Im trying to make an Age verification function but i got ERORR

Question

age = str(input())

if age < 12:
print("You are not eligible for the app")
else:
print("You are eligible")

Answer 1

age=int(input())

Answer 2

Your "age" variable is a string – it needs to be integer if you want to compare it to 12

Answer 3

Thanks Prabhas Koya