can always look back on your journey. With Premium, every week you get an encouraging note from the Sage.

The Nursery, with trees to plant.

Find a tree, or grow your own.

The Nursery is full of trees made by the Sage and by other people. Plant one in your garden and start. With Premium, make your own tree, or ask the Sage to make one for you.

A wall of badges, some earned.

Earn badges along the way.

Your first hour. A week of tending. Ten hours of sun. Earn colorful badges for dedication and progress.

Learn with your favorite teachers.

Your music teacher, your gym or your cooking school can open an orchard on Bonsai. Scan their code to join their tree. Their coaches approve your steps as you grow.

Teach a class? Open an orchard.

Run a studio, a gym or a school? Bonsai gives your students a clear path to follow, and shows you how they grow.

  • Build your trees step by step in the orchard console on the web.
  • Students join with a code and see every step on their phone.
  • Your coaches approve steps as students finish them.
  • See who practices, how far they got, and when they last practiced.

Register your orchard in the Bonsai app. Then sign in to the console with the app.

Open the orchard console
The orchard console, with the steps of a pasta tree and the card of one step.
A panda gardener waves hello at the door of a greenhouse.

Start growing.

Bonsai is coming soon to iPhone.

Coming soon to the App Store