Mr. Baby Paint
Ranked 2 of 3 children's drawing apps by recommenders
A free paint app for toddlers that is fun and educational, with cellular automata patterns that people find striking.
A free paint app for toddlers that is fun and educational, with cellular automata patterns that people find striking.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Attractive, polished look
“What a wonderful looking piece of software”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata” “Cool project and cool crt monitor”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata” “These screenshots look awesome.”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata” Unusual cellular automata patterns
“I love this! It's like the cellular automata painting system I've been working on for a long time”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata” “Some of the patterns you can create are insane”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Cannot slow down or single-step
“This could really use a way to slow it down or single step it to see what is going on.”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata”
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The two most recommended other children's drawing apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 children's drawing apps, rankedWhat people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“A blank space app where all the interface elements and interactions and ideas are made from scratch.”
“This could really use a way to slow it down or single step it to see what is going on.”
“What an awesome paint program and what a great write up.”
“I love this! It's like the cellular automata painting system I've been working on for a long time”
“Cool project and cool crt monitor”
“Some of the patterns you can create are insane”
“What a wonderful looking piece of software”
“These screenshots look awesome.”
“I made a paint app for toddlers recently, exactly because I couldn't find anything fun & useable & educational”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.