ProudMe
Your buddy, Pebble (AI)
Kid-safe, age-appropriate AI buddy. Voice + text, crisis-safe replies built in.
For kids 7-11
Big habits start small.
The lifestyle app that makes healthy habits feel like a game. Move, eat, sleep, and unplug, one happy kid at a time.
- Activity
- Eating
- Sleep
- Screen time
Customizable in the app, with a gallery of kid-friendly avatars.
Meet your buddy
Hi, I'm Pebble.
A kid-safe AI buddy your child can actually talk to. Built for kids 7-11, reviewed by the LSU lab, and designed to keep the hard moments safe.
Pebble is your kid's quiet check-in friend. They remind you to log your journal, nudge you toward small healthy habits (one more glass of water, a stretch break, an earlier bedtime), and are there to chat when you need to talk something through.
- Mood-first check-ins. Pebble asks how you feel before asking what you did.
- Crisis-safe replies. Any sign of distress routes to 988 and Crisis Text Line, every time.
- Auto-deletes in 30 days. No long-term chat history. No training on your child's words.
Everything kids need in one happy place.
Ten features, two mini-games, one buddy. All built to teach habits, not just track them.
Plate Builder
60-second mini-game. Build balanced plates, score combos, learn MyPlate.
Sleepy Pebble
Sleep-hygiene trivia game with 4 dream-world levels and daily bedtime missions.
Your Buddy's Room
Earn coins, dress up your buddy. 12 skins, 13 accessories, 10 backgrounds.
Journal & Reflections
Log a behavior, share how you feel, get a personalized note from Pebble.
Progress Charts
Weekly + monthly trends, per-behavior insights, best-week celebrations.
24 Real Achievements
Veggie Master, Rainbow Chef, 7-Day Logger and more. Every habit unlocks something.
Daily Streaks
One-tap behavior logging. Live progress ring + pebble nudges to keep you going.
Pediatric-research backed
Goals based on CDC + AAP guidelines for kids 7-11. Designed with LSU researchers.
Kids-safe by design
COPPA compliant, no behavioral tracking. Built to Apple Kids category requirements.
More coming soon
From new mini-games to deeper progress tracking, ProudMe is updated constantly to give kids the best app experience.
What's new.
Updates and release notes. Newest first.
v1.0 · Coming soon
Target: 2026
ProudMe v1 launches on iPhone and iPad
First public release. We're wrapping up Apple App Review prep (IRB approval IRBAM-25-0015 in hand). Once Apple's Kids category review clears, ProudMe ships.
- Your buddy Pebble (AI) with kid-safe, crisis-aware replies (voice + text).
- Plate Builder and Sleepy Pebble educational mini-games.
- Daily streak tracking across Activity, Eating, Sleep, and Screen time.
- 24 real achievements, Your Buddy's Room with skins / accessories / backgrounds.
- Built for kids 7-11, COPPA compliant, built to Apple Kids category requirements.
Beta · In testing
IRB approved 2025-02-05 · IRBAM-25-0015
Closed beta with the LSU lab + partner classrooms
Pebble is running in supervised testing with the LSU Pedagogical Kinesiology Lab and partner elementary classrooms (grades 2 to 6). LSU Institutional Review Board approved the study on 2025-02-05 under protocol IRBAM-25-0015 (continuation 2026-02-04, no further reviews required per 45 CFR 46). A parallel IRB-approved research arm enrolls children ages 11 to 13 via separate paper consent. v1 ships to the App Store once Apple's Kids category review is complete.
Security
Hardened for kids. Reviewed continuously.
Children's data needs more than a checkbox. Here is what ships behind the scenes, and how we keep proving it.
Last reviewed 2026-05-16Encrypted everywhere
HTTPS-only API. Bcrypt cost-12 password hashing. JWT with server-side revocation. iOS Keychain and Android EncryptedSharedPreferences for on-device secrets.
Fail-closed AI safety
Every message from Pebble runs through OpenAI's safety classifier. If the classifier is unreachable, we block the message instead of passing it through. Crisis terms route to 988 and Crisis Text Line.
Ongoing pen testing
Every shipped change is reviewed by an experienced security reviewer before merge. Most recent pass: 8 findings (2 HIGH and 6 MEDIUM) fixed and verified on 2026-05-16.
Audit trail by design
Every safety event (crisis response, harmful-input redirect, moderation outage) is written to an immutable audit log. IRB-reviewable. Exportable on request.
Responsible disclosure
Found something? Email pklab@lsu.edu. We acknowledge within 48 hours and credit security researchers in release notes.
Fast patch cycle
Security fixes go from finding to shipped in hours, not weeks. Every release runs the full automated test suite plus a security review pass before it hits production.
Privacy
Built around the parent, not the advertiser.
No profiles, no data sold. The least amount of data we need, kept the shortest time it is useful for.
Verifiable parental consent
Required before any account is created. COPPA-compliant flow designed with the LSU Office of General Counsel. Parents control the account, not the child.
IRB oversight
LSU Institutional Review Board approved on 2025-02-05 under protocol IRBAM-25-0015. Operated directly by the LSU Pedagogical Kinesiology Lab as a lab-based research project; the App is not run through any child's school.
Your buddy, Pebble's, chats auto-delete
Conversations with the AI buddy are kept for 30 days, then automatically and irreversibly deleted. No long-term chat history, no training on your child's words.
Zero third-party trackers
No analytics SDKs. No ad networks. No behavioral profiling. The marketing site itself has zero trackers. Verified at every release.
Data minimization
We ask for the least we need to make the app work. No phone numbers, no location, no contacts, no photos. Just what each feature genuinely requires.
Parent rights
View, export, or delete your child's data at any time. Email pklab@lsu.edu and we respond within 7 days, usually same-day.
Contact
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