villain
Professor Gloom
Turns sunny days into Mondays.
"Cloudy with a chance of me!"
Power
Rains on any parade
Weak spot
Can't stop laughing at knock-knock jokes
4Power
1Speed
5Smarts
0Defense
For kids 5 to 12
Your kid dreams up a hero. We draw it.
Kids pick or write their hero's look, powers and weak spot. PowerUp turns it into a collectible card, epic scenes and a villain worth beating.
Free while we test with a few families.
70% their words
hero
Nightglide
Vanishing into shadows, striking with ghostly speed.
"You can't catch what you can't see!"
Power
Turns into a living shadow and strikes fast
Weak spot
A rare silver sunbeam freezes their powers
1Power
5Speed
4Smarts
0Defense
hero
Captain Pickle
Brave, briny and always on time.
"Dill with it!"
Power
Pickle blast that unsticks anything
Weak spot
Sandwiches
How it works
Three steps to their own legend
- 1
Dream it up
Your kid picks from picture cards or writes in their own words: who the hero is, their power, their weak spot.
- 2
Watch it come alive
PowerUp draws a full-art trading card with a name, a catchphrase and stats, made from their ideas.
- 3
Make a whole world
Epic scenes, a villain, a rival, a movie poster. Every hero lands in their own vault.
Epic scenes
Then they send them on adventures
Each hero gets wide scenes in a look the kid picks: storybook, chalk, anime, noir comic and more.
Two worlds
Grows with your kid
Ages 5 to 8
Sidekicks
- Big picture cards to tap, nothing to spell
- Every question read aloud
- Silly, sneaky villains, never scary
- Storybook, crayon, chalk and paper cut-out looks
Ages 9 to 12
Legends
- They write it first, with sparks when they're stuck
- Spend 10 points on power, speed, smarts and defense
- Build a rival who knows their weak spot
- Comic, anime and noir looks with real action
For parents
Made for kids, run by a parent
No ads, nothing sold
PowerUp exists to make heroes, not to sell your kid's attention.
No chat, no links out
Kids can't message anyone, and nothing on a kid screen leaves the app.
Their name stays home
The AI never gets your kid's nickname, and typed words are checked for personal details.
You hold the keys
A parent PIN guards the grown-up pages. You decide what gets shared.
A person checks shares
Nothing reaches other kids until a real person approves it.
Delete anytime
Remove a kid and everything they made goes with them.
Parents, sign in
We email you a link and a code. No password.
No invite yet? Ask to join