Are you a working millennial parent who is afraid of what you'll do the next time your toddler clicks some ad-bait link inside one of -those- apps? You know the ones. Do you feel a little piece of you die when your kid brings you the same birthday-gate screen and asks why you have to subscribe, and you wonder how to explain late-stage capitalism to an eight-year-old but in, like, a friendly way?
Me too! I still remember when we tied onions to our belts and bought apps with real money and then owned them. Like land, or cattle!
So I made PixelPopper: a pixel paint-by-number app that costs $2.99 once and then leaves your wallet alone forever. No ads. No subscriptions. No "sweetie we only have that feature unlocked on mama's iPad." Not even a "watch a video to unlock." No analytics for Baby's First Data Broker.
And it doesn't even use the internet! Who cares if the plane doesn't have Starlink! At least THIS one works!
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STUFF YOU CAN PAINT
Things! Unicorn, space alien, kitty cat, puppy dog, triple-scoop ice cream, the whole food-and-fantasy pyramid. Adding more with each update.
Masterpieces! For the cultured, discerning tyke: the Great Wave, some guy screaming on a bridge, some Bruegel deep cuts. Some antique pixel art they call "pointillist" for some reason. Hieronymus Bosch pending behavioral review.
Maps! accurate ones: all fifty states, every country in Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, the whole world.
Photos! point it at anything — the dog, the grandparents, a suspiciously large stick — and it becomes a poppable puzzle.
Literally whatever you imagine! Draw your own in a blank grid where kids draw their own pixel art and save it as a puzzle for someone else.
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And when you're done, time lapse your coloring progress in a GIF you can send around to your family and friends.
Also (mostly for grown-ups): pencil mode makes a satisfying little pop on every pixel press, which I find sorta calming. On iPhone every pop comes with a tiny thump. With an Apple Pencil Pro it pops in your hand. You can poke at it until you calm down or the train reaches your stop, idk.
One price and yours forever to carry with you like a lab-grown diamond or some microplastics
