Moonfox

Moonfox: Bedtime Stories

A new story every night, starring your child.

Moonfox writes, paints and reads a calm adventure around your child and the same little friends every night, then slows everything down to a gentle goodnight in their name.

Coming soon to the App Store
  • iPhone
  • Ages 3–12
  • 5 languages
  • First night free
  • No ads, no tracking
A child in a star-print nightcap and pyjamas sits on a moonlit hill beside a small fox in a blue scarf and a sleeping blue dragon, looking down at a lantern-lit village by a lake
The Moonfox app icon: a sleeping fox whose tail becomes a crescent moon

What Moonfox is

Moonfox is an iPhone app that makes one new bedtime story a night for your child. It writes the story, paints every scene and reads it aloud. Your child is the hero, painted from a few choices you make, and the same friends come back every night. Each story ends on purpose: the last scenes get slower and dimmer until a goodnight in your child's name.

It is not a library of the same stories for everyone, not a chatbot and not a game. There are no streaks, points or ads.

Platform
iPhone, iOS 26.5 or later
Ages
3–5, 6–8 and 9–12, set by a parent
Story length
5, 10 or 15 minutes
Languages
English, Spanish, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese
Price
Free first night per child; Moonfox Premium for up to 20 new stories a month
Privacy
No account, no ads, no third-party analytics, no photos of your child
Updated

How a night works

From your sketch to goodnight

Set it up once in a couple of minutes. After that, every night follows the same calm shape. The pictures and lines below come from Moonfox's sample story, made for a demo child called Emma.

  1. The parent's sketch: a simple drawn bust of a girl with brown hair in blue star pyjamas, with a toy bunny badge

    Once · Your sketch

    You describe the hero, without a photo

    Pick hair, skin tone, eye colour and pyjamas, and if you like glasses, freckles, hearing aids, a wheelchair and a favourite cuddly toy. Add a first name (or leave it out), an age and a few interests, and choose one to three friends.

  2. The same girl painted by Lumi as a soft storybook hero, hugging her toy bunny

    Once · Painted by Lumi

    Lumi the fox paints your child

    Moonfox paints a storybook portrait from your sketch, and you can ask for a repaint. That portrait becomes the hero's reference, so your child looks like themselves in every scene, every night.

  3. A story scene: the painted girl and her bunny peek under a bed, where Lumi the fox glows in a warm doorway

    Every night · Tonight's story

    The routine becomes chapter one

    Tonight's episode is made in the afternoon, so it's waiting at bedtime. First the Bedtime Quest: your child's friend calls out pyjamas, teeth and a cuddly toy as little quests, and the story opens once they're in bed.

    The words light up as they're read, and at a turn in the path the story asks which way to go. Your child answers out loud (recognised on the iPhone) or taps.

    “Once upon a time, just as the sky turned the colour of blueberries, Emma noticed a soft golden glow under her bed.”

  4. The goodnight: the girl asleep in bed, smiling, hugging her toy bunny under a starry quilt

    Every night · Goodnight

    Slower, dimmer, then goodnight

    The last minutes get calmer on purpose. The screen can stay dark while the story plays as sound, it ends with a goodnight in your child's name, and soft sleep sounds can follow on a timer.

    “Somewhere far away, a small blue dragon curled up under his very own star, and a fox with a blue scarf dreamed of tomorrow.”

What makes it Moonfox

A world that grows, night by night

The same friends, every time

Your child picks one to three friends from 24, like Lumi the fox or Milo the small dragon. Each is drawn exactly the same way in every episode, so they feel real.

A map with one new stop a night

Each season is a moon cycle of seven stops. One new place opens each night and every stop they've visited replays forever. No streaks, and nothing lost for a skipped night.

A toy or a drawing becomes a friend

Photograph a favourite plush, a pet or a crayon drawing and Moonfox draws it into the stories. Photos with people in them are refused, and the photo itself isn't kept.

A goodnight from Grandma

Send a link to someone far away. They record a few short goodnights on their own phone, and one plays after the story. Real voices, never an imitation.

Something from today

Add one sentence, like “was brave at the dentist”, and tonight's story echoes it gently.

A picture book in the morning

Last night's pages to look at over breakfast, and a teaser for tonight's stop.

A world for each child

Every child has their own hero, friends, map and story language, and brothers and sisters can share a story with one goodnight for both.

In five languages

Stories are written and read in English, Spanish, German, French or Brazilian Portuguese, a different one for each child if you like.

