Question 1

What is Hoowee™, exactly?

Accepted Answer

Hoowee™ is a home for short animated tall tales. People record a story in their own voice, our team animates it, and everyone gets to watch the result. You can be a viewer, a teller, or both.

Question 2

Do I need an account just to watch?

Accepted Answer

No. Every published tale is free to watch with no account and no sign-in. An account is only needed when you want to submit a story of your own or keep track of your submissions.

Question 3

How do I submit a story?

Accepted Answer

Tap Create, hit record, and tell your tale. When you're happy with the take you can add a title, notes for the animators, and up to five reference photos before you send it in.

Question 4

How long can my recording be?

Accepted Answer

Up to two and a half minutes. The timer changes colour and your phone buzzes as you get close to the end, so you have time to land the ending rather than get cut off.

Question 5

What does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Watching is free, forever, and so is submitting. You only pay when you want your tale animated: $29 for a short tale, $49 for the full 2.5-minute version. Buy a pack of three or five and the credits never expire. There's no subscription.

Question 6

Can I choose the animation style?

Accepted Answer

You can request one: line drawing, colour animation, or photorealistic. Hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation is a quoted premium add-on. Requests guide production, but the final creative direction is ours so the tale lands as well as it can.

Question 7

Why upload reference photos?

Accepted Answer

They help our animators get faces, pets, places and props right. Label each one so we know what we're looking at. Photos are used for reference - they aren't published unless you ask.

Question 8

How long until my animation is ready?

Accepted Answer

We use AI-assisted tools to speed up production, so typical turnaround for a full video is one day. Timing still varies with the queue and complexity of the story. You can follow the exact stage - submitted, under review, in production, published - on your Mine page.

Question 9

Does every submission get animated?

Accepted Answer

A human reviews each one. If we can't make yours - for rights or content reasons - you aren't charged, or your credit goes straight back.

Question 10

Who owns my story once it's animated?

Accepted Answer

Your story stays yours. You grant Hoowee™ a licence to animate, publish and promote it; we own the animation artwork itself. You're welcome to share the finished video anywhere you like.

Question 11

Can I take my tale down after it's published?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Ask us at hello@hoowee.com and we'll unpublish it. Copies already downloaded or reshared by other people are outside our control.

Question 12

What isn't allowed?

Accepted Answer

Hate speech, harassment, sexual content, graphic violence, threats, private information about others, and anything you don't hold the rights to. The full list lives in our community and content policy.

Question 13

Can I tell a story about someone else?

Accepted Answer

Only with their permission - and if you upload a photo of a child, you need to be their parent or guardian. Anyone who appears in a tale can write to us and we'll take it down while we review.

Question 14

Why do I see ads?

Accepted Answer

Ads keep watching free for everyone. They never appear on the tale we animate for you.

Question 15

Do I have to subscribe to anything?

Accepted Answer

No. Hoowee™ has no subscription. You pay once per tale, or buy a pack of credits that never expire.

Question 16

Something's broken, or I have a question that isn't here.

Accepted Answer

Write to hello@hoowee.com and a real person will get back to you.