DreamBug

A new world every night

Bedtime stories you have never read before.

A growing collection of original picture books for children aged 2 to 7. Every story is written for DreamBug, and every scene is illustrated for that story.

Coming soon to theApp Store 7 days free, then $7.99/month, $49.99/year, or $79.99/year for the family
No adsWorks offlineParent controlled
A child discovering a bright tidal world from Maren and the Whale Who Waited
A snowy village from Door in the Snow
Two friends racing downhill with a dragon cart
A mouse flying an enormous yellow kite
A small frog sheltering beneath a moonflower leaf
100+original worlds
created for DreamBug
DreamBug, the little bedtime story guide

The DreamBug library

Open a different world every night

Sky ships, gentle mysteries, enormous pumpkins and sleepy animals. These are real books from the DreamBug collection, not concept art.

100+original illustrated
stories created

Cover of The Cloud Ship
The Cloud ShipAges 6-7 · 24 pages
Cover of The Troll on the Bridge
The Troll on the BridgeAges 5-6 · 18 pages
Cover of Where Is Hoppy?
Where Is Hoppy?Ages 6-7 · 24 pages
Cover of The Big Pumpkin
The Big PumpkinAges 5-6 · 18 pages
Cover of The Little Triangle
The Little TriangleAges 5-6 · 18 pages
Cover of The Sleepy Sloth
The Sleepy SlothAges 4-5 · 12 pages
Cover of One More Bubble
One More BubbleAges 2-4 · 8 pages
Big adventuresCosy bedtimeFunny surprisesFriendshipBrave choices

Inside a story

Words that wait for your reader

Turn on read-along and each word lights up as it is spoken, so a child who is still learning can follow the line with their eyes instead of losing it.

A page from The Cloud Ship: an island made of cloud with a ship's deck on top, seen from a hot air balloon.

Ahead of them floated an island made all of cloud. Its top was a wooden ship's deck, with masts and rigging. Somewhere on it, a winch squeaked, and their balloon was reeled in.

Inside the app

Made for children, and for the people reading to them

Read-along words

One sentence a page, set below the picture where it never covers the art. Each word lights up as it is spoken, at a pace built for the age the book was written for, so a child who is still decoding can follow the line instead of losing it.

A page of The Troll on the Bridge in the DreamBug reader, the sentence set below the picture.

Completely offline

Every book lives inside the app. It works on a plane, in a car, in a cottage with no signal.

No ads. No tracking.

No advertising, no third-party trackers, and no link that leads your child out of the app. Nothing about them leaves the device.

New stories regularly

The library keeps growing, and new books arrive with the app update. Nothing extra to buy.

A shelf for each child, chosen by you

Give every child their own profile, then pick which ages, collections and individual titles appear on their shelf. Buying and settings sit behind a PIN, so children see stories and never a purchase screen.

The DreamBug parents area, showing the per-child library controls.

It grows with them

From a seven page picture book at two, to a chaptered adventure at seven, all on one shelf.

Your guide between worlds

Meet DreamBug

She leads little readers from one story world to the next, then brings them gently back toward bedtime.

Written for the age

A book grows with your child

A story for a three year old and a story for a seven year old are not the same story made longer. Sentence length, vocabulary, page count and how much happens all move together.

Cover of One More Bubble
Ages 2-47 to 9 pages · 60 to 250 words

One idea, a line or two a page, and a refrain they can join in with.

For exampleOne More Bubble
Cover of The Sleepy Sloth
Ages 4-510 to 15 pages · 150 to 500 words

A small problem, a clear middle, and a warm ending they can see coming.

For exampleThe Sleepy Sloth
Cover of The Troll on the Bridge
Ages 5-616 to 22 pages · 400 to 700 words

Real setbacks, proper dialogue, and a turn that changes how the child sees someone.

For exampleThe Troll on the Bridge
Cover of The Cloud Ship
Ages 6-722 to 28 pages · 700 to 1300 words

Longer adventures, some in chapters, with characters who want opposite things.

For exampleThe Cloud Ship

Simple pricing

The whole library, one subscription

Seven days free, then pick a plan. Every book is included from the first day, and new ones arrive at no extra cost.

Monthly
$7.99
per month
  • Every book in the library
  • Every new book included
  • Cancel any time
Best value Annual
$49.99
per year
that is $4.17 a month
  • Everything in Monthly
  • Just over five months free
  • One reader
Family
$79.99
per year
that is $6.67 a month
  • Everything in Annual
  • Up to 6 family members
  • Each child their own shelf

Prices are shown in your local currency and confirmed by the App Store before you pay. The free trial works on every plan, and you cancel from your Apple account in a couple of taps.

Questions parents ask

Does my child need the internet?

No. Every book is stored inside the app when you install it, so the whole library works with the device in airplane mode.

Can my child tap through to anything else?

No. There is no advertising, no browser, and no link that leads out of the app. The purchase screen and all settings sit behind a parent PIN.

What do you collect about my child?

Nothing. Profiles, reading progress and favourites are stored on the device and never sent anywhere. There are no accounts for children. See the privacy policy.

Who writes and draws the books?

They are made in-house. We use AI tools as part of writing and illustrating, and then a person reads every line and checks every picture before a book reaches the app. Books that do not meet the bar are redrawn or thrown away.

Can I decide what my child sees?

Yes. Each child gets a profile, and in the parents area you choose which age ranges, collections and individual titles appear on their shelf.