# Mr. Baby Paint

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Mr. Baby Paint and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free paint app for toddlers that is fun and educational, with cellular automata patterns that people find striking.

## Why people recommend it

- Attractive, polished look (3 comments): "What a wonderful looking piece of software" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797902)) "Cool project and cool crt monitor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48798362)) "These screenshots look awesome." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797673))
- Unusual cellular automata patterns (2 comments): "I love this! It's like the cellular automata painting system I've been working on for a long time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48798891)) "Some of the patterns you can create are insane" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48798105))

## What people warn about

- Cannot slow down or single-step (1 comments): "This could really use a way to slow it down or single step it to see what is going on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799831))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Kid Pix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kid-pix.md): 23 recommend
- [Tux Paint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tux-paint.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mr. Baby Paint", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mr-baby-paint/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).