Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Pastel
Never throw away your child's drawings again
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hey HN! I used to spend hours drawing all kind of things as a kid. Sadly though, those drawings are long gone. Inspired by this, I created DoodleDreams. A webapp that brings drawings to life using AI and stores them as memories. You can always look back at the drawings, see who made them, and even know the age they were drawn at. I thought it was a fun way to preserve those memories. What do you think? Viktor
2024 · doodledreams.cc · its alternatives →
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Open Doodles▲687A collection of free sketchy illustrations
2019 · opendoodles.com · its alternatives →
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Shelf-Life▲80Liven up your home page by adding little pixel-art objects
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Buki▲8Turn children’s drawings into private keepsake books
Sep 2026 · buki.expo.app · its alternatives →
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Create endless coloring pages for your children
2023 · magictellers.com · its alternatives →
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Royalty-free illustrations for your projects
2019 · manypixels.co · its alternatives →
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Drawings Alive▲108Bring your kid's drawings to life with AI
2024 · drawingsalive.com · its alternatives →
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Making coloring pages out of your own personal photos is a fun and creative way to engage kids (and adults!) with art. Instead of generic coloring pages, you can turn special memories into custom works of art just waiting to be filled in with color.
2024 · portraitart.app · its alternatives →
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DoodleChest▲10Safe Digital Storage for your Kids' Artwork
2025 · doodlechest.app · its alternatives →
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Capsule▲55Keep the best memories before they fade
Jun 2026 · capsulememories.app.link · its alternatives →
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Fun printable worksheets to boost kids’ creativity
2022 · littlebigartists.com · its alternatives →
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Take one photo a day - receive them in the post every month
2023 · mosaicjournal.com · its alternatives →
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Epigraph▲81A Beautiful Online Baby Album - Powered by Instagram
2014 · epigraph.co · its alternatives →
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LoveCapsule▲76Your child’s memories, stored in your Google Drive—forever.
Apr 2026 · lovecapsuleapp.com · its alternatives →
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Save kids’ art digitally — without the paper chaos
Jan 2026 · artkeep.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built this free and open-source tool out of frustration with how difficult it is to share vacation photos and pictures of our kids with friends and family. There is no tool that lets me create a shareable web gallery with a great mobile experience, the ability to add detailed descriptions, and no login required. The CLI tool scans a folder and all sub-folders for photos and videos, generates thumbnails optimized for speed and finally creates a static web site to showcase the photos and tell their story. As the gallery is static, you can easily self-host it on any static hosting…
2025 · simple.photo · its alternatives →
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Coloring pages you can personalize, print, or color online
2025 · coloringpictures.ai · its alternatives →
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