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LanternTales
A cozy bedtime story you help tell — for ages 3–5. Tap the lantern and listen: a sleepy star, a firefly flying home, the Moon making a blanket. At each turn YOU choose what happens next with a big picture button — no reading needed, the story reads itself aloud. Every path ends softly. No score, no rush, no autoplay. On-device, no accounts.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
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#b8860b Characters who teach
Meet the cast
LanternTales's bedtime friends each star in one story you help tell.
Star
(A star) - the sleepy little star you help get ready for bed
Pip
(A firefly) - flies home through the dark while you choose the way
Moon
(The Moon) - makes a cozy blanket for the sleepy animals
What's inside
Learning goal
A cozy bedtime story you help tell — for ages 3–5. Tap the lantern and listen: a sleepy star, a firefly flying home, the Moon making a blanket. At each turn YOU choose what happens next with a big picture button — no reading needed, the story reads itself aloud. Every path ends softly. No score, no rush, no autoplay. On-device, no accounts.
How LanternTales handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages
