What happens, night by night
Parents ask us what actually happens after they sign up, so here it is in order. No surprises, and nothing about this page changes the price.
Your first personalized story is free. Cancel anytime. After that first story, start a plan: $4.99 for your first month, then your plan's regular monthly price. Paid plans include a monthly story cap: 12, 20, or 30 stories — not unlimited.
SlumberTales is for a parent or guardian of a child about 2–12 who wants a new tale at the end of a short routine and will read it themselves.
Read a sample story Start the free story
Want a feel for it before you share anything? Read the sample at https://slumbertales.app/sample. It's a full story, and it doesn't need an account or a card.
When you're ready, sign in with your email. You get a link or a six-digit code, so there's no password to invent. Add your child's first name, an age somewhere between 2 and 12, how they look so the pictures match, and a few favorite things.
We write the story. The email to your account has a short excerpt and links to open or download the illustrated printable PDF. If the PDF isn't ready yet, the email carries the full story text instead. Either way, the story is saved in your Magic Library.
After that first story, start a plan: $4.99 for your first month, then your plan's regular monthly price.
Use the first week to experiment. Dragons one night, the ocean the next, a toy companion on Plus or Premium. Kids tell you fast which worlds land, and you can update their favorites any time.
Starter covers 12 stories a month, which works out to about three a week. Plus covers 20 a month for up to two children combined. Premium covers 30 a month per child, for up to five children, and it adds audio narration.
By now most families have a rhythm. Bath, teeth, the same chair, one story, lights out. You read it, and if a line doesn't suit your kid, you skip it. You're the editor.
Stories pile up in the Magic Library, so the favorites are easy to find again. Kids ask for repeats. That's normal, and it doesn't use up a new story.
On Plus, every 20 stories become a keepsake volume. On Premium it's every 15.
The plan renews at its regular monthly price until you cancel: $9.99, $14.99, or $19.99. Paying yearly is $99.90, $149.90, or $199.90, which is two months free compared with monthly.
Yes. Open Settings → Manage billing to change or cancel your plan in the Stripe billing portal. You do not need to contact support to cancel. Cancel at period end as shown in the portal. For a full money-back refund, use Settings → Request full refund.
Prices below are the published amounts. A plan is a monthly story cap plus the features named in its card. It is not an unlimited library. Premium has audio narration. On Starter and Plus you read it to them yourself.
$9.99 a month · $99.90 a year ($8.33 a month, save 16% vs monthly)
12 stories a month, about 3 a week. 1 child profile.
Short and medium tales, about 5–15 minutes to read aloud. Magic Library and a printable PDF. No toy companion, no Series Mode, no keepsake compilation, and no audio narration. First month $4.99 on monthly billing.
$14.99 a month · $149.90 a year ($12.49 a month, save 16% vs monthly)
20 stories a month, about 5 a week. Up to 2 child profiles.
All story lengths, about 5–45 minutes to read aloud. Toy companion, Series Mode, and a keepsake volume after every 20 stories. No audio narration. First month $4.99 on monthly billing.
$19.99 a month · $199.90 a year ($16.66 a month, save 16% vs monthly)
30 stories a month per child. Up to 5 child profiles.
All story lengths, about 5–45 minutes to read aloud. Toy companion, Series Mode, a keepsake volume after every 15 stories, and priority generation. Audio narration is included, so a story can be played as well as read. First month $4.99 on monthly billing.
The same numbers are on the pricing page. Annual prices are the yearly totals.
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Yes. Your first personalized story is free. The sample story at https://slumbertales.app/sample is free too, and it doesn't need an account.
$4.99 on monthly billing, on any plan. After that, the plan renews at $9.99, $14.99, or $19.99 a month until you cancel.
By email to the parent account, with a short excerpt and links to the illustrated printable PDF. The PDF isn't attached. If it isn't ready, the email has the full story text. Every story is also saved in the Magic Library.
Yes. Open Settings → Manage billing to change or cancel your plan in the Stripe billing portal. You do not need to contact support to cancel. Cancel at period end as shown in the portal. For a full money-back refund, use Settings → Request full refund.
We offer a full money-back guarantee — no reason needed. Logged-in subscribers can request a full refund from Settings → Request full refund. That refunds your latest payment and cancels the subscription immediately. No contact form needed. Refunds typically appear in 48–72 hours depending on your bank. Use Contact only for gift or unredeemed codes, or if self-serve fails.
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