✏️ How It Works

Their pencil. Your phone.
Something magical.

Draw a creature on paper, take a photo, and watch AI bring it to life — as a pet they can actually play with.

The Process

Three steps. Endless creatures.

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1

Draw

Your kid creates any creature on paper. A cat, a monster, a dragon. Messy lines welcome — that's what makes each one unique.

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2

Transform

Take a photo with the app. Choose colors, personality, and a special power. AI turns their sketch into a cartoon character in seconds.

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3

Play

The creature is theirs — named, customized, alive. Tap it, drag it, put it in scenes with other pets. It reacts every time.

DoodlePet gallery showing transformed creatures
AI transforms in seconds
✓ Original drawing preserved
AI Transformation

Their sketch, brought to life

Every creature starts as marks on paper. That's the magic ingredient. AI understands the shape and energy of the drawing and creates a cartoon character that's unmistakably theirs.

No two transformations are ever the same — because no two kids draw the same way.

DoodlePet Pet Room with original drawing in a picture frame
🖼️ Original drawing as art
Tap to react
Pet Room

Every creature gets its own home

After transformation, each pet lives in its own room — and the original drawing hangs there as a picture frame. Kids can see exactly what they made, side by side with the character it became.

It's a tiny gallery of their creativity. As they make more creatures, they build a collection of things they actually drew.

DoodlePet Zoo Canvas with multiple creatures playing together
🎪 All creatures together
They react to each other
Zoo Canvas

What if they could play together?

A kid asked me that during testing. So I built it.

The Zoo Canvas is a shared scene where all their creatures can exist at once. Drag pets onto it, move them around, watch what happens when two get close. They wiggle at each other. Kids lose their minds over this.

DoodlePet share screen showing a creature card
📤 One tap to share
Share

Show the world what they made

Every creature can be exported as a shareable card — the character, its name, and a little badge showing it was drawn by hand.

Kids love sending their pets to grandparents. Parents love that the original drawing credit is built right in.

Design Philosophy

Built for play, not for retention

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Pets are always happy

No hunger meters. No decay timers. No notifications begging kids to come back. Pets are exactly as you left them — always glad to see you.

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No ads, ever

Kids don't see advertisements. There's no ad SDK, no sponsored content, nothing designed to pull their attention toward something else.

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Privacy-first

No account required. No data collected about kids. Drawings are sent to OpenAI for transformation, then deleted. Everything else stays on device.

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Creates, doesn't replace

The app only works if kids draw first. Every session starts with a pencil and paper — not a screen. The digital part is the reward for creating something real.

Honest Pricing

Try it free. Pay when it makes sense.

Free

Start Playing

No credit card needed

  • 4 pre-loaded creatures in your gallery
  • 2 free transformations of your own drawings
  • Full Pet Room experience
  • Zoo Canvas access
  • Share any creature
Starter Pack

$2.99

One-time purchase, no subscription

  • 8 more transformation tokens
  • No watermarks on shared images
  • Unlimited gallery storage
  • Everything in Free, forever

Why we charge at all: Each transformation costs about $0.33 in API fees — real money I pay to OpenAI every time a drawing comes to life. The Starter Pack helps cover those costs for the kids who want to make more. No subscription trap. No dark patterns. Just honest math.

Ready to see it happen?

Hand your kid a piece of paper. Let them draw anything. Then show them what DoodlePet can do with it.

Download on App Store — Free