Sidekick chats, plays games, does tricks and tells bedtime stories with kids aged 4 to 12, in words that fit their age. A parent sets it up, nothing is ever sold or shown ads, and safety alerts come straight to you.
Your child's conversations are theirs and yours. Here's what Sidekick does with their data, and what it never does.
Every detail, including which AI providers handle messages, is in the privacy policy.
We're building a named, friendly companion that listens when your child talks and answers at their level. It's voice-first, so kids can simply speak. It's honest about being a computer, not a person. And when something a child says sounds worrying, it points them to a trusted grown-up and lets you know.
This is the real character from the app. Pick one, send it somewhere, and ask for a trick. Tap it and see what it does.
In the app, kids just ask out loud: "Can you do a backflip?"
Why is the sky blue? Kids tap the microphone and talk, or type if they'd rather. Sidekick answers in short, simple sentences, reads its reply aloud, and often asks a question back to keep the conversation going.
Kids can show Sidekick a photo, like a drawing or a pet, and talk about it together.
Quick-tap a joke, a story, a fun fact or a surprise for something sillier.
Kids pick a dog, unicorn, penguin, dragon, capybara or lion, give it any name they like, and choose how it sounds. Then they send it to the beach, a snowy hill, the forest, their bedroom or the moon, by day or by night.
With a parent's consent, a child can record a short sample so Sidekick speaks in a voice that sounds like them.
Ask for a backflip, a spin, a high five or a game of peekaboo, and the sidekick does it. Every character has its own special trick and its own dances.
Tap the sidekick's nose, tummy or paws and it reacts. It looks back at your child and cups an ear to listen when they talk.
Quick tap-and-play games where your child's own sidekick is the hero: catch falling apples, run and jump over logs, find which cup it's hiding under, pop bubbles, unscramble words, and Remember my moves, a Simon Says-style memory game that adds a move every round.
Games that practise words and numbers without feeling like homework.
Tell Sidekick what your child is working on, and it helps along the way, gently and without lectures.
Choose the things your child finds hard, like going to bed on time, eating veggies, screen time, sharing, tidying up or brushing teeth. Add strengths to build, like kindness, patience or bravery, or write up to three goals in your own words.
Sidekick slips your goals into chats and bedtime stories now and then, at your child's level. A dinosaur who stays up too late has no energy to find breakfast. It's never more than once a chat or about one story in three, and Sidekick never says a parent asked.
The parent area shows how often each goal came up this week, so you know what Sidekick has been working on with your child.
Math, spelling, rhyming and word games get easier or harder to match your child's age, so younger kids aren't stuck and older ones stay challenged.
Your child picks a topic, like space, dinosaurs or the ocean, or types their own idea. Sidekick makes up a story for them and reads it in a slower, calmer voice.
A grown-up creates the account, sets up each child's profile and gives consent before a child uses it. Here's what the app does to keep things safe.
Sidekick says it's a computer, not a real person, on the welcome screen, at the top of the home screen and in its own greeting.
Messages go through safety filters and moderation. Sidekick keeps to topics that suit young children and steers away from anything scary or grown-up.
Messages containing a phone number or email address are blocked, and links, phone numbers and email addresses are removed from replies.
If a child mentions self-harm or abuse, Sidekick replies with a fixed, reviewed message telling them to talk to a trusted grown-up, and a critical alert appears on your dashboard.
See each child's week at a glance: minutes, messages, recent safety alerts and any replies your child flagged. Set growth goals and Sidekick nudges them now and then.
Every Sidekick reply has a small flag, so a child can report anything that felt mean, scary or wrong.
After 15 minutes of chatting, Sidekick suggests taking a break.
The parent area sits behind your own PIN, and account settings behind a grown-up check.
No advertising, no in-app purchases, and the Android advertising ID is blocked.
Kids talk only to Sidekick. There are no social features and no way to message other users.
Delete a child profile, or the whole account with every conversation, story, alert and cloned voice, straight from Settings.
The usage stats we keep to improve the app record things like which feature was used and for how long, never what your child said.
AI Sidekick isn't in any app store yet. It's coming to Google Play first, with the Apple App Store to follow. Join the early-access list and we'll tell you as soon as you can try it.
Early-access families try it free. We'll share pricing before the public launch, and people on the early-access list hear first.
English for now. More languages are on the way.
Kids aged 4 to 12. Sidekick adjusts to each child's age: simpler words and easier games for little ones, more depth for older kids. A parent can change the level in the parent area.
Sidekick tells them it isn't. It introduces itself as a computer friend, and the home screen always shows "Sidekick is an AI, not a real person".
To make replies and voices, messages and voice are sent to our AI providers: OpenAI, Google (through OpenRouter) and ElevenLabs. These providers may keep data briefly for abuse monitoring. Conversations are kept with your child's profile while it exists, and you can delete them at any time. The privacy policy has the full detail.
In the app, go to Settings, then Grown-ups, then Delete account. That removes your account, every child profile, all conversations, stories, alerts and any cloned voices. You can also follow the steps on the account deletion page.
No. The app shows no ads and has nothing to buy inside it.
Lunera AI Solutions FZC, a small software company that builds AI-powered apps. Questions about privacy go to [email protected].
Tell us a little about your family and we'll invite you when there's a spot. It goes straight to our team, and we only use it to reply to you.
Please don't include your child's name or other details about them. See the privacy policy.
