BE THE ANIMAL
An iPhone app that maps a child's facial expressions onto a cartoon animal face in real time — and asks for nothing in return.
Live expression mirror
Smile and the fox smiles back. Winks, puffed cheeks, stuck-out tongues — eight animal friends copy every face, ears and all.
Eight face-controlled games
Catch falling food with a wide-open mouth, blow out birthday candles, wink to collect stars, roar the ghosts away. No buttons — only expressions.
Four seasonal packs included
Christmas, Halloween, Harvest Moon and Lunar New Year outfits and scenes — from Santa hats to lucky pouches. Nothing sold later.
Sticker book & Game Center
Collect stars to unlock 48 stickers, and take on the family in Arcade Mix with daily and weekly leaderboards.
Replay videos
Record a round, then replay your own expressions on any of the eight animals. Or talk while you record in Mirror mode: the animal's face, your real voice.
Works without the camera
Decline the camera permission, or hand it to an older device, and Touch Puppet mode keeps every game playable.
🔒 The promise to parents
By default the camera image is never displayed, never saved, and never transmitted anywhere. Apple’s on-device face tracking reads only expression values — "smile 80%" — and those never leave the phone. Photos capture only the cartoon animal. The optional real-face replay (off by default, grown-up check required) still keeps every video on this device. No ads · no in-app purchases · no data collection. Buy it once and it leaves you alone.