# Alpy > Alpy turns your voice recording, or a script read by one of its AI voices, into an illustrated, faceless YouTube video, with no camera and no animation skills needed. - Who it is for: Creators who want a faceless YouTube channel, narrated in their own voice or an AI voice - How it works: Record or upload your narration, or type a script and pick an AI voice → pick a character and see the price → finish the video and download it - Output: Horizontal 16:9 MP4, plus three title ideas, a description and a character-consistent thumbnail - Recording length: 10 seconds to 20 minutes per video - Voice: Your own recording, or one of 6 AI voices (Ash, Coral, Onyx, Sage, Nova, Ballad) reading a script you type, in 4 delivery styles. Alpy does not clone voices - Illustration style: Simple, deliberately amateur MS Paint-style drawings with clean cuts, timed to the narration - Characters: 34 free ready-made characters, or your own: from an uploaded image at no cost, or drawn from a written description (the first one free without a plan, then 10 seconds of video minutes each; Starter 1, Creator 5, Pro unlimited a month) - Before you pay: Setting up a video is free: record or type it and pick a character. You see the price before you pay - Pricing: One video, no subscription: $7 up to 3 minutes, $14 up to 8 minutes, $35 up to 20 minutes. Monthly plans: Starter: $29/month for 20 finished video minutes (about 6 typical 3-minute videos); Creator: $59/month for 50 finished video minutes (about 16 typical 3-minute videos); Pro: $99/month for 100 finished video minutes (about 33 typical 3-minute videos) - Changing scenes: You can redraw any scene of a finished video: 1, 3 or 5 redraws on every video are free (Starter, Creator or Pro), then each uses 10 seconds of video time, returned if the drawing fails - Your content: You keep the rights in your scripts, recordings and finished videos. Alpy does not train AI models on them - Unused minutes: On Creator and Pro, roll over while subscribed, up to 2× the monthly minutes. Starter minutes renew each month - Plan differences: Longest video: Starter 8 minutes, Creator 15 minutes, Pro 20 minutes. Your own characters: Starter 1, Creator 5, Pro unlimited a month. Free scene redraws per video: Starter 1, Creator 3, Pro 5. Pro videos are made first. - Extra minutes: Subscribers can add +30, +60 or +120 minutes for $39, $75 or $139 ($30, $59 or $115 on Pro), used after the monthly minutes and valid 12 months - Speed: A video takes a few minutes more: about 3 minutes for a short one, and usually under 10 even for a 20-minute video - Languages: The studio is in English, but the narration does not have to be: videos have been made from narration in Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, German and Spanish, and the drawings follow what is said - Where it runs: In the browser, on a computer or a phone. No app to install - Script writing: Paste a script straight from ChatGPT or Claude: for an AI voice, its title, section labels and stage directions are left out. An Alpy connector for Claude helps write the script - Project storage: Projects are kept for 30 days; finished videos are downloaded to keep - Support: hello@tryalpy.com ## Alpy is for you if - You want a YouTube channel but not to be on camera. - You want to narrate in your own voice, or type a script and pick an AI voice. - Your videos explain things: money, psychology, science, history, self-improvement, stories. - You can write or talk through a script, but cannot draw or animate. ## It is not the right tool if - You want a cloned voice. Alpy uses your own recording or one of six preset AI voices, and never clones anyone’s voice. - You make vertical Shorts. Alpy makes horizontal 16:9 videos. - You need polished, studio-style animation. The style is deliberately simple. - Your video is longer than 20 minutes. ## Pages - [About Alpy](https://tryalpy.com/about): key facts, who it is for and not for - [Pricing](https://tryalpy.com/pricing): plans, minutes, rollover and paying once for one video - [Characters](https://tryalpy.com/characters): the free cast of narrator characters - [Alpy in Claude](https://tryalpy.com/mcp): write scripts in Claude with the Alpy connector - [Create a video](https://tryalpy.com/create): the studio ## Example videos made with Alpy - [Why You Think Everyone Notices Your Embarrassing Moments](https://tryalpy.com/showcase/spotlight-effect.mp4): Psychology explainer, 3:06, 35 scenes, the cat character, AI voice Sage. Made from a typed script and shown exactly as delivered. - [Why Is the Sky Blue Instead of Violet or Black?](https://tryalpy.com/showcase/why-the-sky-is-blue.mp4): Science explainer, 2:57, 34 scenes, the penguin character, AI voice Coral. Made from a typed script and shown exactly as delivered. - [Why Your Small Subscriptions Add Up to Big Spending](https://tryalpy.com/showcase/subscription-trap.mp4): Money & consumer tricks, 2:45, 35 scenes, the raccoon character, AI voice Ash. Made from a typed script and shown exactly as delivered, with 5 scenes redrawn. - [Why You Can't Tickle Yourself (Your Brain Is