Award-winning storytime app where children ages 4-8 play interactive storybooks that build critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving abilities.
Award-winning storytime app where children ages 4-8 play interactive storybooks, making choices and solving puzzles that build critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and problem-solving abilities. No drills, no rewards: just research-based stories that develop how children think. Loved by 100,000+ families worldwide.
Truth and Tales is designed by doctors, educators, and neuroscientists. Beyond the narrative brain games, it includes bedtime stories with professional human narration, body movement activities inspired by yoga and tai chi, and coloring activities. All content can be downloaded to work offline.
WHAT MAKES TRUTH AND TALES DIFFERENT
Our stories are based on Teaching Stories, traditional tales shared across cultures for over a thousand years. While fables teach what to think and behavioral stories model what to do, Teaching Stories develop how to think by presenting characters who solve challenges through unexpected solutions. Children develop cognitive flexibility and pattern recognition, not memorized lessons.
The methodology draws on decades of research by cognitive psychologist Robert Ornstein, Afghan writer Idries Shah, and psychiatrist Arthur Deikman, whose work showed these stories activate both brain hemispheres together.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Interactive Storytime: narrative games with choices and puzzles that develop critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Audio Books: professional human narration (never AI) for bedtime stories and quiet moments
- Read Along Storybooks: highlighted text that builds reading and literacy
- Move It-Move It: body-mind exercises inspired by yoga and tai chi for calm and focus
- Artist's Gallery: story-inspired coloring for creativity and emotional regulation
TRUSTED BY FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS
Used by 100,000+ families and schools in the UK, Brazil, and Canada. School licensing includes educator logins, student access codes (no personal data required), and pedagogical guides. Supports CASEL social emotional learning competencies, Ontario PPM 169, and UK statutory Health Education.
Mom's Choice Gold Award | GESAwards 2025 Winner | Common Sense Media 5 Stars | Apple "Kids We Love" and "App of the Day" | BIG Festival Impact Educational Award
Safe, ad-free, compliant with COPPA, GDPR, LGPD, and PIPEDA. No data collected from children.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: What does Truth and Tales develop?
A: Critical thinking, emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, emotional regulation, empathy, and problem-solving abilities. The narrative games strengthen both focused and broad attention. Social emotional learning research correlates with 11 percentile-point academic gains on average (Durlak et al., 2011).
Q: How is it different from other kids story apps?
A: Truth and Tales uses game-based learning, not gamification. No points, badges, or streaks. Development happens naturally through narrative interactive games. The Teaching Stories methodology has been researched by named scientists for decades across cognitive psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.
Q: Is it safe for children?
A: 100% ad-free with no data collected from children. Compliant with COPPA (US), GDPR and Children's Code (UK/EU), LGPD (Brazil), and PIPEDA (Canada). Includes dyslexia-friendly fonts, color-blind accessible palette, and subtitles.
Q: Can schools use Truth and Tales?
A: Yes. School licensing includes educator logins, student access codes (no personal data), pedagogical guides, and a three-phase facilitation framework. Works with individual devices, shared devices, or classroom projection.
Q: Can my child use it independently?
A: Yes. Clear instructions and professional narration support pre-readers. The read along tool highlights words as they are spoken. For deeper engagement, adults can ask open-ended questions using the included pedagogical guides.
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NEW IN VERSION 1.14.0
- New School Mode: schools can now access Truth and Tales on mobile devices with educator logins and student access codes
- Fresh look with the Lexend font, designed for better readability
- Move It Move It: sessions now start with random cards and feature updated visuals
- Leo the Lion: new subtitle backgrounds and improved shake and roar activities
- The Child and the Dragon: updated tutorials and visual polish across all pages
- The Prince's Journey: smoother puzzles and a new map sticker
- Redesigned icons for Move It Move It and Artist's Gallery
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Truth and Tales?
Truth and Tales is an award-winning educational app for children ages 4 to 8. It features narrative interactive games based on Teaching Stories, body movement activities inspired by yoga and tai chi, coloring activities, and audiobooks with professional human narration and word-by-word read-along. Designed by doctors, educators, and neuroscientists based on research by cognitive psychologist Robert Ornstein, writer Idries Shah, psychiatrist Arthur Deikman, Nobel laureate Doris Lessing, and neuroscientist Paul Zak. Winner of the Mom's Choice Gold Award, Common Sense Media 5-star rating, and Apple App of the Day. 100% ad-free with no data collected from children.
What are Teaching Stories?
Teaching Stories are traditional tales shared across cultures for over a thousand years. Unlike fables that teach what to think, or behavioral stories that model what to do, Teaching Stories develop how children think by presenting characters who solve challenges through unexpected solutions. Ornstein's brain research showed these stories activate both hemispheres simultaneously, strengthening focused attention and big-picture perception. Deikman described them as perceptual templates that expand awareness. Each time a child revisits a story, new layers of meaning emerge because their perception has developed.
Is it good as a bedtime story app?
Yes. All stories are available as audiobooks with professional human narration (never AI-generated), perfect for bedtime and quiet moments. The calming, non-overstimulating design makes it a healthy alternative to most screen content for children.
Can schools use it?
Yes. School licensing includes educator logins, student access codes (no personal data required), and pedagogical guides for every activity. Supports all five CASEL social-emotional learning competencies, Ontario PPM 169 in Canada, and UK statutory Health Education. Children explore independently while educators facilitate through open-ended questions.
What does it develop?
Critical thinking, emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, empathy, self-awareness, and the capacity to make intentional choices. Movement activities build body-mind integration. Research on social-emotional learning programs shows 11 percentile-point academic gains on average (Durlak et al., 2011).
How is Truth and Tales different from Khan Academy Kids, Lingokids, or Moshi?
Truth and Tales uses genuine game-based learning, not gamification. While apps like Khan Academy Kids and Lingokids use points, badges, and streaks to motivate children through exercises, Truth and Tales has no external reward systems. Development happens naturally through narrative play. Research shows external rewards can reduce intrinsic motivation over time (Deci et al., 1999). Unlike Moshi or Headspace for Kids, which focus primarily on calming and mindfulness, Truth and Tales develops cognitive flexibility, pattern recognition, and problem-solving alongside emotional regulation. And unlike general educational games, it is built on Teaching Stories, a specific narrative methodology researched by named scientists for decades. No other children's app combines game-based learning with a research-backed narrative methodology of this depth. Dyslexia-friendly fonts, color-blind palette, and subtitles included.
Version 1.14.0
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Provider
ALL CRIACAO DESENVOLVIMENTO E PRODUCAO DE INOVACAO LTDA
Size
200.9 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English and 2 more
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
4+
Made For Ages 6–8 This app has an age rating of 4+ with content restrictions. Some content may be rated higher, but access is managed by the developer through in-app controls.