Be the dad with the best bedtime stories — and a kid who grows a little braver every night.
A brand-new story every night, built around what your kid loves and the values you want to nurture. It's in your inbox by bedtime. You don't write a word.
Your first story's free — read it before you decide.
It comes to you.
Most story apps make you stop, sit down, and think something up. That's just one more task at the end of a long day. Goodnight Grow flips it. You set it up once. Then a fresh story shows up in your inbox every night, at the time you pick. No app to open, no plot to invent — you just read it to your kid and look like a hero.
It grows your kid.
Pick what you want them to work on — courage, kindness, patience, honesty. Their hero runs into a moment that calls for it, struggles a little, and figures it out. Shown, never preached. No "and the moral of the story is." And if you tell us why — "he loses it every time he loses a board game" — the story meets your kid right there, not in the abstract.
It remembers.
Flip on the ongoing adventure and it's not a new story every night — it's the next chapter. Same hero, same world, picking up where last night left off. Your kid watches their hero get a little braver over weeks, right alongside them. It's the part they'll beg you for one more night of.
How it works
Tell us about your kid.
Name, age, what they're into this month, what you'd like them to grow in. Two minutes.
We write them a story every night.
Original, built from their profile, different every time.
It's waiting at bedtime.
Lands in your inbox at your set time. Read it off your phone. Done.
See one for yourself.
"Theo zipped his blue jacket up to his chin and looked at the dark mouth of the cave. Mara, his wolf with one gray ear and one white, pressed warm against his leg. 'We don't have to go in,' she said softly. 'But I think you came all this way for a reason.' Theo's heart thumped. He took the slow breath his dad taught him — in for four, out for four — clicked on his little lantern, and whispered, 'Okay. One step. Then we'll see.'"
Built from one kid's profile — favorite color blue, loves wolves, working on courage. Yours will be built from your kid's.
Simple pricing. Cancel in two clicks.
Free week. Free sample story. No surprises.
Starter
1 child
- A new story every night
- Pick the value to grow
- Continuing or standalone
- Delivered to your inbox
Family
Up to 5 children
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 5 unique kid profiles
- A different story per kid, per night
- Best for siblings
Every plan starts with a free week — and a free story right now, so you can see exactly what you're getting.
Made for kids. Built for parents who pay attention.
100% original
Every story is 100% original. We never use cartoon characters you'd recognize — your kid gets their own hero, invented just for them.
Bedtime-appropriate
Always bedtime-appropriate. Gentle, calming, made to wind down — not wind up. Tell us what scares your kid and we steer clear of it.
We barely keep any data
First name and a few favorites. No last names, no photos, nothing we don't need to write a good story.
Questions, answered.
Tonight's story is one click away.
Set it up in two minutes. Read your first story tonight. Decide after that.
Start your free week