S&S Apps develops learning and rating products
2016–2026; formations 2018/2020/2021 · California; New Jersey; Utah; national
S&S Apps, the company behind StoryLabs and later the National Book Rating Index, incorporated in California on January 24, 2018. Aaron Stephens had released The Resource Queue, a tool for organizing teaching resources, on November 14, 2017.
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StoryLabs registered storylabs.online on July 20, 2018 and storylabs.app on September 3. S&S Apps registered the STORYLABS trademark for foreign-language learning apps on April 30, 2019; its application claimed first use on July 11, 2018.
On June 8, 2020, iKeepSafe announced StoryLabs' FERPA and California student-privacy certifications and quoted Brooke Stephens as cofounder. The HEART curriculum also names her on its advisory board and identifies S&S Apps as its digital provider.
S&S Apps registered in New Jersey as a foreign LLC on August 21, 2020 (entity 0600468934). Its stated business purpose is "Online Delivery of K-12 Curricula: World Language Reading & Sex Education." It moved its registration to Utah on January 13, 2021 (entity 12115414-0160).
A fall 2021 conference program lists a StoryLabs subscription among its 2020–2021 resource grants. It gives no amount or exact subscription dates.
On July 8, 2026, S&S Apps registered SCHOLAR'S LAB as a Utah assumed name (Business ID 14713126-0151), with Stephens as registered agent.
Documented
Who and what is involved
- Institutions
- Company registries; teacher conferences; certification body
- People and recorded roles
- Brooke/Aaron Stephens
- Organizations, bodies and vendors
- S&S Apps; StoryLabs; iKeepSafe; ACTFL/CLTA
- Laws, rules and procedures
- Company registrations; FERPA/California privacy certification scope
- Products and information systems
- Simple Progress; Resource Queue; StoryLabs; Scholar’s Lab
Sources (16)
- D215Archived app listing and release history (opens in a new window)
- D216California business search: S&S Apps (opens in a new window)
- D217Source · StoryLabs registers its website domains · July 20, 2018 (opens in a new window)
- D218USPTO trademark search: STORYLABS (opens in a new window)
- D219iKeepSafe — Storylabs FERPA and California Student Data Privacy Certifications, June 8, 2020 (opens in a new window)
- D220HEART curriculum PDF (opens in a new window)
- D221New Jersey filing ordered and saved by Sam (PDF, page 2) (opens in a new window)
- D222New Jersey business records search: entity 0600468934 (opens in a new window)
- D223CAAS 2021 conference program, page 8 (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D224S&S Apps moves its registration to Utah · January 13, 2021 (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D225S&S Apps registers Scholar’s Lab · July 8, 2026 (PDF) (opens in a new window)
- D226March 2018 CLTA program (PDF, page 8) (opens in a new window)
- D227ACTFL’s 2019 LaunchPad (opens in a new window)
- D228StoryLabs describes its platform and co-founders (opens in a new window)
- D229StoryLabs trademark record (opens in a new window)
- D230StoryLabs name tag on video
Earlier research pages
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated November 14, 2017
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated January 24, 2018
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated July 20, 2018
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated April 30, 2019
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated June 8, 2020
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated August 21, 2020
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated 2020
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated January 13, 2021
- Brooke Stephens chronology, entry dated July 8, 2026
- Organizations and services, section storylabs
Open question
What customer contracts, dates and product changes connect each service?