WanderKid turns your child's ideas into personalised, beautifully illustrated stories, narrated by warm storyteller voices, with words that light up as they're read. For ages 3 to 10.
How it works
Simple enough for small hands. Every story is written fresh, just for them.
Your child types or says any idea at all, or taps Surprise me for one.
In moments, a brand-new story is written, illustrated and narrated, tuned to their age and interests.
A warm voice reads aloud while each sentence glows gold, so listening quietly becomes reading.
Read along
WanderKid's read-along highlighting lets your child follow every sentence with their eyes and their ears. Listening quietly turns into reading confidently.
The craft
Illustrated stories arrive with their own painted pictures, made just for that adventure. And every story they create is saved in their library, forever.
Illustrated or plain, every adventure they ever make is kept in their library. Forever.
The storytellers
Rich, natural voices with personalities your child will ask for by name.
The warm, kind storyteller
“There you are,” the little lighthouse whispered, spilling her golden light across the waves. “Come home, come home.”
Voice previews are being recorded and will appear here very soon.
Read only
Switch on Read only and the next story becomes a book: chapters written just for them, with no voice and no pictures.
You choose the length, from a short chapter or two to a proper book.
It remembers where they stopped, so tomorrow starts at the right page.
For new readers, and for reading aloud at bedtime.
The languages
Ten languages, one storyteller. Perfect for bilingual families, and for keeping a grandparent's language alive.
Every storyteller speaks every language. Re-tell any story in your child's other language, with the same pictures and the same names, and in a book, press and hold a sentence to see it in both.
The parent's peace
WanderKid is a quiet, safe corner of the internet. No feeds, no strangers, no surprises.
Nothing to click, nothing to buy, nothing to interrupt the story.
No advertising identifiers, no cross-app tracking, no data ever sold.
No user content, no messaging, no way for anyone to reach your child.
A parental gate guards every purchase and every link that leaves the app.
Choose genres, interests and off-limits topics. Every story respects them.
Vocabulary, themes and pacing calibrated to your child, from 3 to 10.
Every moment
Stories read aloud from one minute to eight, and books to read of up to twenty. You choose the length, they choose the adventure.
Twenty minutes of motorway, one brave balloon race over a candy mountain.
A story to draw along to, while the afternoon slows down.
When the garden is out, the whale who sings to the moon is in.
Soft voices and gentle endings, when it's time to wind down.
Questions
WanderKid is designed for children aged 3 to 10. You set your child's age during setup, and every story adapts its vocabulary, themes, humour and pacing to suit them. A story for a three-year-old and a story for a nine-year-old are very different things, and WanderKid knows it.
Very. Stories can star your child by name, weave in their interests (dinosaurs, diggers, dolphins, whatever this month's obsession is), match their age and favourite genres, and respect any topics you'd rather keep out. Every story is written fresh at the moment they ask for it.
Safety is the foundation of WanderKid, not a feature. Every story is created under strict rules that keep content gentle, positive and age-appropriate, with no scary, violent or unsuitable themes, ever. You can set off-limits topics that every story respects. There are no ads, no tracking, no chat, and no way out of the app without a parent. And we encourage parents to enjoy stories together with younger children.
Ten: English (UK and US), Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Romanian, Italian, Dutch and Polish. Stories are written and narrated natively in each language, which makes WanderKid a lovely companion for bilingual families and for keeping a heritage language alive. Any story can be re-told in another of your child's languages, and in a book they can press and hold a sentence to see it in both, side by side.
Yes. Switch on Read only and the next story becomes a book to read: up to twenty minutes of chapters, with no voice and no pictures, at your child's own pace or for you to read aloud together. It remembers where they stopped, and every word is still written just for them.
WanderKid is free to download, with 10 credits a month, each one a story or a book, and your child's first story arrives fully illustrated. Explorer (£5.99 a month) and Voyager (£12.99 a month) add more credits, more pictures, more voices and more child profiles. You can cancel anytime through the App Store.
Now. WanderKid is on the App Store for iPhone in the UK and the US. iPad and Android are planned. Download it here.
Free to download on iPhone. Their first story is on us.
