Bedtime stories starring your child
You pick a few ingredients together—a kind dragon, a cozy bakery, a talking seashell. Hushwillow weaves in what your child loves, and quietly steers around what they don't, to tell a story only your child could star in.
Read it together, or let it play during lights-out.
Create your first story freeYour first story is fully narrated, free. Listen together, or send it straight to Yoto.
Hear a real Hushwillow story ↓Screen free listening · You set the rules · Yours to keep
No ads. No data reselling. Built by a parent.
How a Hushwillow story is made
Make it together
Tap a few story sparks to shape the story. Where does the story take place? Who comes along the way? Little hands welcome.
Deep personalization
In moments, you'll have a gentle, age-appropriate bedtime story starring your child, featuring the things they like and steering clear of what they don't.
Listen, keep, and replay
Unlock the full narration and music to listen screen-free at bedtime. Stories are saved to your Hushwillow library to hear again and again.
Hear for yourself
Here's a real story Hushwillow made — title, art, and all. Press play, or read the opening.
Theo and the Sleepy Fox
10 chapters · bedtime story
Chapter 1: The Wide-Awake Fox
In a sleepy little village, where the rooftops were soft and round like loaves of bread, there lived a brave young fox named Theo. Theo was the bravest fox in the whole village. He could leap over the stream in one big jump. He could build tall towers out of mossy stone blocks, stacking them higher and higher. He could even do a quiet ninja roll across the grass without making a single sound. But tonight, Theo had a problem. A big, soft, fluffy problem. He simply could not fall asleep. He lay in his cozy den, wiggling his toes. He flipped one way. He flipped the other way. He counted bouncing basketballs as they thumped across his mind.
- Ch. 2: Mom to the Rescue
- Ch. 3: The Soft Blanket
- Ch. 4: Down the Quiet Lane
- Ch. 5: The Wise Owl
- Ch. 6: Following the Owl
- Ch. 7: The Meadow of Quiet
- Ch. 8: Mom's Gentle Story
- Ch. 9: The Owl's Lullaby
- Ch. 10: Snug and Cozy
Not a template with a name dropped in
Most story apps swap in your child's name and call it personal. Hushwillow actually listens. Tell us they're into dinosaurs and a little shy about the dark, and you'll get a story that weaves in dinosaurs and gently steers clear of the dark. It grows with them, too: set their age and choose how rich the language is, from simple and soothing to wonderfully wordy.
“His story naturally worked in ninjas and basketball — the two things he's obsessed with right now.” — Adam, Hushwillow's founder, on the first story he made for his own son.
A library that grows with your family
Every story you make is saved to hear again and again. Here's a peek at what a few bedtimes can look like.
You're always in control
Hushwillow is built so the grown-up stays in control while your child gets lost in the story. You decide what every story can and can't include — and you can read or preview one before your child ever hears it.
Block any words you want. Afraid of ghosts or clowns? Okay, no ghosts or clowns.
Age-appropriate. Stories match where your child is now, and grow as they do.
Tell us what to tread carefully around. Fears, sensitivities, what makes them feel safe—we write with all of it in mind.
Dial the silliness up or down. Turn potty words on or off, and tell Hushwillow how to use nonsense words. However silly you go, every story still ends calmly.
Every story is built to be gentle by design: no scary turns, no violence, no bad language.
A story that helps them drift off
Plenty of apps are built to keep kids watching. Hushwillow is built to help them sleep. Every story starts with a little spark and then gently eases to a calm, cozy, reassuring ending. There's no autoplay, no next-episode hook, nothing designed to rile them up.
Screen-free where it matters most
Create stories together anytime. At lights-out, the screens go away and your child drifts off to a story made just for them. Send it to a Yoto, export it to any speaker, or just let it play. No glowing screen in a dark room. Stories are truly theirs to hold, replay, and love again and again.
Using another speaker? Hushwillow works best with Yoto, but you can export stories to play on an Echo, Creative Tonie, or any speaker.
What you tell us about your child stays between us
- •We never sell your data. To anyone. Ever.
- •No ads. Hushwillow is a calm, safe space.
- •We don't train AI on your family's stories. We've opted out of voice provider training too. Your stories are for your ears only.
- •Delete anytime. It's your child's data — remove it whenever you choose.
👋 I'm a parent who got tired helping my kid get tired
I built Hushwillow for my son. Bedtime with him is a highlight of my day, but I'd run dry on original stories, and he doesn't always want one of his other bedtime books. So I made the thing I wanted: calming stories that actually star him, featuring his favorite things, that I control. Yoto stories are the last step in our bedtime routine, when the lights go out. And I added his grandparents from out of town to our account so they can make him stories and be part of bedtime even when they can't be in the room. If that sounds like the bedtime you want too, I'd love for you to be one of our first families. — Adam
We're onboarding our first founding families right now. That means you'll talk to a real person (me), and help shape what Hushwillow becomes.
Honest answers to fair questions
Do I need a Yoto?
No. You can read stories together on a distraction-free screen, or export audio to play on any speaker.
Is it really safe?
That's the question I built all the controls around. Some you never have to worry about—like cuss words and slurs. You block any words you want and control the tone, and every story is gentle by design. See how it works ↑
Another subscription?
It's $4.99/month with no commitment—cancel it any time. See pricing ↓
What about AI getting it wrong?
Totally hear you, and it's the aspect I've tested the most—by far. No system is perfect, so you're always the final reviewer. You can read or preview a story before your child hears it, and flag anything that's off so I can fix it.
Join as a founding family
Your first story is on us: full narration, ready for Yoto. After that, $4.99/mo keeps the stories coming.
$4.99/mo
- • Full narration and accompanying audio for screen-free listening
- • All the bedtime stories your nights need
- • Your growing family library, saved and replayable
- • Option for longer stories
- • Choose from 8 narrator voices
- • Export story audio for Yoto, Toniebox, Echo, or any other speaker
- • Cancel anytime, in two taps
Founding-family price, locked for as long as you stay.
Make tonight's story the one they ask for again
Create your first story freeYour first story is fully narrated, free. Listen together, or send it straight to Yoto.