Is app.usecrayon.ai safe?
http://app.usecrayon.ai/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Crayon is a young prompt-to-game studio with clean technical checks but unverified operator details
app.usecrayon.ai presents itself as Crayon, a browser-based platform for creating and playing web games, with a visible 'Sign up to create' call to action. The registrable domain is only 174 days old, and the site's own contact and policy pages were not reviewed in full, so the operator's identity and business model remain unverified. Technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, though one historical antivirus result flagged the URL as suspicious. Independent research surfaced only an itch.io page and a CDN hosting record, neither of which establishes a track record. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and there is no established reputation, this cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk; it sits in the Low-to-Moderate band at 78.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the URL.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
app.usecrayon.ai presents itself as Crayon, a browser-based platform for creating and playing web games, with a visible 'Sign up to create' call to action. The registrable domain is only 174 days old, and the site's own contact and policy pages were not reviewed in full, so the operator's identity and business model remain unverified. Technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, though one historical antivirus result flagged the URL as suspicious. Independent research surfaced only an itch.io page and a CDN hosting record, neither of which establishes a track record. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and there is no established reputation, this cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk; it sits in the Low-to-Moderate band at 78.
What the site presents itself as
The visible page text shows the brand 'Crayon' alongside 'ARCADE' and the host app.usecrayon.ai, and a 'Sign up to create' button inviting visitors to register and build games. Independent research found a matching itch.io page titled 'Create any beautiful game with Crayon', which is consistent with a game-creation tool rather than a storefront or financial service.
The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, so no operator entity, registration number, or support channel can be confirmed from the site itself. The specific business model, such as whether it is free, subscription-based, or paid, is not established by the available evidence.
Technical checks versus operator risk
On the technical side, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no evidence of an active malicious payload or interception. One saved antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious, which is a real but stale observation and is common for new or low-traffic domains; it does not by itself confirm malicious behaviour.
On the operator side, the registrable domain is only 174 days old and the site's own pages were not reviewed, so there is no established reputation, no verified company identity, and no independent review history to weigh. Clean technical checks mean no detections were found; they do not establish that the operator or the sign-up flow is safe.
What independent research did and did not show
Independent web research completed and returned two neutral records: an itch.io page for the Crayon game-creation tool and a hosting record showing Amazon CloudFront serving app.usecrayon.ai. Neither record is a complaint, a warning, or a review describing harm, and neither establishes a long operating history or a verified business entity.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 14, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
All 93 engine results
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerother ai ml applications
- Googlegaming
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Crayon ARCADE Sign up to create
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Crayon ARCADE
- 02
Sign up to create
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Crayon
- Meta description
Prompt-to-game studio. Build playable web games from a single sentence.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Crayon
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Gaming
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 174 days old, so there is no long operating history to assess.
- 02The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving the operator unverified.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the URL.
Web research findings
Independent findings for app.usecrayon.ai, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for app.usecrayon.ai. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainapp.usecrayon.ai
- Redirects toapp.usecrayon.ai
- Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Apr 30, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.usecrayon.ai.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://app.usecrayon.ai/
- 2206https://app.usecrayon.ai/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 14, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 14, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is app.usecrayon.ai a scam or is it safe?
Is app.usecrayon.ai safe to use?
Has app.usecrayon.ai been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is app.usecrayon.ai on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does app.usecrayon.ai have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Crayon is a young prompt-to-game studio with clean technical checks but unverified operator details
app.usecrayon.ai presents itself as Crayon, a browser-based platform for creating and playing web games, with a visible 'Sign up to create' call to action. The registrable domain is only 174 days old, and the site's own contact and policy pages were not reviewed in full, so the operator's identity and business model remain unverified. Technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, though one historical antivirus result flagged the URL as suspicious. Independent research surfaced only an itch.io page and a CDN hosting record, neither of which establishes a track record. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and there is no established reputation, this cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk; it sits in the Low-to-Moderate band at 78.
09 · Community
Community
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