StoryChoose

Stories that know your family

A bedtime story, told just for you.

Add the people in your life, pick a world and a length, and a brand-new story starring them is written and read aloud in a warm, natural voice with soft music underneath.

No card needed · Natural voices · 19 languages · Works on any phone

10 stories told · 34 shared worlds · 12 story worlds · 25 voices

1. Add your characters

Name, age, where they are from, what they love. Private to you, always.

2. Pick a world and a length

12 gentle worlds, or a surprise. Five minutes or a whole hour.

3. Press play

A natural voice reads it aloud over soft, generative music. Sleep timer included.

Story worlds

Not another bedtime story app

Every story is planned like a film, written for your family alone, and performed by a cast of voices.

  • Written like a film, just for you

    Every story starts from a screenplay: a real plot, a gentle twist, a running joke, and a calm ending. No templates, no repeats: tonight's story has never been told before.

  • Your family are the heroes

    Describe each person in your own words. Ages, hometowns, hobbies, pets, the things they love and can't stand all find their way into the plot.

  • A voice for every character

    Natural studio voices read each character's lines, children sound like children, and the narrator says who is speaking so little ones always follow along.

  • 19 languages

    Translate any story into Spanish, Hindi, Marathi, French, Tamil, Telugu and more, and hear it read aloud. Perfect for bilingual families and grandparents.

  • Soothing soundscapes

    Gentle generative music under every story: ocean waves, rain on the roof, crickets, starlight chimes. A sleep timer fades it all out.

  • Your idea, any idea

    “Superman saves the world”, “a picnic on the roof with a polite owl”, “we build a raft to the island in the park”. Type it and the story is written around your idea.

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Stories shared by the community

Names and details stay private; only the story is shared. Tell any of them with your own cast.

No stories match. Create an account to write one.

Made for real family life

  • The nightly routine

    A new episode every night keeps bedtime something to look forward to, not a battle.

  • Bilingual homes

    Hear the same story in English tonight and in Hindi, Spanish or Marathi tomorrow, with your family's names read correctly.

  • Big changes

    A new sibling, a new school, a move to a new city: a gentle story starring your child can make the unfamiliar feel safe.

  • Far-away family

    Grandparents and travelling parents can share a story at the same time through a family link.

  • Long journeys

    Download an hour-long adventure for the car or the plane.

  • Screen-free wind-down

    Audio-first, with a dim night-light reading mode. Put the screen down and listen together.

Start free. Upgrade when they ask for “one more”.

Three stories a month are free forever. Plus is $5.00 a month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial: a new story every night, in any of 19 languages.

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  • ✓ 30 new stories a month
  • ✓ Stories up to 30 minutes
  • ✓ Unlimited characters, as many in a story as you like
  • ✓ 19 languages, translated and read aloud
  • ✓ A voice for every character

Questions parents ask

How does StoryChoose write a story?+

You describe your characters and, optionally, an idea. Our storyteller first plans a short screenplay (a logline, three acts, a goal for each character and a set of scenes), reviews it for originality, then writes it chapter by chapter as a conversation between your characters. Each story is new; it is never filled into a fixed template.

Is it safe for young children?+

Stories are written to be calm and kind: no villains who truly threaten, no frightening surprises, affectionate teasing only, and every story ends with everyone safe and sleepy. You choose the mood, and the reading level follows the youngest character's age.

What happens to my family's details?+

Your characters and your stories are private to your account. When a story is shared as a public template, names, ages and places are replaced with placeholders, so nothing that identifies your family is published. You can delete any story, character or your whole account at any time.

Which languages can stories be read in?+

English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu use natural studio voices. German, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Russian are translated and read by your device's own voice.

How long does a new story take?+

The first chapter is usually ready in under a minute and narration starts seconds after that. You can listen while the rest is written.

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