Is it safe for my child?

Stories are written to be warm and gentle, with tension matched to your child’s age, and every story is checked before you see it. You can add anything you’d like kept out of bedtime, and if something ever feels wrong you can tell us from the story itself.

What happens to my family’s details?

They’re used to write your stories, only after you agree, and never for ads. You can remove anything, or delete your account and everything with it, from inside the app.

A new story every night for your first week, then one new story a week for your household — continuing each one a few times, with read-along, bedtime music, the dark reader and sharing. Premium adds a story every night, every child in the family, and your whole shelf.

Can grandparents use it?

Yes. Send them a story by link — it opens in any browser — or invite them into your family: up to 4 grown-ups share one subscription.

Does it need an internet connection?

Only to write a new story. Stories you’ve already made are kept on your phone.

Is there an Android version?

Not yet. Once is for iPhone and iPad, in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Family sharing

One subscription. Up to 4 grown‑ups. Every bedtime.

Your partner, a co-parent in another home, the grandparents who do Tuesday bedtimes — everyone who reads to your children can share them, their world, and their stories, each on their own phone.

Coming soon to the App Store

The Once home screen, shared by a family

What a family shares

Your children

Everyone reads to the same children, with the same ages and details.

Your World

Grandma, the dog, the lake house — added once, used by everyone’s stories.

The shelf of stories

A story made on one phone is on everyone’s shelf, to read again that night or years later.

Premium

If anyone in the family subscribes, every grown-up in it has premium — one $49.99 a year covers the whole household.

What stays yours: your own sign-in, and your own permission for stories to be written by AI.

“My grandchildren are in every story — and so are Grumpy, Honey’s house, and the golf cart. I’m obsessed.”

Susan, grandmother of three

Adding someone takes a minute

Step 1
Invite
In the app, open Profile › Your Family and tap Invite. You get a code, a QR code and a link to send. It works for 24 hours.
Step 2
They join
They install Once on their own iPhone or iPad, sign in with their own Apple or Google account, and choose Join a Family.
Step 3
Read together
From then on you share children, Your World, stories and premium — each of you on your own phone.

Not ready to join? Send them one story.

Share any story by private link. It opens in any browser and writes itself in just like it does in the app — no app, no account. Perfect for a great-grandparent, an aunt, or the friend who’s in the story.

How shared stories work →

A shared story open in a phone’s browser

Questions

How many people can be in a family?

Up to 4 grown-ups — for example two parents and two grandparents, or co-parents in two homes. Children don’t count toward it; add as many as you like on premium.

Does everyone need to pay?

No. One subscription covers the whole family. If anyone in it has premium, everyone does.

Who can invite people?

The person who started the family. Invite codes last 24 hours, and a new one can be made any time.

What if they already use Once with their own children?

When they join, their children, their stories and their Your World come with them into the family. Someone already in another family needs to leave it first, so nothing moves by surprise.

How are stories counted?

They’re shared by the household: 45 a month on premium — a story every night with some to spare — or, on the free plan, a story every night for the family’s first week and then one a week, counted across everyone.

Does each person have their own login?

Yes. Everyone signs in with their own Apple or Google account on their own phone, and each person gives their own permission for stories to be written by AI.

What happens if someone leaves?

The children, stories and Your World stay with the family, because they belong to the household. The person who leaves starts again with a world of their own.

Can someone read a story without joining?

Yes. Share any story by link and it opens in any browser, with nothing to install or sign in to. Links stop working after 30 days, or whenever you turn them off.