Picture routines for your child — made in seconds

Type a routine like “getting ready for bed”. StepPics turns it into a clear picture sequence your child can follow — ready to display, print, or share.

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Free for your first 5 routines · works on any phone, tablet or laptop

How it works

From “help” to fridge door in three steps

1

Type the routine

Plain words, like you’d say it out loud. No searching symbol catalogues, no cropping, no laminator.

“brushing teeth” →
2

Every step gets a picture

StepPics breaks the routine into small, doable steps and matches each one with a clear symbol — or your own photo of the real thing.

Toothbrush symbolToothpaste symbolBrush teeth symbolRinse symbol
3

Display, print, reuse

Hand over the tablet for a tap-along full-screen mode, export a printable PDF, or reuse the same routine every single day.

▶ Display⎙ PDF↗ Share
Examples

Routines parents make every day

Each one took about 30 seconds — then a tweak or two to make it theirs.

Brushing teeth

5 steps
Get toothbrush
Toothpaste on
Brush teeth
Rinse mouth
Wipe mouth

Getting ready for bed

5 steps
Have a bath
Put on pyjamas
Brush teeth
Read a story
Into bed

School morning

5 steps
Get dressed
Eat breakfast
Socks and shoes
Put on coat
Get on the bus

Going to the dentist

4 steps
Put on coat
Ride the bus
See the dentist
Story after
Who it’s for

At home and in the classroom

For parents & carers

Built for one-handed phone use in the five minutes before the morning routine starts.

  • Start free — 5 routines, no card
  • Reuse the same routine every day
  • Arrange routines into a visual timetable of the day
  • Print it for the fridge or the binder
  • Clone routines other parents share
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For schools & SENCOs

One flat price for the whole school. Teachers get full access on their classroom iPads — libraries stay private to each teacher.

  • One flat price, every teacher included
  • Invite teachers by email — no IT project
  • Tablet-first builder, made for classrooms
  • Whole-day visual timetables, on screen or printed
  • One invoice, under procurement thresholds
Set up your school
Privacy first

Built to know nothing about your child

No child data, by design

No child accounts, names, or records exist anywhere in StepPics. Every account belongs to an adult; routines describe activities, not children.

Photos, handled carefully

Your own photos make routines real — and every upload starts with a clear reminder: objects and places only, never people.

Open, proven symbols

Built on Mulberry Symbols — an open, professionally designed AAC symbol set used in communication tools worldwide.

Pricing

Start free. Stay cheap.

Free

£0
forever

5 saved routines — AI symbols, your own photos and PDF export included.

Personal Pro

£7/mo
or £59/yr

Unlimited routines — everything in Free, no cap.

School

Let’s talk
whole school, flat

Every teacher, every feature, one invoice.

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Questions

Fair questions, straight answers

What’s a PECS-style routine?
A row of pictures showing a routine one small step at a time — a widely used visual support for autistic children. StepPics makes digital ones you can display on a tablet or print, instead of cutting and laminating cards by hand.
Do we need a diagnosis to use it?
No. If your child finds pictures easier to follow than spoken instructions, StepPics will help. Many families use visual routines long before — or without — any formal diagnosis.
Can I use photos of my child?
No — and that’s deliberate. Photos must show objects, places and activities only (the actual toothbrush, the actual front door), never children or identifiable people. It keeps every family’s data safe, including yours.
What if the generated steps aren’t quite right?
Everything is editable: drag steps to reorder, rename them, swap any picture for a different symbol, an AI-generated one, or your own photo. Generation gets you 90% there in 30 seconds; you do the last 10%.
Can teachers share routines with each other?
Any routine can be shared by link — colleagues (or other parents) open it and clone their own editable copy. A shared school-wide library is on the roadmap.

Tonight’s routine could be a picture strip
by the time the kettle boils

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