Splat’s app uses AI to turn your photos into coloring pages for kids

A new app called Splat is turning any smartphone photo into a personalized coloring book page, using artificial intelligence to transform family snapshots or stock images into cartoon-style outlines ready for crayons and markers.

Developed by the team behind photo-sharing app Retro, Splat addresses a common parental frustration with online coloring pages cluttered with ads or hidden behind paywalls. Parents can snap a picture or choose from kid-friendly categories like animals and space, then watch AI convert it into anime, comic, or 3D movie styles for either on-screen coloring or home printing.

The app skips tedious sign-ups, instead walking users through customization during their first creation. After one free trial, it costs $4.99 weekly for 25 pages or $49.99 annually for 500 pages, with parental controls requiring a birth year to prevent accidental purchases.

Splat joins a growing wave of AI-powered creativity tools for children, including Stickerbox for custom stickers and Casio's personality-developing robotic pet Moflin, all designed to spark imagination through cutting-edge technology.