  • Lumi, fox
  • Milo, small dragon
  • Nora, fairy
  • Pip, owl
  • Bumble, bear cub
  • Coral, sea turtle
  • Juniper, deer
  • Sol, firefly
  • Astra, unicorn
  • Tuck, bunny
  • Biscuit, puppy
  • Mochi, kitten
  • Clover, pony
  • Flit, ladybird
  • Bubbles, baby whale
  • Pebble, penguin
  • Prism, rainbow cloud
  • Chuff, steam train
  • Hazel, hedgehog
  • Moss, garden turtle
  • Rex, gentle dinosaur
  • Koko, koala
  • Orbit, star robot
  • Sprig, musical mouse

Inside the app

Quiet screens for a dark room

Choosing one to three story friends from illustrated portraits
Choose their friends
Home screen: Good evening, Emma, with tonight's adventure, The Golden Door, and a button to start the Bedtime Quest
Ready by bedtime
The Bedtime Quest: Lumi the fox asks for pyjamas, with a big Done! button
The Bedtime Quest
A painted story scene with the narration words lighting up as they are read
Words light up as they're read
A choice in the story: the glowing flowers or the misty path, with a microphone button to answer out loud
They choose the path
The season map: seven stops along a moonlit path, with tonight's stop, Echo Shell Cove, open
One new stop a night
Set-up finished: Emma's world is ready, with Lumi and Milo waiting for tonight
Their world, ready

Made for bedtime, built for trust

Calm by design, private by default

A parent sets Moonfox up and controls it. Settings, links and purchases sit behind a grown-ups-only check.

  • No ads, no trackersNo advertising, no third-party analytics, nothing sold. No account needed.
  • No photos of your childThe hero is painted from simple choices, not a picture.
  • The name stays out of the AIThe models that write, check and draw a story never see your child's name; only the narration says it. Private mode leaves it out entirely and the narrator says “little dreamer”.
  • Checked before it's shownEvery story and picture passes safety checks written for young children; anything flagged is redone, never shown.
  • Speech stays on the iPhoneAnswers are recognised on the device only; no recording is kept or sent. The microphone is on only while its light is lit.
  • Report anythingIf a story isn't right, report it from the app and we'll look at it.

How Moonfox keeps AI stories safe · Privacy Policy

Pricing

Start with a free first night

Try the whole thing (the painted hero, the quest, the story and the goodnight) before you decide.

Free

To get started

  • Each child's first night: the painted hero, the Bedtime Quest and a first adventure
  • Every story you've made replays free, forever
  • The Bedtime Quest, the map, the picture book, family goodnights and friends from toys and drawings
  • A world for each of your children

Moonfox Premium

Monthly or yearly, with a one-week free trial on the yearly plan

  • Up to 20 new adventures a month
  • A new stop on the map every night, all season long
  • Enough stories for every child in the family
  • Everything you make stays yours to replay, even if you stop

Prices are set by the App Store and shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; the subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings.

Questions

Good to know

What is Moonfox?

Moonfox (on the App Store as “Moonfox: Bedtime Stories”) is an iPhone app that writes, paints and reads aloud a new bedtime story every night for one child. The child is the hero, drawn from a few choices a parent makes, with the same friends in every episode, and each story ends by slowing down into a goodnight in the child's name.

What ages is Moonfox for?

Stories adapt to three age groups, 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12, with simpler words, gentler tension and shorter stories for the youngest. A parent sets Moonfox up and controls it.

How much does Moonfox cost?

Moonfox is free to download and each child's first night is free: the painted hero, the Bedtime Quest and a first adventure. Every story you've made replays free forever. Moonfox Premium is a monthly or yearly subscription with up to 20 new adventures a month; the yearly plan has a one-week free trial. Prices are set by the App Store and shown in the app before you subscribe.

How long does a new story take to make?

The very first story is ready in about three minutes, and the painting shows on your Lock Screen while it's made. After that Moonfox prepares tonight's episode in the afternoon so it's ready at bedtime.

How long is each story?

You choose 5, 10 or 15 minutes. The first night is a short five-scene prologue.

Which languages are the stories in?

English, Spanish, German, French and Brazilian Portuguese. Each child can have their own story language.

Does it work without internet?

Yes, once a story is made. Every picture and every word is saved on the iPhone, so it plays in airplane mode.

Is it screen time?

As little as we could make it. After the first picture the screen can go dark and the story carries on as sound, and there are no games, feeds or autoplay. After the goodnight, optional sleep sounds play on a timer.

Who writes the stories?

An AI storyteller writes and illustrates each one under rules made for young children, and every story and picture is checked before it's shown. You can report anything that isn't right.

Does Moonfox use photos of my child?

No. The hero is painted from simple choices such as hair, skin tone, eye colour and pyjamas. You can optionally photograph a toy, a pet or a drawing to turn it into a story friend; photos with a person in them are refused, and the photo itself isn't kept.

Does the microphone record my child?

No recording is kept or sent. When your child answers the story out loud, Apple's speech recognition turns it into words on the iPhone only, and where that isn't possible they tap instead. The microphone is only on while its light is lit.

Is my child's information used to train AI models?

Moonfox never uses your information to train AI models and never sells it. We have asked our AI provider, wiro.ai, to confirm in writing that neither it nor the companies whose models it runs train on what Moonfox sends; the privacy policy will say so once they have. The child's first name never reaches the models that write, check or draw a story.

Which devices does Moonfox run on?

iPhone with iOS 26.5 or later. It is not an iPad app yet. With iCloud sync, a family's stories appear on every iPhone signed in to the same Apple Account.

Can I use Moonfox for more than one child?

Yes. Each child gets their own world, friends, map and story language, and each child's first night is free (up to four children on one iPhone). Brothers and sisters can also share a story, as two heroes with one goodnight.

More answers on the support page.

Guides for parents

Bedtime, explained plainly