Cheating)](https://tryalpy.com/showcase/cant-tickle-yourself.mp4): Science explainer, 2:24, 28 scenes, the stickman character, AI voice Nova. Made from a typed script and shown exactly as delivered. - [Ancient Humans Never Brushed. Their Teeth Were Better Than Yours.](https://tryalpy.com/showcase/ancient-teeth.mp4): History explainer, 2:52, 33 scenes, the ancient stickman character, AI voice Onyx. Made from a typed script and shown exactly as delivered, with 1 scene redrawn. ## Comparisons and guides - [How to make faceless YouTube videos without an AI voice](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-youtube-without-ai-voice): Make faceless YouTube videos narrated in your own voice instead of an AI voice: why it helps, how to record well at home, and which tools illustrate your narration. - [How to make faceless YouTube videos in 3 steps](https://tryalpy.com/how-to-make-faceless-youtube-videos): A 3-step workflow for faceless YouTube videos: get a script, read it yourself or with an AI voice, publish. Includes a copy-paste scriptwriting prompt. - [How to start a faceless money YouTube channel](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-money-youtube-channel): Start a faceless personal finance YouTube channel: 12 video ideas, how to explain money without being boring, what to avoid, and how to illustrate each video in your own voice. - [How to start a faceless psychology YouTube channel](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-psychology-youtube-channel): Start a faceless psychology YouTube channel: 12 video ideas, how to explain behaviour with everyday examples, how to cite research honestly, and how to illustrate it in your own voice. - [How to start a faceless science YouTube channel](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-science-youtube-channel): Start a faceless science explainer YouTube channel: 12 video ideas, how to explain hard ideas with concrete examples, how to fact-check, and how to illustrate it in your own voice. - [How to start a faceless history YouTube channel](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-history-youtube-channel): Start a faceless history YouTube channel: 12 video ideas, a worked opening, how to fact-check history, what YouTube's ad rules say about war, and how to illustrate it in your own voice. - [How to turn a voice recording into an animated video](https://tryalpy.com/turn-voice-recording-into-animated-video): Turn a voice memo, voiceover or podcast clip into an illustrated, animated video: what to prepare, which tools draw the pictures for you, and what to avoid. - [How to make a stick figure video from a script with AI](https://tryalpy.com/stick-figure-video-from-script): Turn a written script into a narrated stick figure YouTube video: an AI voice reads it, a scene is drawn for each part, and the stickman stays the same. - [How to make a survival story video for YouTube with AI](https://tryalpy.com/survival-story-video-youtube): Turn an AI-written survival story (Day 1 to Day 20, 100, or more) into a narrated, illustrated YouTube video: the prompt, the length, the voice, and the pitfalls. - [Can ChatGPT make a video from my script with drawings?](https://tryalpy.com/chatgpt-script-to-video): ChatGPT writes the script and draws single images, but it does not hand you a narrated, illustrated YouTube video. Here is how to turn a ChatGPT script into one. - [How to make an MS Paint style video for YouTube](https://tryalpy.com/ms-paint-style-youtube-video): Make the simple, hand-drawn MS Paint look popular on explainer and storytelling channels: drawing it yourself, hiring it out, or having AI draw it from your narration. - [How to turn a podcast episode into an animated video](https://tryalpy.com/podcast-to-animated-video): Turn a podcast episode or segment into an illustrated, animated YouTube video: which part to use, how to export it, and how AI draws scenes from what is said. - [How to turn a Reddit story into an illustrated YouTube video](https://tryalpy.com/reddit-story-illustrated-video): Make a Reddit story video with drawn scenes instead of gameplay footage: getting permission, rewriting for narration, the voice, and how AI draws each part. - [How to make a whiteboard or doodle video from a voiceover](https://tryalpy.com/whiteboard-animation-from-voiceover): Turn a voiceover into a whiteboard-style doodle video: classic hand-drawing tools where you place every image, or AI that draws a scene for each part of your audio. - [How to make an illustrated story video for kids from your narration](https://tryalpy.com/kids-story-video-from-narration): Read a children's story aloud and turn it into an illustrated video, with one friendly character drawn for each part: what to write, how to record, and YouTube's rules for kids' videos. - [How to make a sketch style video from text with AI](https://tryalpy.com/sketch-style-video-from-text): Turn text into a narrated, sketch-style YouTube video: an AI voice reads it, a simple sketch is drawn for each part, and one character stays the same throughout. - [AI story video maker: turn a story into an illustrated YouTube