Tonight's story stars your child.

A new illustrated chapter every night, with characters who come back and adventures that remember each other.

› Add their age and what they love

Age

Loves

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Who else is in it?

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Length

2–120 min

4 spreads, written as you read

Mood

gentle third-person narration, a timeless setting, a small kindness at its heart. Unhurried and warm, like a story that has been told for years.

Pictures

Drawn as you reach each one, in the cover's style.

Anything else for this one?

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Free to try. No account, no card, about a minute.

A child in pyjamas stands at the end of a jetty at dusk, watching whales surface beside a lit lighthouse
A real page from a real story, drawn the way yours will be.

Stories that remember each other

Most story apps hand you a stranger every time. Here, the friend your child met on Monday is still there on Thursday, and still remembers what they did together.

Night 1

A child sits at the foot of a lighthouse at dusk while a whale listens from the shallows
“I'm Winnie. I sing the lighthouse to sleep every night, but tonight I've forgotten my song. Would you help me find it?”

Night 4

The same child and the same whale travel together past paper boats under a full moon
“You came back!” Winnie boomed softly. “I remembered you're good at finding things.”

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How a night goes

  1. 1

    Tell us about your child

    Their name, their age, what they love this week. Add a character to share the road with, or let tonight's story introduce one.

  2. 2

    Tonight's story appears

    Written for their age, illustrated, and ready to read together or listen to. About a minute.

  3. 3

    Their world keeps going

    Tomorrow's chapter remembers tonight's. The characters come back. The world grows with them.

Questions parents ask

Is Nightstory safe for young kids?

Yes, by construction. Your child never chats with anything: you get a finished storybook, written within guardrails we set as parents. No fear, no peril, no villains, and every story winds down to a calm, sleepy ending. You can always read it first yourself.

What ages is it for?

Ages 2 to 10. You tell us the age once and every story adjusts: simpler words and shorter pages for toddlers, richer adventures for bigger kids.

Isn't a screen bad right before sleep?

Nightstory is built for you to read aloud, the way you'd read any book. The reader uses a dim, warm night mode, and narration lets you set the phone face-down and just listen. No notifications, no autoplay, nothing designed to keep anyone awake.

How is this different from a storybook we own?

Tonight's story stars your child: their name, their age, the things they love right now. And unlike any book, the stories remember each other. Characters return, adventures get referenced, and bedtime becomes a world that grows up with them.

Where do the stories come from?

Each one is written fresh for your child by our story engine, inside strict rules we wrote as parents: gentle plots, kind resolutions, calm endings. Nothing is recycled from other families, and your child's details are never used for anything else.

What does it cost?

Your first stories are free, with no account and no card. Nightstory Plus is $9 a month or $79 a year for a new chapter every night, which works out to about 22¢ a bedtime.

About 22¢ a bedtime.

First stories free. Then $79 a year, or $9 a month, for a story world that grows up with them.

Make tonight's story

Made by parents, for the last warm minutes of the day. See what's included