Personal audio stories for children
Make up the story together. Wunderli tells it.
Personal bedtime stories for children aged 4 to 12, created by parents. Personalised audio story in your language. Screen-free while listening. 20 minutes of imagination.
Available now. Your first story is free.
Personal audio stories for children
Make up the story together. Wunderli tells it.
Personal bedtime stories for children aged 4 to 12, created by parents. You and your child choose the characters, world and adventure together. Wunderli turns those ideas into a personal audio story in English, German or French. The screen stays off while it plays. Up to 20 minutes from your child's idea.
Available now. Your first story is free.
- Your first story free
- For kids ages 4 to 12
- For iOS and Android
- Featured on the Startup Insider Podcast
- Built by parents, for parents
- Built in Zurich, adult-managed account
- No third-party ads, no ad tracking in the app
The Problem
You know the feeling.
You need 20 minutes of peace. To cook, to work, just to breathe. So you hand your child the tablet.
And then the guilt kicks in.
One video leads to the next. The voices get louder, the clips faster. And then comes the moment most parents know: "That's enough." And the conversation that follows it.
Even when you do everything right. Time limits, curated apps, no endless watching. Your child still is not the one deciding what comes next.
There's a different way now.
The Solution
This is what many parents are looking for: listening, picturing everything, for 20 minutes.
With Wunderli, you and your child pick the characters and the adventure together. Then your child leans back and listen to a story told just for them. In real English, German, or French.
No videos. No scrolling. Nothing that pushes you to the next story.
Every story has a real ending. No autoplay. No requests for one more. When the story is done, it's done. Many parents are looking for exactly that calmer hand-over.
As they listen, the story takes shape in their imagination.
You can use a story after school, as part of bedtime or on long car and train journeys. Once created, it plays without an internet connection.
How it works
It's this simple.
01
Create your characters
Over 100 imaginative characters to choose from: a brave knight, a curious robot, a talking fox. You build it together: your child suggests their favourite characters, you combine them into a story that is generated just for you.
02
Start the adventure
With one tap, Wunderli tells an audio story that is generated individually. 10+, 15+ or 20+ minutes. With a real narrative arc and a proper ending.
03
Listen and dream
Your child listens, imagines everything, and drifts into a world that belongs only to them. Twenty minutes where nothing flashes and nothing pushes on to the next thing.
See how it works in 2 minutes
Benefits
Why parents love Wunderli.
Listen, don't stare
Wunderli is audio. Your child listens, closes their eyes, and imagines everything. The imagination does the work, not the screen.
Real stories, not fragments
Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. Characters that remember. Tension that builds. Like a real book, not like a chatbot.
The story ends. No autoplay.
10+, 15+ or 20+ minutes, then it stops. There is no autoplay and no next video. Every story has a real ending. When it's done, it's done.
Download once, listen anywhere.
Wunderli only needs internet to create a new story. Once the story exists, it lives on your device. In the car, on the train, on the plane, on holiday. No "connection failed." No "player is offline." Just press play.
No extra hardware.
No figurines, no cards, no extra box. Wunderli runs on the device you already own. Every story is generated individually, all in one app.
Three languages, not translated
English, German, French: each story is written in the language you chose, not translated into it. For multilingual families and children deepening a second language.
Explore Worlds
Over 1000 themes across 12 worlds.
Adventure & Discovery
Thrilling quests and hidden treasures
Fantasy & Magic
Mystical creatures and enchanting worlds
Mysteries & Detectives
Puzzling cases and secret clues
And many more: funny stories, bedtime adventures, action quests, time travel, and beyond.
The Difference
How Wunderli is built.
Seven statements about the product that you can check yourself.
Every story is generated individually
There is no catalogue of pre-recorded tracks. Your child's choices produce a fresh narration every time.
Audio first
No videos, no scrolling, no feed. A few taps to choose, then the screen stays off while the story plays.
No autoplay
Every story has a real ending. Nothing starts by itself afterwards.
No third-party advertising
No ad network, no ad units, no ad tracking, and nothing followed across other apps or websites.
Downloadable for offline listening
Wunderli only needs internet to create a story. After that it lives on the device: in the car, on the train, on the plane.
You choose characters and theme
The story is assembled from choices. No free-form prompts when creating a story; the only free-text field is a character name.
Account and management stay with the parent
Sign-in is an adult account. There are no child profiles, and sharing, reporting and account actions sit behind a parental gate.
In the app: no third-party ads. No ad tracking. No surprises.
Nothing pushes your child from one story to the next. No feed, no autoplay, no recommendations. And every story is automatically checked for inappropriate content before it plays.
Built in Zurich 🇨🇭 · Account and management stay with the parent
FAQ
Questions parents ask about Wunderli
Wunderli is an audio story app for parents: you shape characters, world and mood from your child's ideas, and Wunderli turns them into a narrated story of up to 20 minutes. You make the choices together in 6 steps. Then the screen stays off.
Your first Wunderli story is free. After that, choose a monthly subscription with credits or one-time credit packs. You buy and manage either option in the App Store or Google Play, where you see the current price in your currency; purchased credits do not expire.
Wunderli is for parents of children aged 4 to 12. Three language levels adjust vocabulary and sentence length, from simple animal stories to longer adventures. You choose the level again for every story.
Wunderli tells each story in English, German or French. You choose the language whenever you create a story. Your child can listen in the family language today and a school language tomorrow.
Your child only needs the screen briefly while you choose the ideas together. You operate the app, then put the phone aside. The story plays as audio only, with no video, feed or autoplay.
Wunderli shows no third-party ads and uses no ad tracking. Every story is checked automatically for unsuitable content before playback, and characters and themes come from a fixed catalogue. An adult manages the account and purchases.
More about child safety at WunderliYes, Wunderli is available for iPhone and Android. You can get it from the App Store or Google Play. The store buttons on this page open the right download for your device.
You choose a length for every story: 10+, 15+ or 20+ minutes. Short stories suit bedtime, while longer ones fit car journeys or a quiet afternoon. Running time varies with language and narration style; nothing starts by itself afterwards.
About Us
Built by a Zurich family.
We're Andrei and Raluca, parents of three in Zurich. We built Wunderli because we were looking for an alternative. Something our kids love and that we can turn on with a clear conscience.
Andrei spent over a year building the technology. Our kids were the first testers. Their verdict was the only one that mattered.
Wunderli isn't a Silicon Valley startup. It's a Swiss family app where your child comes first.
Get WunderliFurther reading
Guides for the bedtime half hour
Each one answers a question parents ask us once the lights go down.
- Short bedtime stories
For nights when ten minutes is all anyone has left.
- A bedtime routine that holds
Bath, story, lights out, in an order your child can predict.
- Read-aloud stories
Pacing, pauses and voices without turning it into a performance.
- How to create a bedtime story
Turn your child's odd ideas into a plot with a calm ending.
- Fairy tales for kids
Which classics suit the evening and which are better saved for daylight.
- Fantasy stories
Dragons and far-off kingdoms that still wind down gently.