iPhone · iPad · for the whole family
Smile, and the animal smiles
An iPhone and iPad app that maps a child's facial expressions onto a cartoon animal face in real time — and asks for nothing in return.
Tap an expression. Swap the animal too — this face is drawn live by the same engine the app uses.
The controller is your face
Your child already knows one control scheme perfectly — their own face.
Live expression mirror
Smile and the puppy 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 — free for everyone. At Christmas, record a video letter to Santa: the animal’s face, your own voice.
Sticker book · Pass & Play
Collect stars to unlock 48 stickers. Pass & Play lets 2–4 people take turns on one phone, then a scoreboard crowns the winner — free.
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.
This much is free
The app is free to download. Mirror play is fully open, and one optional purchase opens the rest for good. There is no subscription.
- All of mirror play — expressions, hats, scenes, stickers, photos and video recording
- Three animals (cat, dog, rabbit) and two mini-games
- Pass & Play — one phone, 2–4 players, same games, one scoreboard
- All four seasonal packs — Christmas, Halloween, Harvest Moon, Lunar New Year (plus a video letter to Santa at Christmas)
- Unlock everything, once and forever — five more animals, six more games, Arcade Mix
🔒 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 subscription · no accounts · no data collection. One unlock, and it is optional.
Try it tonight, with your own face
Free to download. One unlock, no subscription.