video](https://tryalpy.com/ai-story-video-maker): Turn a story into a narrated, illustrated YouTube video with AI: survival days, Reddit stories, bedtime stories and true stories, with one character drawn in every scene. - [How to keep the same character in every scene of an AI video](https://tryalpy.com/consistent-character-ai-video): Why AI videos lose their character between scenes, and how to make a narrated YouTube video where one character stays the same from the first scene to the last. - [How to make a cartoon animal explain things in a YouTube video with AI](https://tryalpy.com/animal-character-explainer-video): Make a narrated YouTube explainer hosted by a cartoon animal: choosing the animal, writing for it, and turning the script into a drawn video with AI. - [How to make an animated book summary video with AI](https://tryalpy.com/book-summary-video): Write a book summary in your own words and turn it into a narrated, illustrated YouTube video with AI: structure, length, voice, and what you may not copy. - [How to turn a voice memo into a cartoon video](https://tryalpy.com/voice-memo-to-cartoon-video): Turn a voice memo from your iPhone or Android phone into a cartoon-style video with drawings that follow what you say: what to record, how to upload it, and what it costs. - [How faceless storytelling channels make their drawings](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-storytelling-channel-drawings): The simple drawings on faceless story channels are made three ways: by hand, by a hired illustrator, or by an AI tool that draws from the narration. What each costs in time. - [How to make a simple cartoon history video with AI](https://tryalpy.com/simple-cartoon-history-video): Make a funny, simply drawn history explainer in the style of channels like Oversimplified: script, voice, drawings and what you must not copy, with AI doing the drawing. - [Alpy vs Golpo](https://tryalpy.com/alpy-vs-golpo): Alpy vs Golpo compared: voice, video length, style and price. Golpo writes and voices whiteboard videos with AI; Alpy illustrates your own narration or an AI voice. - [Golpo alternatives for illustrated explainer videos](https://tryalpy.com/golpo-alternatives): The best Golpo alternatives, compared on voice, length and price: Alpy for your own voice, VideoScribe for hand-built whiteboard videos, Fliki and invideo AI for AI-voiced videos. - [VideoScribe alternatives for YouTube videos](https://tryalpy.com/videoscribe-alternatives): The best VideoScribe alternatives, compared on effort, voice, length and price: Alpy draws from your voiceover, Doodly is the closest like-for-like app, Golpo writes whiteboard explainers with AI. - [Doodly alternatives for YouTube videos](https://tryalpy.com/doodly-alternatives): The best Doodly alternatives, compared on effort, voice, length and price: Alpy draws from your voiceover, VideoScribe is the cheaper manual app, Golpo writes whiteboard explainers with AI. - [Alpy vs Fliki](https://tryalpy.com/alpy-vs-fliki): Alpy vs Fliki compared. Fliki turns text into videos with AI voices and stock media; Alpy turns your own narration into an illustrated YouTube video. - [Alpy vs invideo AI](https://tryalpy.com/alpy-vs-invideo): Alpy vs invideo AI compared. invideo AI builds videos from a prompt with stock footage, generated clips and AI voices; Alpy illustrates your own narration or an AI voice. - [Alpy vs HeyGen](https://tryalpy.com/alpy-vs-heygen): Alpy vs HeyGen compared. HeyGen makes AI avatar videos with lip-synced presenters; Alpy turns your own narration into an illustrated, faceless YouTube video. - [Best tools for illustrated YouTube explainer videos](https://tryalpy.com/best-illustrated-explainer-video-tools): The best tools for illustrated and stick-figure YouTube explainer videos, compared on voice, style, length and price: Alpy, Crreo, StickReel, Golpo, VideoScribe and more. - [Best AI tools for faceless YouTube videos](https://tryalpy.com/best-ai-tools-faceless-youtube): The best AI tools for faceless YouTube videos, by what your channel looks like: illustrated, stick-figure, AI presenter, stock footage or Shorts. Voice, length and prices compared. - [StickReel alternatives for stick figure YouTube videos](https://tryalpy.com/stickreel-alternatives): StickReel alternatives compared on voice, length, format and price: Alpy for long YouTube videos in your own voice, Crreo for cheap AI-voiced minutes, Pivot Animator to animate by hand for free. - [Animaker alternatives for faceless YouTube videos](https://tryalpy.com/animaker-alternatives): Animaker alternatives compared on effort, voice and price: Alpy draws every scene from your narration, Vyond builds polished character animation, VideoScribe does hand-drawn whiteboard by hand. - [Vyond alternatives for YouTube creators](https://tryalpy.com/vyond-alternatives): Vyond alternatives for YouTube creators, compared on price, effort and voice: Alpy draws scenes from your narration, Animaker and VideoScribe are cheaper builders, Pictory uses stock footage. - [What an 8-minute faceless YouTube video costs on 12 tools](https://tryalpy.com/faceless-video-cost-per-minute): We