November 9, 2026
ZTales Is on the App Store, and Tonight You Can Be in the Story Too
Bedtime just got a little easier. ZTales now lives on your iPhone, and tonight Mom, Dad or Grandma can join your child in the story.
It's free to download, and your account, your saved children and every story in your Library are already there when you sign in. No more hunting for a browser tab at 7:45 at night.
Put yourself in the story
Type more than one name, like Leo and Dad, and everyone gets their own age, including a new choice: Grown up.
- The story is always written for the youngest child, so the words still fit them.
- Everyone is drawn at their own age: a toddler looks like a toddler, and Dad looks like Dad.
- Grown ups only ever appear as warm, caring family, and the kids still solve the problem.
Up to four people in one story, siblings included.
Also new this fall
- A simpler start: "Just a cozy story" in one tap, or a story about tonight's real moment, like the dentist or a new baby.
- Five more languages: stories and narration in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian.
- A calmer reader: simpler controls, and a way to hide them so it's just the picture and the words.
- Pictures described for screen readers, on every painted page.
- Dozens of new free stories for the holidays, sleep and big moments, free to read and print at ztales.com/stories.
One small ask
ZTales made it through Apple's review this morning, and it doesn't have a single rating yet. A new app with no ratings is very hard for other parents to find. If ZTales made bedtime a little nicer tonight, would you leave an honest one?
And if something misses the mark, tell me at ztales.com/feedback.
Goodnight, Damon
Every ZTales story is written to the same rules: nothing scary, no sad endings, and an ending that winds down calm. Questions and ideas go to hello@ztales.com, and every message is read. More about ZTales.