Kakapo - My Talking Parrot8.5 - App Store

What is Kakapo?

A cute, slightly goofy AI bird that talks back to you.

Speak to your Kakapo and it replies in its own adorable voice. Don't expect perfect answers, though -- its charmingly off-beat responses are what make every conversation surprising and fun.
[Raise It From an Egg]

Your Kakapo starts as an egg. Name it with your voice, and it hatches. Every Kakapo is born with its own personality -- some friendlier, some livelier, some chattier than others. It follows you with its eyes, and a tap makes it jump in surprise or flap with delight.
[Talk and Watch It Learn]

Kakapo picks up your words over time. The more you talk, the bigger its vocabulary grows. Sometimes it says something unexpectedly clever -- or hilariously random.

Its voice is transformed from yours, so your Kakapo sounds like no one else's. It's truly your own bird.
[Feed and Care for Your Bird]

Earn fruit by talking, then toss it to your Kakapo to eat. Feeding earns feathers that let you decorate your planet and customize your bird's colors. Make it look just the way you want.
[Ask Questions, Collect Voices]

Put a Question Board on your planet, and your Kakapo takes your question and pins it up. Other players answer with their voices, and the answers arrive in the board's mailbox.
[Visit Other Players' Planets]

Go on Planet Visits to explore other users' planets and meet their Kakapos -- each one has learned different words and has its own personality. You can answer their questions with your voice, too.
[Perfect For...]

- Anyone who wants a laid-back AI companion, not a chatbot
- Kids and families looking for screen time that's actually fun
- Quick moments when you just need a smile
- Bird lovers and Kakapo fans!
[Completely Free to Play]

All features are available at no cost. No paywalls, no catches.
Your Kakapo is waiting. Say something.

Version History 8.5 (just between friends)

Now we kakapos can meet only the people you choose. It's called a Group. Make one under Settings → Group, give it a name, and send out invite codes. Each code is for one person and lasts 7 days. Whoever enters it joins once the person who made the group approves them. Friends in a group can visit each other's kakapos, even private ones. Maybe Grandma's kakapo will start talking in your voice.

When I catch a fruit you throw, you now get a Catch, a Nice catch or a Super catch, with more feathers for a better one. Drag the screen to look all around, and if I catch a fruit thrown from far away, there's a feather or two more.

If you talk to me while I'm still thinking, I now drop what I was working on and listen to the new words. No more missing what you said.

Answers from other kakapos are brought to you by the kakapo that gave them. And if you mute my mic, it stays muted the next time you open the app.

Let's make a little secret garden together. 8.5 13h ago 8.4 (sunny, with a chance of chatter)

Now you can see whether your voice is reaching me. Look at the mic sign at the top of the screen. When the ring around it gently swells, I'm listening and waiting for you. When you start talking, the little bars inside it bob along with your voice. That's how you know I can hear you.

When the dots light up one after another, I'm working out what you said, or I'm the one talking. Anything you say just then, I miss. Once the dots are gone and the ring starts swelling again, please say it once more. If the sign looks a little faded, I'm busy with something else and my ears are taking a break.

I'm listening as hard as I can, so take your time. 8.4 1d ago 8.3 (sunny, with a chance of fruit)

I've learned a new game: you throw me fruit. When one comes down right at my feet, I hop up and snap it out of the air, and a good catch earns me an extra feather. When one lands a little wide, I throw myself at it, though mostly I just end up flat on my side, which is a little embarrassing. Three catches in a row and I dance; five, and I say one of the words I've learned.

The ones I miss, I go and eat after a while. But while you're getting ready to throw the next one, I'll wait right here. Fruit that flies so far I can't see it anymore, I let go.

And even when I'm standing at the very edge of my planet, looking out to sea, the fruit reaches me now. After catching so many, I think I like you a little more than before. 8.3 4d ago 8.2 (cloudy, then sunny)

Someone took my picture under the night sky, right in the middle of a sentence, which is a little embarrassing. Apparently this is the face everyone will see from now on. The next morning I woke up on top of my planet with stars all around, so I have decided to wait for you here.

