Pixel Grove

Pixel Grove

A calm color-by-number where the forest lights up as you fill it.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

Pixel art of a dark forest at night: a big old oak, red toadstools at its roots, a crescent moon, and a winding path of square cells glowing amber and mint where they have been colored in
What it is

Coloring that slows you down, in a good way

Pick a picture, match each square to its number, and watch it come to life. There's no timer and no score, and nobody is trying to sell you anything while you color.

Pixel art owl on an oak branch under a crescent moon

No ads, ever

No ads, no pop-ups, no countdowns. Nothing in Pixel Grove is built to trick a kid into tapping. It's a coloring app, and that's all it does.

Pixel art paper lantern glowing amber on a twig, with fireflies around it

The grove lights up

Every picture starts out dark. Fill a square and it glows. Fill enough of them and the whole forest is lit. For bigger moments, splash mode lets you throw color at it.

Pixel art red toadstool with white spots and a small snail on a mossy mound

Packs from real artists

New pictures come in packs made by pixel artists, and they get paid fairly for them. Packs you buy are yours to keep.

Why we made it

A daddy-daughter project

We were on vacation, eating breakfast together, and my daughter and I couldn't quite find a coloring app that worked the way we wanted it to.

So we decided to make one, as a daddy-daughter project. She's the product manager. I write the code.

— Nathan, one half of the team

The same pixel-art forest shown twice: on the left fully colored with glowing mushrooms, lanterns and a moon; on the right still dark and waiting to be filled
The same picture finished, and before the first square.
For pixel artists

Make a pack for the grove

A pack is ten pixel pictures that are safe for kids. You set the price and you keep half of every sale.

Send a link to your portfolio and one sample picture, and I'll write back with the details.

Apply by email