A whole cast
Dogs, cats, ghosts, dinos, emoji, stick figures and more.
A character studio from Pennsylvania
We make characters talk.
Beyond the Grove builds creative apps for creators, families and classrooms. Our flagship, YipYappy, turns any character, drawing or photo into a talking star, with your voice, your face, an AI voice or any sound.
Yo! I can talk now.
Draw me!
Your show 🎬
Our flagship app
YipYappy. Make your content talk.
Pick a character, build one, draw one or use a photo. Then make it talk, add a scene, music and effects, and share a clip in seconds. It runs on your iPhone or iPad, with nothing to sign up for.
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Your voiceTalk and the mouth follows
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Your faceFace ID tracking
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AI voiceType it, hear it
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Any soundSongs, memos, videos
Build your own
Any type, any color, any face, in a minute.
Scenes and frames
Drop your character into a whole new world.
Effects and music
Confetti, hearts, text and original music you can post.
Coming soon to iPhone & iPad. No weekly charges, ever.
Draw it.
It talks.
It talks.
New in YipYappy
A doodle becomes a co-star.
Draw a character with a finger or Apple Pencil. YipYappy lifts it off the paper, adds blinking eyes and a talking mouth, and puts it on stage, ready for your voice.
- Kid-friendly. A guide shows where the face goes; small gaps in a drawing are closed for you.
- Edit any time. Your strokes are saved, so you can come back and add a hat.
- Works in Kids Mode. No camera, and sharing sits behind a grown-up check.
How we build
Three promises in everything we make.
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Private by design
Face tracking and lip-sync run on the device. No accounts, no ads, no tracking in our apps.
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Honest pricing
A generous free tier, and no weekly subscriptions. Cancel anytime in Settings.
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Made to share
Clips sized for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and YouTube, with original music that's cleared to post.
Our apps
Tools that put characters to work.
YipYappy leads the family. Our web tools for NFT and creator communities are still free to use.
Coming soon
iPhone & iPad
iPhone & iPad
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Studio
Your characters, talking.
We bring the same engine to brands, artists and communities. Tell us about your character and we'll find the right way to give it a voice.
Character packs
Put your collection or artwork inside YipYappy as an official, licensed pack your fans can use.
Talking mascots
Turn a brand mascot into a character that greets, explains and posts, with full arms-and-legs animation.
Custom apps
Branded character apps and web tools, from first sketch to App Store, built mobile-first.
Launch content
Hype videos, character skits and art kits so your team can keep making content after launch.
For classrooms
Every student voice. No student data.
YipYappy needs no student accounts and keeps the camera off in Kids Mode, so a drawing or a character can carry a book talk, an oral report or new vocabulary.
📚 Book talks🏛️ Historical figures🦊 Animal reports🗣️ Language practice➗ Math explainers
About us
Where ideas take root.
Beyond the Grove LLC is a small, independent studio in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. We started by building tools that helped NFT communities post every day, and learned what makes people come back to a creative app: it has to be quick, it has to be fun, and it has to respect the people using it.
YipYappy is everything we learned, rebuilt for everyone, from a first-time five-year-old to a creator posting daily.
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Contact
Let's make something talk.
Character packs, mascots, custom apps, classroom pilots or launch news. Tell us what you have in mind and we'll reply within two business days.