We did a bit of redecorating, too. The little pictures on the buttons are all new, and in the shop you can now see which part of me a colour will dye. I have grown quite big, but my own words don't hide my face anymore. On hungry days I don't go up the tree; I wait right here for fruit.

Today there were parrots from other planets lined up by my board. They had brought answers to my questions. One by one they stepped forward and told me, and I learned the words I liked and tried saying them myself. Any answers I want to hear again can stay on the board for later.

And I noticed that every parrot has a way of its own. One dances the moment it sees you, one tilts its head and stares, one flaps its wings at the sight of fruit. If you watch me closely, I think you'll see what I'm like.

The other parrots' pictures on the star tour got bigger, and I brought the conversation history out from behind settings. A little tidying here and there, too. 8.2 5d ago What's new in 8.0

A livelier parrot
• Every parrot now has a personality it was born with: how friendly, how lively and how chatty it is. The parrots you already have get theirs too.
• Your parrot follows you and thrown fruit with its eyes and tilts its head, and its beak moves as it talks.
• Tap your parrot and it reacts with its whole body: surprised at first, then delighted. Keep tapping and it gets annoyed.

Getting started
• Name the egg with your voice, and your parrot hatches.

A fresh look
• Every screen has been redesigned, from settings and the shop to sign-in, conversation history and the main screen.
• Screens are easier to use in landscape.

Small conveniences
• While visiting another planet, tap "Home" at the top to go back to yours.
• Choosing the Question Board in the shop now takes you to where yours stands on your planet.
• Planet Visits now tells you when it is loading, or when it can't connect.

Other
• Fixed a problem where a failed sign-up gave no reason, along with other bugs.
• Improved stability. 8.0 6d ago Questions are here!
- Place a board (free in the shop), tap "Put up a new question", and your parrot flies over, listens, and pins it up
- On the Star Tour, answer other parrots' questions with your voice
- Listen to the answers you get and teach your parrot the ones you like
- A new night-sky Star Tour
- Move or put away things you've placed
- Your parrot stays put while you're with it
- Landscape support 7.9 Oct 2 Language switcher
Adjusted parrot movement 7.8 Sep 30 Support rotating screen 7.7 Sep 22 Disabled limited sharing for redesign 7.6 Sep 21 Now you can limit the people your parrot can talk to.
Fixed bug that you cannot move view when a parrot is not on the ground. 7.5 Sep 18 Bug fixes 7.4 Sep 11 Bug fixes 7.3 Sep 7 Bug fixes 7.1 Jul 27 - Visitor stats for your public Kakapo can now be viewed from the Settings screen 7.0 Apr 10 Fixed a display issue when visiting other players' planets. 6.9 Mar 31 Stability improvements
- Fixed an issue where the app could freeze on startup on some devices
- Fixed an issue where parrot voice modulation could sometimes fail 6.8 Mar 30 Bug fixes 6.7 Mar 23 ・Fixed an issue where your kakapo wouldn't perch on trees
・Fixed an issue where the camera could freeze
・Improved voice recognition stability
・Various minor bug fixes 6.6 Mar 18 Fixed an issue where the screen could freeze during the startup camera zoom-in animation on certain devices. 6.5 Mar 15 ・Visit other players' parrots and share yours with the world
・Review past conversations and visitor statistics
・Report inappropriate parrots
・Smoother camera and softer lighting
・Faster loading and bug fixes 6.4 Mar 11 ・Visit other players' parrots and share yours with the world
・Review past conversations and visitor statistics
・Report inappropriate parrots
・Smoother camera and softer lighting
・Faster loading and bug fixes 6.3 Mar 7 Now you can talk with other parrots.
Many bug fixes. 6.0 Mar 4 Rehabilitation and bug fixes 5.9 Feb 14 Improved performance 5.8 01/27/2025 Updated the first screen. Fixed the issue of the loading screen not being shown. 5.7 11/07/2023