PEX
A virtual pet app
you create with AI
Pex is a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Android. Turn a photo, a drawing or a toy into a one-of-a-kind pixel-art pet, then feed it, play with it and watch it live on your Home Screen.
What is Pex?
Pex is a virtual pet app in the Tamagotchi tradition: a small pixel-art companion with needs of its own. Its hunger, happiness, cleanliness and sleep change through the day, and it counts on you to feed it, play with it and keep it clean.
What makes Pex different is that you design the pet. With Pex AI you start from a photo of your real pet, a drawing, a toy or even a keychain, and the app turns it into a one-of-a-kind pixel-art companion.
Pex is made by one indie developer in São Paulo, Brazil. It is free to download, with an optional Premium upgrade.
Make your own virtual pet in four steps
Pick an image
Choose a photo of your real pet, a drawing, a toy or even a keychain.
Generate your pixel pet
Pex AI turns your image into a pixel-art base pet.
Choose its animations
Pick how your pet moves, from idle and eating to sleeping, cleaning, playing and running.
Adopt it
Give your pet a home on your devices, then feed it, play with it and keep it clean.
Care for it a little every day
Like the classic Tamagotchi, your Pex has needs that change through the day.
Four needs
Hunger, happiness, cleanliness and sleep rise and fall through the day, so there is always something to do.
Six animations
Idle, eating, sleeping, cleaning, playing and running: every Pex reacts to how you take care of it.
It tells you
Neglect it, and your Pex will let you know.
A virtual pet on every device you own
- iPhone: Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Dynamic Island moments, keep your pet visible all day.
- iPad and Mac: Pex runs on both, so your pet is there when you work or relax.
- Apple Watch: your pet becomes a watch face. See Pex on Apple Watch
- Android: get Pex on Google Play, with Cloud Backup to Google Drive.
Virtual pet questions, answered
What is a virtual pet app?+
A virtual pet app is a digital pet you look after on your phone, like a Tamagotchi. It has needs such as hunger and happiness that change over time, and you care for it by feeding it, playing with it and keeping it clean. Pex adds AI, so you can create the pet yourself.
Is Pex a Tamagotchi?+
Pex is an independent virtual pet app in the Tamagotchi style: a small digital companion that needs your care. It is not made by or affiliated with Bandai, the maker of Tamagotchi.
Can I make a virtual pet from a photo?+
Yes. Pick a photo of your real pet, a drawing, a toy or even a keychain. Pex AI turns it into a pixel-art pet, you choose its animations, and then you adopt it.
Is Pex free?+
Yes. Pex is free to download on the App Store and Google Play. An optional Premium upgrade unlocks extra features.
Which devices does Pex work on?+
Pex runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. On Apple Watch it becomes a watch face, and on iPhone it lives in Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets.
Will I lose my pet if I change phones?+
No. With Cloud Backup on, your Pex and its progress are saved to iCloud on Apple devices (sign in with the same Apple ID) or to Google Drive on Android (sign in with the same Google account), so they come back on your new phone.
Adopt your virtual pet today
Free to download on iPhone and Android. Your new companion is waiting.
Tamagotchi is a trademark of Bandai. Pex is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bandai.