PizzaDoodle

A drawing app, with a grown-up in the loop

Draw it. Share it. Make it wiggle.

PizzaDoodle is a safe, simple place for kids to make art, trade it with friends, and run drawing challenges. Parents stay in charge of every friend and every sign-in.

No passwords for kids.

The PizzaDoodle logo: a hand-drawn slice of pepperoni pizza
  • Pen
  • Line
  • Rectangle
  • Ellipse
  • Real eraser
  • 24 colors
  • 6 brush sizes

A real canvas, and a reason to share what's on it.

Kids can start with a blank page, finish a masterpiece, and decide who gets to see it.

Draw anything

Pen, shapes, a true eraser, and a 24-color palette. When it's done, name it, save it to My Art, and open it again any time to keep going.

Press Animate

Replay redraws the picture stroke by stroke. Wiggle gives it that jittery cartoon shimmer. Bounce makes every line bob. Rainbow cycles the colors. It all happens right on the device, and nothing gets uploaded.

Share with real friends

Kids ask a friend to connect by username, and a parent says yes. Then they can send art to exactly the friends they pick, and see new doodles in their own feed. Unfriend someone and the shared art goes away on both sides.

Run a drawing challenge

A parent or a kid sets a prompt, like "draw a pizza monster," and invites friends. Everyone hands in a doodle in secret. When the challenge closes, the entries are revealed and everyone votes. No voting for your own.

Three steps from sign-up to first doodle.

  1. Parent signs in with email

    Tap a magic link or type a one-time code. There's no password to make or forget.

  2. Add your kids

    Pick a username and an avatar for each child: pizza, rocket, unicorn, dino, and more. No email address needed for them.

  3. Kids type a username, you share a code

    A 6-digit code goes to your inbox. Read it out, and that device stays signed in for 30 days. Time to draw.

The Parent Portal

Kids get the fun. You get the controls.

Every new friend goes through a grown-up first, and everything you need to see lives in one dashboard.

Open the Parent Portal
  • You approve every friend

    You decide who your kids can be friends with. You can also send a request on your child's behalf.

  • See all their art

    Kids' Art shows every drawing, filterable by child, with full-size view and Animate.

  • Text kids type is checked

    Titles, names and challenge text that others can see are screened for personal info before they show up.

  • Bring the other grown-up

    Invite co-parents to manage the same kids. Grown-ups can doodle too, and share family-only art that kids see under a name like "Mom" or "Dad".

  • Pause sign-ins in one tap

    Need a break? Pause kid logins and sign out their devices from Privacy & data.

  • Your data stays yours

    Download everything we keep, or delete a child or your whole account. Deletions can be undone for 30 days, then they're gone for good.

Built by a dad. Tested by his kids.

PizzaDoodle started as a fun little drawing tool for my own kids, and they still can't stop using it. I rebuilt it from scratch so other families could use it too, with the grown-up controls I wanted as a parent.

Got a pencil-sized idea? Start drawing.

Grab a parent, pick a pizza avatar, and make something wiggly.