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Say anything. The goat says it back!

echoGOAT is a fluffy little goat that pops its ears up, listens, then repeats every word your kid says in the squeakiest voice ever, and dances while it does it.

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  • No ads
  • No accounts
  • No internet needed
  • Nothing is saved
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Meet the goat.

See what happens when a kid says hi, whispers a secret and shouts "WOW!" The goat in this video is the real app, recorded straight off the screen.

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Read what's said in the video
  1. Watch what happens when you say hi to this goat.
  2. Kid: Hi goat! Goat: Hi goat!
  3. It says it right back, in the squeakiest little voice you've ever heard.
  4. My son has a talking cactus toy. He carries it everywhere, and he's broken it twice.
  5. So I made him a friend that can't break. A goat that lives on the tablet.
  6. When your kid talks, its ears go up, and it listens.
  7. Kid: Can you say my name? My name is Max. Goat: (the same, squeaky)
  8. The moment they stop, it says the whole thing back, and dances.
  9. Whisper, and it whispers. Kid: I have a secret. Goat: (whispers it back)
  10. Shout, and, well... Kid: Wow! Goat: WOW! (stars and confetti)
  11. Giggles, claps, even burps. It copies them all.
  12. And when playtime is over, it drifts off to sleep.
  13. Now, for the grown-ups. No ads. No accounts. No internet.
  14. Nothing your child says is ever saved, or sent anywhere.
  15. Get it on your tablet today. Their new best friend is waiting.
  16. Kid: Night night, goat. I love you. Goat: Night night, goat. I love you.
How it works

No buttons. No menus.
Just talk.

The goat with its ears up, listening

Your kid talks

"Hi goat!" A song. A secret. Their whole name, twice. The goat's ears pop up and it leans in to listen.

The goat talking with its mouth wide open

They stop, it answers

Less than half a second after they stop, the goat says the whole thing back. No button to press, ever.

The goat bouncing with stars around it

Squeak! And it dances

Same words, same timing, way squeakier. It bounces and wiggles to its own voice, and the flowers hop along.

Just like the talking toys kids already adore, except this one never needs batteries and can't snap when it's dropped behind the couch.

The goat notices

It hears how they say it.

Every goat reaction is drawn live as it happens, so it never does exactly the same thing twice.

"Hi goat!"The goat saying hi back

Talk → it talks back

Its mouth makes the real shapes: wide for "ah", stretched for "ee", round for "oo".

"psst... a secret"The goat whispering, glancing sideways

Whisper → it whispers

It says it back just as quietly, ears down, peeking sideways like you're sharing a secret.

"WOW!"The goat shouting with its eyes squeezed shut and stars bursting around it

Shout → party!

Eyes squeezed shut, a big jump, stars, confetti, and a shockwave right across the meadow.

*boop*The goat giggling with hearts over its head

Tap it → giggles

Boop the goat and it giggles and hops, with little hearts. Tap the meadow and it looks over to see.

*clap clap* · *burp*The goat startled, with an exclamation mark

Any sound → copied

Claps, giggles, barks, burps, raspberries. If your kid can make the sound, the goat makes it back.

The goat asleep with a Z floating up

Quiet → nap time

When nobody's playing, the sky turns to dusk and the goat dozes off. Any sound wakes it up.

Why I made a goat.

My son loves his talking cactus toy. You know the kind: you talk, and it says it back in a funny voice. He carries it everywhere.

He's also broken it twice. The battery wires snap. Both times I opened it up and soldered it back together, and right now it's waiting on a new speaker.

The magic of that toy is so simple: you talk, it talks back. A tablet can do that. A tablet doesn't snap when it's dropped, and it never needs batteries.

So I made echoGOAT. First I copied the cactus carefully, because kids love it exactly the way it is: the goat answers the moment you stop, at the same speed, just higher. Then I gave it a goat that listens with its ears, giggles when you boop it, and throws a confetti party when you shout.

And because I made it for my own kid, there are no ads, no accounts, and it never goes online. It's just a toy.

I hope your kids love it.

— A dad, and the maker of echoGOAT

The goat, happy, with hearts

No batteries.
Nothing to snap.
Lives on the tablet you already have.

For grown-ups

The grown-up stuff.
(It's short.)

echoGOAT is a toy, not a platform. Here's everything it doesn't do.

No ads. Ever.

Not for other apps, not "for grown-ups", not at all. Your kid sees a goat and a meadow.

No reading, no menus

There's nothing to read and nothing to tap through. If your kid can talk (or giggle), they can play.

Works offline

No Wi-Fi or data needed: car rides, planes, grandma's house. Everything the goat does happens right on the tablet.

Nothing is saved

The goat holds on to what it heard just long enough to say it back, then forgets it. No recordings are kept, and nothing leaves the tablet.

No accounts, no tracking

No sign-up, no email, no analytics, no data collected from your child, or from you.

A grown-up corner

Settings hide behind a gear you press and hold for a second and a half. Little fingers tap; they don't hold.

App store privacy label: Data not collected

Privacy policy · Children's privacy (COPPA)

Get the goat

Bring the goat home.

One goat.
Endless giggles.

It lives on the tablet you already have: no batteries, nothing to snap, nothing to lose under the couch.

  • The goat and everything it does
  • Works offline, anywhere
  • Nothing your kid says is saved
  • No ads
  • No accounts
  • No tracking
Questions

Parents ask.

What ages is it for?

It's made for little kids, roughly 2 to 7: anyone who thinks a goat repeating them is the funniest thing in the world. There's nothing to read and nothing to tap through. Grown-ups are allowed to play too.

Does it record my child?

It listens through the microphone, because that's how the goat hears. It keeps what was just said in the tablet's memory (up to about 6 seconds) only long enough to say it back in the squeaky voice, then throws it away. It never saves a recording to the tablet, and it has no way to send one anywhere.

Does it need Wi-Fi or data?

No. Everything happens on the tablet, so it works on planes, in the car, and anywhere else. Download it once and you're set.

Are there ads?

No. echoGOAT never shows ads, to kids or to grown-ups.

Which devices does it work on?

It's on its way to the App Store (iPad and iPhone), Google Play (Android tablets and phones) and the Amazon Appstore (Fire tablets). It's made for tablets and works on phones too.

How loud does it get?

It says things back about as loud as it heard them: a whisper comes back as a whisper, and a shout comes back big (with a confetti party). Your tablet's volume buttons set the top limit.

Can it say long sentences?

It listens for up to about 6 seconds at a time, like the talking toys it's based on, then says it all back. Plenty for "Hi goat, my name is Max and I'm four and a half!"

Will it work in a noisy room?

Yes. It learns the room's steady background sound (a fan, a car, a dishwasher) and filters it out, then answers anything louder than the room. Fair warning: like the toys it's based on, it'll happily repeat the TV too.

Why does it ask for the microphone?

The goat needs to hear your kid to answer. If you tap "Don't allow", the goat can't hear anything; you can turn the microphone on later in the tablet's Settings. Press and hold the gear in the app's corner to see what to do.

Go on.
Say hi.

Their new favorite friend is a goat. It has been waiting very patiently.

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The goat, waiting sleepily
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