Why we started Oskoole

About Oskoole

“He wasn’t struggling with technology. He was struggling with having to ask.”

For years my father-in-law asked me tech questions. How do I attach a photo to an email? Why has this stopped working? Small things, easily answered.

But he lives overseas. He’d write in his morning and I’d reply in the middle of his night. By the time the answer arrived, the moment had passed.

Then I noticed he’d started saving his questions up, two or three at a time, so he wouldn’t be a nuisance.

So we built something he could ask whenever he wanted, wherever he was. Something patient, happy to explain the same thing again, and that keeps the answer for him. That became Oskoole.

Matt, co-founder

Matt’s family, including his father-in-law, outside a white-walled house.
The family that started it.

What we built

A place to ask any tech question, any time, and get clear steps with pictures and a voice reading them out, in 76 languages.

Every subscription also includes Brain Skoole: a few minutes of memory and attention games a day.

We’re not trying to make everyone a tech expert. We just want help to be there the moment you need it.

See how it works

The Oskoole question screen: What do you want to learn today?

No rush. No jargon. No judgement.

We don’t want you to have to save up your questions.