read 12 tools' pricing pages on one day and worked out the cheapest month-to-month way to make one 8-minute, 16:9 video without a watermark. Method and every figure inside. ## Questions ### What is Alpy? Alpy turns your voice recording, or a script read by one of its AI voices, into an illustrated, faceless YouTube video, with no camera and no animation skills needed. You record or upload yourself narrating a script, or type the script and pick an AI voice (from 10 seconds up to 20 minutes). Alpy draws simple MS Paint-style scenes timed to your words, with a recurring character, and gives you a finished 16:9 MP4 with title ideas, a description and a thumbnail. ### Who is Alpy for? People who want a faceless YouTube channel, narrated in their own voice or an AI voice: explainers about money, psychology, science, self-improvement and similar topics, without filming themselves or learning to animate. Alpy makes horizontal 16:9 videos, not vertical Shorts. ### How much does Alpy cost? Setting up your video is free: record or type it and pick a character. To finish one video with no subscription, you pay by its length: $7 up to 3 minutes, $14 up to 8 minutes, $35 up to 20 minutes. Or choose a monthly plan: Starter $29 for about 6 videos (20 minutes), Creator $59 for about 16 videos (50 minutes), Pro $99 for about 33 videos (100 minutes), counting a typical 3-minute video. Cancel anytime, and on Creator and Pro unused minutes roll over, up to 2× your monthly minutes. Longest video: Starter 8 minutes, Creator 15 minutes, Pro 20 minutes. Your own characters: Starter 1, Creator 5, Pro unlimited a month. Free scene redraws per video: Starter 1, Creator 3, Pro 5. Pro videos are made first. ### Do I need to show my face? No. Your recording, or an AI voice reading your script, supplies the narration, and Alpy draws every scene. ### Can I paste a script from ChatGPT or Claude? Yes. Paste the whole reply and pick an AI voice: Alpy reads only the narration, leaving out the title, labels such as “Hook:” and “Script:”, notes in [brackets] and stage directions such as “(pause)”, and a hook the script repeats is said once. The studio shows what will not be read before you start. ### Can I review it before paying? Yes. You set up your video and pick its character before you pay, and you see the price first. Then finish that one video with a one-time payment (from $7), or use the minutes in a monthly plan. If generation fails, the video time is restored. ### Can I change the scenes? Yes. Alpy draws every scene for you, and once your video is made you can redraw any scene of a finished video: 1, 3 or 5 redraws on every video are free (Starter, Creator or Pro), then each uses 10 seconds of video time, returned if the drawing fails. You see each new drawing before you keep it, can describe what to draw instead, and update the video once you are happy. ### Is this an AI voice? By default, no: the video uses the voice you record or upload. If you would rather not record, type your script and pick one of six AI voices, clearly labelled as AI-generated. Alpy never clones anyone's voice. ### What kind of videos can I make? Horizontal 16:9 YouTube videos, built from your own narration or an AI voice. Videos can run from 10 seconds up to 20 minutes. ### What kind of video will I get? Simple illustrated scenes with clean cuts. The style is intentionally like beginner MS Paint drawings. ### Do finished videos have a watermark? No. Only previews carry the Alpy mark. A finished video is a clean 16:9 MP4 that you download and publish wherever you like. ### How long does Alpy take to make a video? A video takes a few minutes more: about 3 minutes for a short one, and usually under 10 even for a 20-minute video. ### Does Alpy work in other languages? The studio is in English, but the narration does not have to be: videos have been made from narration in Hindi, Turkish, Arabic, German and Spanish, and the drawings follow what is said. ### Who owns the videos I make? You keep the rights you hold in your script, your recording and the finished video, and you can download the video and publish it wherever you like. Note that AI-generated drawings may not be protected by copyright in every country. ### Do you use my scripts or recordings to train AI? No. Alpy does not train AI models on your scripts, recordings, characters or videos. They are sent to the AI services that make your video, for transcription, voice, drawings and safety checks, only to make it. ### Can Alpy videos be monetized on YouTube? Yes. YouTube accepts AI-assisted videos in its Partner Program when a channel's videos are original and add value; mass-produced or repetitive videos are not eligible. Alpy videos start from your own script, read in your voice or an AI voice, with every scene drawn for what you say, so they can qualify, but whether a channel is accepted is always YouTube's decision. ## Optional - [Terms of Service](https://tryalpy.com/terms) - [Privacy Policy](https://tryalpy.com/privacy) - [Acceptable Use Policy](https://tryalpy.com/acceptable-use) Contact: hello@tryalpy.com. Last updated 2026-10-20.